At a recent workshop with our teacher and mentor Aaron Johnson of Holistic Resistance, he mentioned engaging wtih “next slide culture.” That professional type environment where even when something deeply human and emotional emerges, the facilitator simply says, “next slide,” and moves on.
In this episode, we explore how we’ve experienced and perpetrated next slide culture, why it might exist, and how we might navigate it. As facilitators, when do we slow down? When do we move away from our agenda? And, paradoxically, when might the wisest thing be to say, “next slide!”
As always, we are interested in hearing how this lands for you, and what thoughts you have about this aspect of our culture. You can always reach us at greg@connectionworks.com or shannon@connectionworks.com.
Some links for things mentioned in the episode:
Holisitc Resistance - learn more about the workshops and Tours that Aaron and his crew are holding.
Building Your Capacity Changes Everything - Shannon’s blog post on how building capacity is one of the most important things we can be doing.
Holding Change, by adrienne maree brown - a must read book for facilitators
Severence, on AppleTV+ - a wild show starring Adam Scott about the idea of ‘severing’ ourselves from our work and personal lives—with horrifying results.
This episode was recorded on February 27th, 2003
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