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Using “yes-and”, following the flow, and focusing on the process as much as the outcomes… Is this improv or facilitation? The two share a lot in comm...

The building blocks of facilitation can be considered as quite practical, tangible things: workshops, agendas, exercises, timing, and tools. Underpinn...

Urban planning is the discipline of creating shared, public spaces. It could easily be mistaken for large-scale facilitation by design! Peter Munthe-...

Circles are everywhere: in nature, our biology, our art. There’s something sacred and special about them. So what happens when we introduce them to ou...

LEGO Serious Play is an increasingly popular method of facilitation and one that we’ve explored previously on the podcast, but I wanted to dive into a...

When it comes to workshops, we often talk about “making space” for people to express themselves creatively and authentically. It’s a metaphorical phr...

Chris Bent isn’t creative, he’ll happily admit. Chris Bent is also the founder of Piccles, one of the best creative platforms I’ve seen. If that doe...

Meg Bolger is a perfect example of facilitation for good, founding and leading multiple organisations focused on promoting DEI and LGBTQ justice, awar...

It was in the arid air of Burning Man that Edric Subur first felt Warmspace flicker in his mind and heart. Connecting deeply, sharing widely, and bei...

Fun, connection, acting without inhibition – it’s all part of the joy of being human… and it’s the subject of Jacques Martiquet’s extensive research. ...

Belonging is a complex topic at the best of times, but in an age of digital meetings, remote work, and physical distance, many more layers have been a...

The microphone has turned, the seats have switched, and I am being interviewed on my own show! This week, Michelle Howard takes up the mantle of work...

Games are fun, silly, not based in reality… We can take our serious selves into games and embrace playfulness, but it’s a lot harder to take the play...

Co-facilitation feels like a wonderful, secret club. Those who’ve experienced successful co-facilitation understand the impact it has on outcomes, as...

Psychological safety is a bastion of facilitation, collaboration, and connection. But has it reached a tipping point? As the phrase permeates more c...

After a year and a half of panicked, rushed remote and hybrid work, we are long overdue a calm presence - a voice of reason. Someone to steer the ship...

123 episodes later, we return to where it all started. In truth, I believe I could have recorded 124 episodes exclusively with Patrick Cowden and we’...

It took me nearly one year to arrange this interview, due to just how popular, committed, and focused Quanita Roberson is. But I would have happily w...

Magic isn’t stuck in children’s books and feel-good films, it’s here. It’s among us. It’s in our vulnerability, our connection, and our understanding....

We are experiencing a long-overdue explosion of information and awareness about mental health. Just as we’ve steadily developed great interventions fo...

Group dynamics are always present in the room, whether or not we choose to acknowledge them. What can we do to understand and manage group dynamics -...

Analogies are a powerful tool - they’re communication kaleidoscopes, reflecting and refracting our ideas into a multitude of new, eye-catching alterna...

Facilitation is a creative practice, but I am constantly surprised by the intersections people find and create between it and other creative practices...

It’s not uncommon for guests on workshops work to introduce new and unique angles to the practice of facilitation, but I should have known things woul...

Teams are embracing hybrid work - which means more asynchronous work, variable communication signals from person to person, and an opportunity for wid...

Every organisation has a culture. Whether its leaders pay attention to it or not. Leaving culture untouched is leaving money on the table and employee...

Alignment would be one of the first words added to the facilitation dictionary, but the concept can sometimes suffer with a reputation as a ‘washy’ or...

Facilitation has many intersections, but one I didn’t ever think I would discuss on this podcast is that of Taoism and facilitation. Yet, here we are...

I have always said that words make worlds, but language is just one lens through which we can see and decipher our experiences. What of drawings? Col...

Facilitating innovation in times of need, the world of ‘futuring’, examining greys in a black and white world - these are big topics, but Dan Levy exp...