Asanda Ngoasheng·Nov 17, 2025Moving from group facilitation to individual coaching has been a challenging but interesting…When I first stepped into the world of one on one coaching, I thought the skills I had developed in group facilitation would translate…
Paul Nunesdea, Ph.D. CPF·Apr 16, 2025Designing Dialogue: Remembering Harrison Owen and Embracing the Café Spirit in FacilitationOne month and one year ago, last 16 March, the world lost Harrison Owen, the visionary who gave us Open Space Technology. His deceptively…
Serena Fulton·Jun 5, 2024Be like jazz: what music can teach us about group dynamicsI recently took myself out on a date to a jazz show, one of my favorite things to do (shout out to the Richmond jazz scene, you helped me…
Tristan Holme·May 8, 2024Why we should stop working towards compromiseRather than figuring out what concessions we should be making in groups or relationships, let’s look to the field of possibility.
Tenneson Woolf·Mar 5, 2024Three Things To RememberWhen I facilitate groups, I remember that there is always a story under the story. It’s a purpose story. It’s a simplicity story. It may…
Robert McNeil·Dec 14, 2023EquanimityOne of the most powerful skill sets for a facilitator/consultant to have is equanimity. It’s defined as the ability to remain calm and…
Bola Owoade·Apr 27, 2023SMART Facilitation Skills for Learning and Group FacilitatorsAbout 20 years ago when I first started as a learning and development practitioner, I had just finished a train-the-trainer course and I…
Tristan Holme·Mar 15, 2023The Unseen Value of Working Conflict in Group SettingsA few weeks back I facilitated an AGM for a community with a history of conflict. Whilst the effects of that conflict had dissipated in…
InWinds and WavesbyICAI Winds and Waves·Nov 2, 2021Group Facilitation Can Help Save Life on EarthIn our critical decade and century, group facilitation can help organizations, communities, and nations achieve consensus and take action…
Michal Levy·Oct 23, 2021GroupsI am a group facilitator. What a weird definition. Being in the position of the group facilitator means to have power, and yet, many times…
