Leading from the clown

The workshop

The red-nose clown has long been a source of hope, healing, and authentic connection. A clown’s power comes from embodying imperfection, innocence, emotional truth, and a fearless openness to connection. If we step away from the superficial idea that a clown has to be funny, we quickly find a lot of clown instructions for modern leadership: To lead requires the ability to share responsibility by connecting people (authentic connection), look at challenges with fresh eyes (naivety), find new opportunities in doing things differently (staying in the mistake) and speak from the heart (emotional truth). These clown instructions are what we will explore in this day.

The workshop consists of two parts. First, we explore the idea of ‘clown state’, the stance from which a clown operates. Being in this state, we will secondly walk into typical corporate situations. This will alter the way those typical situations unfold, with…