Resonance changes with the Now. It is woven into time and achieving a collective resonance is about paying attention to the "road" that we are on together, and responding in real time. The root tone is great to tune to, but it is not the resonance...
Read MoreWe live in an oscillating universe of infinite possibilities. We are vibrational beings. We resonate. We travel through multi-dimensional entangled filaments of light. We are navigators on a vast ocean energy and sound...
Read MoreThe issue is that they are still approaching the issues from the same perspective, asking the same questions, using the same processes, running the same culture. Even though these problems have been discussed, brainstormed, mulled over, analyzed...
Read MoreMusic and the power of sound is like a secret world that opens up many doors to possibilities because of its universal nature, the impact it has on the brain's neural functioning, the deep-rooted cultural—and even tribal—roots, how it powerfully expresses the characteristics of the organizational system...
Read MoreThe face-to-face experience of gathering a human system in a room creates opportunities for much more complex and developmental interactions that the more easily available alternatives of teleconferencing or video conferencing. If you go with the "data" that only 7% of communication is verbal...
Read MoreOrganizations spend a lot of time, money, and energy getting their people together face-to-face for meetings, conferences, offsites, retreats, summits, boondoggles, trainings, and the like. Although there is a lot more ...
Read MoreIt certainly doesn't feel like fifteen years (15!) has passed since we started Face The Music back in the Spring of 1999. Think about what you were doing then as we approached the dreaded Y2K...
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Paul Simon is casually dressed and opens the workshop with a genuine apology for his lateness. He speaks about many aspects of song writing, but none that made a bigger impression than this: He lived in New York City for a long time and needed space and quiet..
Read MoreWhen the crowd sees the leadership team up there at the mics delivering the message they helped create, there is a sudden and profound shift. Demonstrating enthusiasm and energy, communicating a vision, telling what's going on and what we're going to do, taking a risk, and being innovative. This is real-time leadership, and their people get it.
Read MoreSeveral health care organizations have come to FTM recently to help them in doing all of this in a way that would enroll employees and leaders throughout the organization into a positive context of taking on the change enthusiastically while staying focused on their purpose
Read MoreAll of this can and does connect to what's happening back on the job. The shared experience of music is a powerful connecting force and it has an impact on the culture of the people that shared it. There is a natural alignment that happens...
Read MoreThe session was great, just what you wanted. But as the room clears out, the question occurs to you: "Now what?" Or, "So what?" We had a great time, but we have some things that we have to work on...
Read MoreThere's being in the game, and then there's going for the gold!
What does it take to stand out from the pack and deliver a winning performance?
Read MoreThe changes, chaos and disruption that this entails can be painful, and one can hear the existential groan when a change project or a merger is announced. It is also risky—the change might not work.
Read MoreYour Work is Your Song is a sassy, butt-kicking, witty album capturing the soul of the workplace experience with grit, guts, and good old-fashioned blues and rock-n'-roll vibes.
Read MoreThe next day at lunch I’m running intel on what the “team builder event” is going to be. I enter the ballroom; round tables inhabit the room like flying saucers. Lights down ... A band on stage starts playing...
Read MoreFace The Music brings an opportunity for authentic expression, groove, and fun
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