About Failure…
A paradigm shift and look into failure, mistakes, and our relationships to them.
You Have Your Improv and I Have Mine
How Raffi Feghali sees improv and Halim Al-Hakawati at the Amsterdam Storytelling Festival.
Greatness and Narratives
How are heroes made? How are villains made?
The Non-Dilemma of Improv Characters
Where did suspension of disbelief go in improv?
Coffee and Coaching
A reflection on a couple of points of intersection between coffee brewing and coaching.
The NBA: My Constant Improv and Storytelling Teacher
Watching the NBA has been a great teacher of improv and storytelling for me. Here's an introduction that will hopefully be followed by more in-depth reflections.
Art Will Not Save the World (or When to Say “No” to an Arts for Development Project)
A reflection on when and how art, especially theater and music, can create real, strategic change.
Ball - An Introduction
“Ball” is an improv game that encompasses more skills than meets the eye. Here’s the start of a deep dive into it.
A Coaching Methodology
As I started coaching about 5 years ago, I have developed a methodology since then. Here is its skeleton.
A Take on and Usage of The Third Space
The third space or liminal space as a term and concept has been on the rise in recent years. This is my reflection and take on it, as well as how I use it.
The Process of Reflection
One of the basic pillars of experiential learning - or any learning for that matter - is the process of reflection. I’m big on reflection and there will probably be a lot of posts here about that process.
Systems Thinking in Peacebuilding
Systemic conflict analysis is one of the most comprehensive conflict analysis tools in use today. Here’s why and how I got into it.
Arts-Based Interventions
Arts-based interventions and why they work (or don’t).