Quiet People: 5 Ways to Increase Meeting Participation
A leopard cannot change their spots. In the same vein, you are never going to convert quiet people into extroverts who continuously contribute and dominate your meeting. There are, however, a few simple steps for you to increase the velocity and...
Facilitate Innovation By Using the Brainstorming Tool as Intended
To facilitate innovation for products or processes provides a significant life force and has become a strategic priority for most companies and organizations. An IBM poll of fifteen hundred CEOs identified creativity as the number one “leadership...
How to Facilitate Brainstorming: Ideation and Analysis
The term “brainstorming” is technically a gerund, a verb that wants to be a noun. A gerund implies more than one step or activity. Osborne's original Applied Imagination, also known as Brainstorming, relies on separate Ideation and Analysis...
Facilitate Meaning and Intent, Not Words
One of the toughest tasks of a facilitator is to relinquish judgment and fully seek the intent behind the terms used in meetings. Therefore, facilitate meaning, not words. Structured workshops support the information revolution (as opposed to the...
Bad Predictions for Science and Technology
One of the biggest challenges with facilitation is to build consensus about a future state. Therefore, in a light-hearted sense as we approach the holiday season, here are some bad predictions that likely garnered some respect along the way—albeit...
How to Facilitate Scientists, Asians, and Europeans
Recently on a blog, an informal group of mathematicians solved a tough and long-standing mathematics problem in a few weeks. Additionally, an MGRUSH alumnae wrote about preparing for an executive workshop and how to facilitate Europeans and Asians...
How to Categorize Lists of Ideas and Inputs When Facilitating
One of the worst questions a facilitator could ask is "How would you like to categorize these?" They don't know how. That's why they hired you. Categorizing and creating clusters of related items (or processes) makes it easier for a group to focus...
Change or Die —“It is NOT the strongest of the species that survives . . .
Change or die? Most people do not change their minds—rather, they make a new decision based on new information. Sometimes the things they look at change as well. Every morning a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion...
da Vinci’s Innovation Traits: Still Relevant, Still Compelling
Leonardo da Vinci identified seven key traits or skills that one can cultivate to enhance intelligence and unlock the potential for genius. Even after mastering these traits, one must overcome the fear of failure, which often prevents people from...
The Tao of Facilitation — Leaving the Ego Behind
The Tao of Facilitation 10th Verse of the Tao Can you love your people and govern your domain without self-importance? . . . working, yet not taking credit; leading without controlling or dominating? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While it is...
Blue Ocean Strategy: Create Uncontested Market Space
The MGRUSH technique encourages different approaches based on whether your project is seeking incremental gain or requires real breakthroughs. Blue Ocean Strategy promotes breakthrough thinking, justified by the higher profits such thinking...
“‘The Strategy’ vs. ‘Strategies’ and ‘Strategic Plans’: A Comparative Analysis”
"The term 'strategy,' much like 'quality,' is often overused and should be applied with precision. 'The strategy' should only be used unambiguously when it reflects a clearly defined and singular perspective." It's important to carefully...
Facilius Reddo: Simplifying the Path to Success
With this initial blog, we have launched compelling content about the dynamic role of a facilitator in the interactive world of instant communications. This Best Practices site anchors feeds to Google+, Linked-In, Reddit, Twitter, and hundreds of...
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