Group facilitators work in all sorts of venues, most of them sterile and without inspiration. In my very first workshop, I took a bunch of tulips and asked for a vase. I was given a large jug. In went the tulips. In spite of the mismatch, several participants commented on the flowers. Three things struck me:  Participants’ delight in seeing something bright and fresh in the room Their capacity to shift from what was at hand to something immediately in...

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