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Facilitating with Stories
Following on from The Story Cookbook – Practical Recipes for Change, Cathryn Lloyd and Andrew Rixon curated and edited a collection of writings and experiences from an international cast of contributors. The book delves into the ethics of working with stories, how...
Christmas message 2023
Season's greatings Mavericks. 2023 has whooshed by and Christmas is just around the corner. We never know what a year may bring. What we do know is that our world is dynamic, ever changing and presents many opportunities and challenges. We’re certainly witnessing that...
Idea Spies
Have you heard of Idea Spies? Lynn Wood Founder and Chief Idea Spy has created a social enterprise platform for clever ideas, new discoveries and original thinkers. Featuring simply written posts of 100 words or less, the stories aim to expand the mind and...
Creativity and Conflict
https://www.cciacademy.com/wod-creativity/ I’ve worked with conflict coaching and mediation expert Dr Samantha Hardy and Founder of CCI Academy on various projects over the years. I’m delighted to collaborate with her on our recent virtual workshop Creativity and...
A Year in Collage mm365
At the beginning of 2022 I made a re-commitment to my creative arts practice. I constantly talk about creativity and living a creative life, and it dawned on me that I was missing a fundamental part to that, which was to create...
International Association of Facilitators (IAF) 2023
I thoroughly enjoyed attending and presenting at the IAF conference in Canberra. It was such a collegial atmosphere, and great to catch up with people I haven’t seen for a while, as well as meeting people I’ve spent the last few years getting to know virtually. Then...
Life-Long Learning & Accreditations
I’m a life-long learner and enjoy all sorts of learning experiences, which has resulted in two recent accreditation milestones. Over the past few years, I’ve been deep in the world of team coaching and recently obtained accreditation from the EMCC Global Team Coaching...
mm365 – A 365-day creative project
In 2022 I began a year-long creative project to produce an artwork a day no matter what other commitments I had going on. There was one major reason for launching into this project, which was to make a commitment to my own arts practice and not allow the ebb and flow...
This Hybrid Working Life
Discussions around adjusting to a ‘new normal’ are intriguing. What do we mean by a new normal? Rather than focusing on a new normal, would it be more useful to fire up our imagination, intention and abilities to create more meaningful work practices that are...
Embracing Change – A Creative Kickstarter
If the new year has you thinking about redesigning and renovating your workplace particularly around hybrid working take the time to have those conversations with your people and find out what they think creates a great workplace...
Christmas message 2022
Christmas message 2022 As the year draws to close, I’m reflecting on the work and conversations Maverick Minds has had throughout 2022. A couple of themes that emerged were building human connection and workplace flexibility. Given the major disruptions over the past...
The Mind Once Stretched…
There are several quotes that inspire me and one of my favourites is the Mind Once Stretched by Ralph Waldo Emerson. All muscles need stretching, and our creative muscle is no different. Creativity is our greatest and most sustainable natural resource. Use it or Lose...
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