Craig Browne
New life and the game of family connection
Thirty years ago Australian couple, Craig Browne and Leonie Cutts, experienced two simultaneous life-changing events. And it’s happening again! In January 1997, Craig and Leonie…
The CCS VFE is now Communicarda. What’s changed and why?
A LOT HAS happened since we created the CCS Cards Virtual Facilitation Environment (CCS VFE) during COVID and I am pleased to introduce you to,…
Is it OK to fake empathy?
Late last year I was part of a university presentation and group discussion about the impressive progress of AIs (in this case GPT) in lots…
The bricklayer, the builder, and hard conversations
Is it just my experience, or are builders and bricklayers more emotionally aware than the rest of us? Let me explain …
Connect before … well, pretty much anything
I believe very strongly in the importance of bringing us together knowing we have so much more in common than what separates us. Who said this, and what are the lessons for your virtual meetings and high performing teams?
What kind of conversation costs you something?
Pick a close friend. Hold them in mind. Ok. Which of these two conversations would you most like to engage in with this person? For…
We are image card experts, we are going digital, and we think you should too (at least some of the time)
We’ve being creating and facilitating with paper-based image cards for decades and, after several years of development and experience — we are going digital. What’s more, we think you should too (at least some of the time). Here’s why.
“Epiphany, histrionics, catharsis, expeditious” – this is one heck of a testimonial!
After two decades of playing with image cards, I wasn’t ready for this testimonial from Dr Murray. I knew I had to dig in and find out more. Turns out there is a very deep-seated and vulnerable story behind his comments.
What is it like living under a castle?
Awed by the grandeur of Edinburgh castle positioned high over the city, I was struck by a compelling thought “what is it like living under a castle?” What is the impact on people who see this commanding image every time they visit or move around the city?
Don’t teach anything new!
“Don’t ever let me come into one of your classrooms and hear you teaching something new to your students!” You could see puzzled looks on all our fresh faces. Isn’t teaching all about providing new information?
Phygital is back!
Well, it probably never went, but it sure feels like its having a renewed moment! The term phygital learning, a combination of physical and digital…
Opposites attract, or Birds of a feather?
If you are like me, you probably find these kinds of generalisations applied to relationships, somewhat troublesome – too inconsistent to really be useful. I mean, they can’t both be right, can they? Either two people described as “opposite” are attracted to each other specifically because of their oppositions, or they are not. In which case two people who are of a feather – flock.
Do guys feel emotional connection?
How’s that for a clickbait title? But I didn’t make it up. Google offered it up to me in the list of suggested questions in response to my typing “emotional connection” in the search bar. As a “guy” (AMAB), the voice in my head immediately shouted “yeah, of course we do!” But as I thought for a moment, I found myself saying “oh, maybe we don’t — maybe I’d better click!”
“Hybrid bloody hybrid!”
On a phone call the other day with a professional facilitator and long-time CCS user, we got onto the subject of the challenges of adapting to new ways of working. When I brought up the need to be ready for having some participants in the room and some remote, she immediately shouted,
“Oh yeah. Hybrid, bloody hybrid!”
I am afraid to sing in front of a group
What I am about to tell you I don’t normally share with people. Partly because I am embarrassed by it, and partly because I don’t really like talking about myself in this way. But, I recently had a significant breakthrough with something and I really want to talk about it…
Empowering young people — with a little help from CCS Cards
I found Bethany, a quiet, slight sixth grade girl, waiting for me outside the classroom after the very first emPOWERment project class. She said, “You…
Twoish, Threeish or Fourfoldish Thinking
So, the other day while surfing Google I see the word, anagogical. At first I thought it was a misspelling of analogical, but I clicked…
The Great Communication Leveller
When you ask a question in a training program, you are bound to get a variety of answers that vary in quality. They can range…
More Than Words
As a coach, trainer or facilitator, the more information you can have about your participants, the better. You are able to connect more easily, use…
CCS Cards get positive results in research study
“The visual images enabled patients the freedom to discuss topics in a non-threatening and open environment, and seemed to assist patients to reveal their daily…
CCS, Critical Reflection and Online Learning
THE need for reflection as part of a learning process is well accepted. In the reflective stage of learning, the learner recalls, recreates and evaluates…
The CCS Vision Pack App
[first published 10 Sept 2012] WELL, the CCS is now available as an iPhone App! Offering the CCS process on a medium other than cards…
The power of images in communication
A LONG TIME business friend of mine, Stephen Kozikci, has also been a long time CCS user. He consults with businesses to help them find…
Want to have more INSIGHTS?
What actually is an insight? Dr David Rock, of the Neuroleadership Institute, says this: [an insight is] “the sudden appearance in conscious awareness of a…
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