"My role is to help people work together more effectively. I focus on participation and its application in the real world. It's about the power of collaboration, not the hollow security of groupthink."
Towards better meetings
I work with you to design & run highly participatory meetings, workshops and other events. I manage the process, leaving you free to focus on the content.
I can help you with a focussed conversation or participatory workshop in almost any area you care to name. For example:
I can help you with a focussed conversation or participatory workshop in almost any area you care to name. For example:
- Business planning
- Project scoping
- Issue analysis
- Community consultation
- Corporate visioning
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team meetings
- Action planning
- Qualitative research
Towards doing it for yourself
I work with you to facilitate learning that focusses on what's strategically important for your business. I add effective collaboration and partnering skills to your existing capacities.
I use participatory methods to help you develop participatory skills, knowledge and capacities. You get to:
I use participatory methods to help you develop participatory skills, knowledge and capacities. You get to:
- Solve the important problems. I tailor content to meet your exact needs, and deliver at a time & place to suit you.
- Provide professional support as a strong partner. My expertise is based both on theory and evolving good practice.
- Understand your staff and business needs and respond with strong-minded independence.
Open mind, open heart
2 December, 2015
“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.” So let’s look at this from different angles… and ask how it applies to dialogue.
In praise of (inter) active whiteboarding
9 November, 2014
Towards authentic and flexible communication. Why even clumsy drawings on the whiteboard can be more engaging than slick powerpoint slides.
Visual facilitation tools
5 November, 2014
A new-ish world of interactive graphics. Exploring connections, values and action by reshaping graphics in real-time.
Buzzword bingo: bollocks, creativity and reality
3 November, 2014
From empty buzzwords to useful content. A potential lateral thinking type tool for exploring what lies behind the jargon.
A definitively defined topic
10 September, 2014
Setting the context for a public dialogue. In which I discuss an example of a well defined topic in the public space: Judith Curry responds … sort of. It comes from Tamino's blog Open Mind.
