I'm a bit all over the place when it comes to getting things done. I do my best work in short bursts of high-energy sprints. The rest of the time I’m resting, consuming interesting content, and thinking about what I want to do next. This is exactly what I’m doing right now after completing an intense film shoot for a new online course we’ll be releasing soon. My time is split into 80% ‘rest and consume’ mode and 20% ‘produce and execute’ mode (which is kind of perfect for facilitation I think). One of the greatest thinkers of our time, Naval Ravikant has come to the same conclusion when it comes to working. He calls it “Working like a Lion”. He says: “The way people tend to work most effectively, especially in knowledge work, is to sprint as hard as they can while they feel inspired to work, and then rest. They take long breaks. It’s more like a lion hunting and less like a marathoner running. You sprint and then you rest. You reassess and then you try again. You end up building a marathon of sprints. Don’t work like a cow grazing on the field all day.” Source: https://nav.al/work-hard So work hard, then rest hard instead of trying to sustain a constant “mid-level” state. Or... don't! I don't know, that's just my brain! Cheers, Jonathan P.S. I also liked this video on living a chaotic life: https://youtu.be/A2sS00egAzg

A couple of years ago I had an accident and suffered brain trauma , this caused me to loose my speech, reading and writing (not that I could spell to begin with). After a long rehabilitation I can speak and read somewhat normal again(still can't spell) some days are better that others. I still struggle with pronunciation, I take pauses when I try to process words, I read really slow and normally I would have to read everything more than once. This made me very self conscious speaking in meetings, presenting and facilitating workshops. Here is how I deal with my anxiety. 1.I own my shortcoming, I make it part of my story. 2.Start with a joke (usually at my own expense) the response of laughter immediately puts me at ease. 3.I stopped assuming that everyone knows more than me. 4.Silences are ok, whenever I lose train of thought or I'm processing for the right word I pause, normally the pause is much sorter than I feel in that moment plus there is always that one person in the crowd that loves to help me out. 5.I prepare for the topic and prectice and practice and practice. 6.I focus on eye contact. 7. I picture a successful outcome I wonder if there are some of you with a similar problems and how you deal with it?

Hello everyone, I'm Peter, live near Brussels and work mostly in Ghent. I work as a trend -and behavioural researcher, cultural strategist, scriptwriter, radio host, etc. Before doing what I do today, I was active in media as TV -and radio host and program director. I was the founder of a TV station, marketing -and communication manager and crisis and transformation manager for 12 years. I also studied integrative psychology, NLP, Ideo Business Innovation, etc. Today I am in a development -and transition phase between the work I am doing, studying and the work I would like to do more. However, being in the community a lot is not evident. I'm also someone who won't post things or come out spontaneously very quickly but I really appreciate the people who do. I usually do that in the roles I fulfil professionally today But I always like to give feedback that might inspire you. I look forward to learning knowledge and insights from you. But you may also always tap into my brain and challenge me to help you whenever I can. My motivations for getting out of bed: contribute constructively to people's lives, help people by inspiring them and also do work together. Making money is great fun, however, seeing people grow is much more fun. Money is needed to do what I want to do, not to have in itself. I don't so much do things for the money, I do things because I want to do them, especially like to do them(however complex that can be). Making a difference feeds my spirits and heart; my brain only goes to work when things are complex(crisis and transformation). I also believe we can create our own new sustainable world. People are capable of a lot, especially when urgency comes into play. #startrek #batman #love #neurodivergent #psychology #neurodynamicsdsign #BehaviouralResearcher #Dj #music #complexititesimplifier #communication #strategist #hockey #podcaster #techno #melodictechno #apple #byronsharp #caffeine #resolveanxietyandhumangrowth Peter #neuro-divergent greetings

When I first started facilitating, I was lucky to get a lot of experience early on, but I always struggled with the unpredictable nature of the workshops. I wanted the workshops to come out as I had planned them, not how they went. When I later trained as a coach, we had an improv trainer in for half a day, and I went to do more training with him. Just another half day with him, but enough to allow me to switch my perspective on what works - and to trust that I could improvize. That was the single best thing I ever did for both my coaching and my facilitation skills. Improv allowed me to be in the moment much more - and to trust that what ever I would come up with would be the right thing for the group - and if it wasn't I could figure it out with the group. It helps me assess the group, the actual needs and to allow workshops to go in entirely different directions than planned. Mind you, I probably would do this (too much) in a Design Sprint, but a strategy session can become a team building session and an ideation session can become a concept building workshop if need be. I does take a tool box that allows you to improvize, but when you've done a few of each, - and you take a 15 minute break to re-evalute and align with the workshop owner, then you can figure out next steps. I found that it's always better to end up doing the right thing and not make it through all the exercises than to continue with the wrong thing and finish up on time. During my last Design Sprint, I realized that despite several meeting about the focus of the workshop, it turned out that participants had very different understandings of this focus and the project. Some knew exactly what the focus was, but a few were off topic. So we broke out of the room, and into a different physical room - we disassociated from the Design Sprint. Did a small workshop in there to align on the content and the focus, - and then we went back into the Design Sprint room and continued. We were 90 minutes behind schedule by lunch time, but the alignment helped us tremendously, and we caught up with the schedule by Tuesday afternoon.

Hello everyone, I am one year in as a facilitator and I am struggling to develop content necessary for my organization. How do you find the necessary topics to discuss with your team?