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I have been a community change agent for as long as I can remember. I gathered the local kids to put on plays, created little clubs, and put the...

My paper What is Co-Active Coaching?" covers the whole Co-Active model to show how its power comes from a synergy of some simple (but not easy!) principles and tools....

Curious about the AgileCoachCamp format? These days my most favourite events are all rather informal, along the lines of BarCamps; Open Space, and other UnConferences. They all use some...

I couldn't resist creating a poster from Neil Gaiman's recent talk at the University of the Arts in Philadelpia! "The old rules are crumbling and nobody knows what the...

Last weekend I had the opportunity, in fact the urgent need, to try something new. Something that felt a little risky. Something important. I’d like to tell you about...

When we allow others to set our agenda, we tend to end up playing what I call "a small game". When you play your Big Game, you'll experience the...

In 2003 I asked the Toronto Scrum user group, of which I was a member: “what’s the relationship between Agile software development and fear?” I’d been helping teams adopt...

One reason I am making time to pursue the Co-Active coach certification program is because its coaching framework really resonates with me. I have seen its power to facilitate...