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Aleksandra (Ola) Potrykus-Majewska knows the struggle of finding a great external facilitator when stuck in a corporate procurement system. But she al...

Purpose is becoming an increasingly important part of corporate culture, but how there are still misconceptions and doubts about its value - especiall...

What can educators and facilitators learn from each other to benefit their practice? And where do the two crossover?  These are wide-ranging question...

We use our facilitation skills in our work, but these are universally applicable skills. Negotiating with a toddler, hosting parties, working out whic...

This week, I am joined by Joe Allen – a meeting scientist, professor of Industrial Organisational Psychology, Director at the Center for Meeting Effec...

Structure contains us and sets boundaries, it can’t make space for freedom or creativity… can it? Liberating Structures says otherwise - and Nadia vo...

Empathy is a cornerstone of facilitation. Without it, we are only thrusting ideas and intentions on people. With it, we meet people where they are and...

This toe-tapping, energy-flowing, jam of a workshops work episode explores the similarities (and differences) between jazz music, strategy, and facili...

Forging your own career or business in facilitation isn’t easy. As so many of the guests on this podcast can attest to, it’s often the case that we do...

How much of your workday do you really pay attention to? From where you sit to how often you get distracted and what happens when you come back from ...

100 episodes. (More than) 100 guests. Thousands of listeners. You, here, reading this and listening to this landmark episode. To mark this milestone,...

Bad meetings are all too common, but they are merely the product of every bad meeting that has come before them. So, how do we break the cycle of uns...

Agile can be hugely effective in many environments, but from the outside, it can be daunting. The language, its origins in tech, and its overzealous c...

As a former Board member of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), and co-Founder of the Digital Collaboration Academy, there are few pe...

Exploring the overlap between facilitation and leadership was an exciting proposition to me, but I didn’t expect it to encompass everything from archi...

When Gabrielle Santa-Donato said, “we need to be intentional about this transition”, she wasn’t talking about virtual workshops or exploring a worksho...

From exploring human graphs as a way of completing her homework in high school to flourishing as a multidisciplinary facilitator, dancer, and visual c...

Jeroen Frumau has had a remarkable career – from working at the arrowhead of innovation in senior roles at Phillips Design to founding and co-founding...

Do you want to create meetings that participants actively engage with? When online meetings fail, it’s almost always because the offline meetings wer...

Do you want to get better at creating mind-blowing visual experiences for participants? If so, you need to think about the story and method behind yo...

Facilitators want to inspire, motivate, and cultivate change and growth. However, facilitators cannot see into the future. No matter how hard we try, ...

How can you use the creativity of a daydream to solve a very real problem? Being able to access creative thought when necessary is a skill and it can ...

What is art-based learning? And how can art-based learning workshops be successful virtually? In this episode of workshops work, I find out how we ca...

Great facilitators aren't always subject matter experts. In fact, they may know very little about the workshop's topic. A successful facilitator acts ...

To achieve great workshop collaboration, participants must find a way to work together. In times of change, positivity is often the magic ingredient t...

Since March 2020, almost 100 facilitators have collaborated to bring to life a bold vision: A 24 hours long, global facilitation festival.  In this b...

As the facilitator, it’s up to you to act as the group’s vehicle and guide them from one place to the next. You do this by providing the context that ...

Online meetings have risen in popularity since the COVID-19 outbreak, but they must cover more than ticking boxes from the agenda list. Creating stron...

Sticky notes, tennis balls, and other objects can be used to create engaging and productive online meetings and workshops. How do I know this to be tr...

Are you still searching for your message? The terminology we use as facilitators may seem confusing for some of our clients. We must discover and use ...