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Facilitation Best Practices – 26 Articles To Help You Lead Better Meetings
For over ten years, we have consistently posted articles on Facilitation Best Practices. Articles are written to help...
Why Meeting Participants Have An Obligation To Contribute
Many articles talk about getting meeting participants involved. Seriously? If the meeting output impacts participants’...
How Scenario Planning Helps Prevent Missing Requirements
Poor requirements don’t impede projects, missing requirements do. Experience has taught us that one approach stands...
Remember the WHY Before the WHAT – An Integrative Problem Solving Framework and Agenda
Searching for a problem solving approach proven to work in a variety of situations? Whether you’re a group of highly...
Your Meeting Pathway to Success and Supplemental Workshop Canvas
Over the years, students and alumni have clamored for a simple reference sheet of our curriculum and how to prepare...
How to Facilitate Speakers and Conference Presentations
During a four-day conference, we facilitated more than 20 speakers and varying presentations, each citing distinctive...
30 Questions to Change the Point of View in a Meeting
All too often we are guilty of asking for the deliverable. For example, if the deliverable is a plan to mitigate...
What is TRIZ, When You Should You Use It, and Stop Doing the Counterproductive
TRIZ represents a methodology focused on innovative processes or product improvement. Use it when you need innovative...
Four Reasons You Will Dial Up Decision Quality with More Team Diversity
Decision quality increases with the number of available options. The MGRUSH technique has long promoted the concept of...
Lead and Facilitate Root Cause Analysis that Leads Directly to Innovation
By using root cause analysis, you can develop Critical to Quality (CTQ), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and...
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