Sometimes in role playing games something mysterious and delightful happens. A story that no one designed or wrote, emerges, seemingly of its own accord, from the interactions between the players. Rather than playing through a prescribed story the players discover a story through play. It was gaming experiences like these…

Welcome to Amble: the role playing game. Amble Studio is a newly formed table top game design company and Amble RPG is our ongoing process of self-management - working out how we work together. It incorporates mutual support, getting things done, reflection and fun. Amble is committed to agile ways…

I breathe in, receive into the inverted tree of my lungs, the gift of green and growing things, oxygen. I breathe out, offer up the by-product of my respiration, think of the gorgeous old camellia in the back yard, to her (and all those other growing things) I dedicate my…

When I first heard about agile development and rapid prototyping I didn’t get it. They seemed like trendy buzz words for something that software developers did. A way of working hard and fast, not suited to my peaceful and considered way of being in the world. That all started to…

Part 3 of a series of reflections on my participation in the Practical Self-Management Intensive with Better Work Together. The focus this week was on deliberately developmental. The Immunity to Change process has been profound. I thoroughly enjoyed the discomfort of discovering how comprehensively I sabotage my own desire to…

A week ago I showed up to a meeting weighed down with sadness. It was the middle of the school holidays and I’d just dropped my son off at his other home. …

Part 2 of a series of reflections on my participation in the Practical Self-Management Intensive with Better Work Together. The focus this week was on decision making. This is my mum, Jill Bear. On Tuesday she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The specialists have informed us that it’s been…

Part 1 of a series of reflections on my participation in the Practical Self-Management Intensive with Better Work Together. The focus this week was on roles and team agreements. Last year I got the chance to observe a men’s behaviour change session (for men who have used violence against their…