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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...
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...
Ensuring Meeting Inclusiveness — How to Value Diversity & Plurality
The primary responsibility of a facilitator is to protect the participants. Furthermore, the facilitator helps drive...
Scope Creep Kills: Facilitate Concern, Influence, and Control
Scope creep kills projects. It also kills meetings. The consensual sphere of Concern, Influence, and Control helps a...
Use the Fist of Five to Test for Consensus on Contextual Issues
The Fist of Five approach combines the speed of thumbs up/ down and displays the degrees of agreement that can support...
How to Facilitate Prioritization and Build Consensus Quickly (or, MoSCoW)
Strongly encouraged by Steve Jobs, as mentioned in his biography by Walter Isaacson, here is how to facilitate...
7 Reasons Why Agile Facilitation Provides a Powerful Mindset for Various Frameworks
We love Agile and an Agile mindset. You should too. For most of you, some version of Agile methodology will replace or...
Frequent Meeting Problems and What You Should Do About Them
Ever develop that sense of deja vu about not getting anywhere during a meeting? Meeting problems are indicative of...
How to Be Precise with Three Meeting Transition Questions: Do NOT Ask “How Do You Solve Global Hunger?”
Meeting Transition questions is highly effective because you cannot develop a plan, any plan, such as a marketing...
Four Phases of a Strategy Execution Map and Great Questions to Ask
Discovering and creating a Strategy Execution Map may proceed in four phases: Preparation: Evidence-based support...
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