Well, been thinking for days about Michael, and, of all the many things I could say, what is at the core.
Michael believed in me. That is it. That was....and still is.... the magic of Michael Doyle. Believed in us each, I suspect, and by extension, the capacity of the group.
From the first Group Graphics workshop with David, Sandra and Geoff and the early years doing graphic recording, working both with Interaction’s methodology and the Sibbet & Associates Group Graphic process.....to the time Michael showed up as adjunct faculty in my MSOD program, where again I was struggling to integrate verbal and visual process, the mainstream and the cutting edge. Phenomenal support and acknowledgment from Michael to be who I was, even when I didn’t know who I was.
My last contact with Michael was probably 3 years ago, about suits for a high school production of Guys & Dolls. What a delightful, odd memory now rather than a time wheeling and dealing in a meeting room!
Michael believed in the power of the collective and the team, and yet also the individual. Contradictory and complimentary. Michael opened doors, was demanding, trusted my creativity, challenged my assumptions, was presumptuous, thought big, and showed me that the best facilitation at times breaks all the rules, even the ones written in the book.
What a life....what a legacy!
Jennifer Hammond Landau


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