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STOP! Were We Even In The Same Meeting?
Daniel Pink’s newest research proves that the end of a meeting is more important than the beginning. Endings...
Takeaways from the Global SCRUM Gathering and Control the Room
The Global SCRUM GATHERING® Austin was kicked off on a warm Monday morning in May by Daniel Pink. Because his research...
Group Decision-Making: Focus on Strategic, Operational, OR Tactical Issues
Scope creep wreaks havoc on projects and group decision-making. Meetings also spin out of control because the leader...
A Blueprint When Building Consensus Around All Types of Decision-Making
After reviewing some material about the optimal methodology (i.e., approach) for distribution planning, related to an...
The Bookend Method: A Rhetorical Strategy for Facilitators to Improve Decision-Making
In managing capital projects or leading teams, facilitators often grapple with prioritization, where every item can...
How to Use a Tools for Definitions Making It Easier to Consensually Plan and Decide
To build an operational and consensual definition that your group can live with, in their own words, and with their...
The Purpose Tool: Building the Strategic Plan for a Function, Process, Activity or Product
Assuredly, organizational executives are known to go off-site to conduct strategic planning sessions, building...
Use the Creativity Tool to Launch Ideation When Brainstorming
The following Creativity tool stimulates the ideation activity of Brainstorming and enables people to express ideas...
One Essence, Three Aspects: The Rule of Thirds in the World of Facilitation
The rule of thirds helps guide the facilitator and meeting designer. The Project Management Institute (PMI) refers to...
A Metaphor is Worth a Thousand Pictures: Explained Via Analogy
In the role of facilitator, you will discover a lot of power by using metaphors or analogies to explain your method....
A Facilitator’s Profile is Much Like an Innovator’s Profile — a Design Thinker
“Contrary to popular opinion, you don’t need weird shoes or a black turtleneck to be a design thinker . . .” so goes...
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