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0050: Three metaphors from nature for working with impermanence

2026/10/28

A reading of https://www.improvesomething.today/3-metaphors-impermanence/. Links: Ecocycle planning.The two loops model.Incomplete metamorphosis.

0049: Notes on meditation

2026/10/26

A reading of https://www.improvesomething.today/meditation-in-a-lousy-season/. That link also has some recommendations at the bottom, referenced at the end of this episode.

0048: Complaints with recommendations

2026/09/16

A reading of https://www.improvesomething.today/complaints-with-recommendations/ Full instructions for Virginia Satir’s Temperature Reading: http://www.satirworkshops.com/files/SatirTemperatureReading.pdf

0047: Everybody’s a facilitator

2026/08/27

A reading of https://improvesomething.today/3-ways-to-learn-facilitation/ Referenced: https://www.sessionlab.com/state-of-facilitation/2026-report/

0046: What the heck is Brian up to?

2026/07/29

Three things: Improve Something Today - blog, newsletter, podcastContinuous Improvement Studio - field guides, templates, etc.Different Chairs - consulting services

0045: Five contributions to a project

2026/07/15

A reading of https://improvesomething.today/five-contributions-to-a-project/

0044: The world of silence. Disability Pride Month

2026/07/08

A reading of The world of silence: marking Disability Pride Month from 2023, with a little 2026 coda offered at the end.

0043: The stone boat

2026/07/02

A reading of a short poem by W.S. Merwin: The Estuary. I share a few words about what might have influenced Merwin at the time of the poem’s composition.

0042: What kind of water is this like?

2026/06/26

A reading of https://improvesomething.today/qualities-of-water/.

0041: 10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of Improve Something Today

2026/05/27

A reading of https://improvesomething.today/10-things-for-10-years/ Links mentioned: - Ways to support Improve Something Today - Lex Roman on newsletter landing pages

0040: A lousy time to be a good idea

2026/04/01

A reading and discussion of https://improvesomething.today/its-a-lousy-time-to-be-a-good-idea/ Includes discussion of a passage from The Game of Death by AD Nuttall for the LRB in 1992.

0039: Remembering Christopher Alexander: love even for the smallest pebble

2026/03/23

Two passages from the architect and writer on the fourth anniversary of his passing. A reading of https://improvesomething.today/remembering-christopher-alexander/

0038: 5 ways to approach goal-setting

2026/02/18

A reading and discussion of this, from 2022: 5 ways to approach goal-setting. Only one is worth a damn

0037: The wooden chair

2026/02/11

Readings of two passages on the subject of wooden chairs, as seen in the Wooden chair as exemplar of emptiness section of the Quote barn.

0036: Anecdote of Carlina

2026/02/04

A reading of two short passages, one from The Art of Public Speaking, by John Rippingham (1814), and the other from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ‘The Comic’ (1875). By way of Wikipedia on the ‘sad clown paradox’ as shared on Mastodon by John Overholt.

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aocole 2026/02/21

Great perspectives

Brian is such an interesting thinker on a broad range of subjects. Highly recommend this podcast.

Sue by the sea 2018/08/26

Very thoughtful

Great info to help refocus on the challenge at hand.

Beeblitterer 2018/07/22

Start with lean, for the first time or not

Bite-sized, some could say. Enough per episode on a single topic to start you in a direction, not so much that you’re gone before the end. Wise views ...

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