Hateful comments: Defensive or Curious?
You could read a million books, but they will all be flotsam and jetsam in the wake of the state that we're automatically transformed into when accosted by a hateful attack.
6 Tips for scribing: A key facilitation skill
It's powerful for people to have their input written up for all to see. Visually sharing input in a meeting helps you sort priorities, include everyone and create an accurate record of the process.
Contracting Controversial Facilitation Work
Being asked to come in and help around a controversial issue, takes us to the deep end of facilitation. It can be exciting to be invited to provide facilitation for such work, and it is very rewarding to see it through to successful and sustainable outcomes.However, we are regularly gathering stories of how such controversial work can be de-railed… and we have our own experiences to add to the mix!
Are you over the way decisions are made?
Collaboration is in right now. From the design hub to the boardroom to ‘public engagement’ – collaboration is invoked as essential to solving complex challenges. Organisations are moving away from top-down decision making approaches to more collaborative ones as a way to better manage projects, drive innovation and change, and increase productivity.