Flawless Consulting – Peter Block – Book Summary
Explore key insights from Peter Block’s Flawless Consulting, The trusted guide for consultants seeking to build trust, solve problems, and drive sustainable client results.
Connecting for the common good – Session 3 – Peter Block
This is my third session attending Connecting for the Common Good with Peter Block. As always, some great conversations and ideas. There are two more in the series. See HERE to attend. Here is my sketchnote summary of the session:
Connecting for the common good – Session 1 – Peter Block
Yesterday I attended a session by Peter Block on "Connecting for the common good". As always engaging, energising and motivating. There are four more in the series. See HERE. Here is my sketchnote summary of the session:
Activating the common Good – Peter Block – Book Summary
The book in 3 sentences Peter Block challenges the dominant “business perspective”, built on scarcity, consumption, and institutional control, and offers a new story: the common good perspective, where citizens reclaim agency through trust, local action, and relational care. He argues that real change happens when neighbours gather, share power, and co-create community well-being, rather than waiting for systems to fix [...]
The answer to how is yes – Peter Block – Book summary
The full title is "The Answer to How is YES: Acting on what matters." The book in 3 sentences Peter Block argues that our obsession with asking “how?” masks a deeper avoidance of personal responsibility and purpose. Instead of chasing solutions, we should begin by saying “yes” to what truly matters and commit to it without waiting for permission or certainty. [...]
Stewardship – Peter Block – Book Summary
The book in three sentences Peter Block’s Stewardship redefines leadership as a choice to serve rather than control. It challenges traditional models of power, accountability, and ownership, arguing for organisations built on partnership, transparency, and shared purpose. The book is a call to abandon patriarchal governance and become stewards, that is, people who are deeply accountable without needing to dominate. Who [...]
Resource – The IPK Design Kit
» The IPK Design Kit — Read on www.i-p-k.co.za/ipk-design-kit/
Article – Maturity Mapping
Maturity Mapping overview and its connection to cynefin and Wardley mapping
Exercise – left hand column
www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_redquadrant-the-left-hand-column-exercise-activity-6767713555874742272-M8yo Classic exercise based on similar in Senge's Fifth Discipline. This is by Benjamin Taylor.
Template outside-in strategy review
Saving this planning ' reviewing too here for later. Read on blog.agendashift.com/2021/02/08/eating-our-own-dog-food-our-outside-in-strategy-review/
Article – Bezos on decision making
Article on decision making by Amazon CEO
Article – Customer value charting
Link to article on Customer value charting
Video – Japanese Art of silence
Video on "MA" the art of Japanese silence
Link – Visual Story telling templaetes
Link to some nice visual templates on storytelling
Article: How to Increase the Flow of Knowledge Across an Organization
Article link that explores "Connection before content"
Design Thinking hub
A hub of resources related to Design Thinking
Article Squad Health Check model
Saving article for future reading https://engineering.atspotify.com/2014/09/16/squad-health-check-model/
Article – How to create gatherings that scale
Article saved for later on facilitation. Via Scott Gould...By focusing on strategy instead of tactics, content can come and go, but the foundation will stay solid for the long-term. — Read on www.gatheringeffect.com/blog/how-to-create-gatherings-that-scale
Paper: How to design, implement and evaluate organizational interventions for maximum impact: the Sigtuna Principles
Interesting research on change design, support and evaluation
Video: Visual thinking for writers
youtu.be/yrP1Q_LNqis
Link: MG Taylor Modeling Language
MG Taylor Modeling Language — Read on legacy.mgtaylor.com/mgtaylor/glasbead/expmodel.htm
Article: Too Much Cross Talk. Too Little Creativity. How to Fix the Worst Parts of a Virtual Meeting.
Interesting tips on virtual facilitation
Document: PDF on graphic gameplan visual template
Link to a PDF on a Visual Facilitation Process “graphic gameplan"
Flawless Consulting book – Sketchnotes
Sketchnotes from chapters 1 to 13 of Flawless Consulting
Open Space via Zoom
Link to resources for online Open Space sessions via Zoom
Resource: Participatory Systems Mapping: a practical guide
Full article in pdf: www.cecan.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2019-03/PSM Workshop method.pdf
Link – VISUAL POLICY ANALYSIS
A link to the work done by Michelle Buchholz on Visual Policy Analysis
Link – Recode Facilitation Framing
A link to the work by The Value Web on exploring the role of facilitation in change
Art of Harvesting guide
Art of Hosting guide developed by the AoH community
Face to Face or Online facilitation
A short presentation delivered to Nedja Petranovskaja's Remote Cafe Session on Face to Face versus Remote Facilitation?
Visual Templates Collection
This is a curation of Visual Templates I have found: either by being sent them or on my travels on the internet
Canvas or template – what’s the difference?
My very brief thoughts on what makes a canvas
Host Leadership – Sketchnote
A sketchnote from a session by Pierluigi Pugliese
Sensemaking Under Pressure by ARTD
Interesting article: Sensemaking Under Pressure We have all been challenged to rethink the way we work; at the organisational, team, program and evaluation level. More than ever, we — Read on www.artd.com.au/news/1570/
T5 by Robin Good
A curation of resources for collaboration tools by Robin Good
A framework for planning a harvest – Chris Corrigan
Saving for consumptions later. A framework for planning a harvest – Chris Corrigan — Read on www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/a-framework-for-planning-a-harvest/
Resources for social learning by Wenger-Trayner
A link to resources on Social Learning by Wenger-Trayner
Zoom cheat sheet
A double sized document to help trainers and facilitators get the best out of Zoom
Ia Brix – Visual Templates webinar
A series of sketchnotes from a session by Ia Brix on designing and using visual templates.
Move toward the fear
A sketchnote on the role of fear in facilitation from the book The Collaboration Code
Trust in the Process
A sketchnote on the role of trust in the process of facilitation
Scan Focus Act – Facilitation Method
The Scan Focus Act facilitation model in a sketchnote summary - Taken from The Collaboration Code book series
Conscious co-facilitation
A sketchnote on how to do solid co-facilitation from the book series The Collaboration Code
Approach to facilitation
A sketchnote on an approach to facilitation outlines in The Collaboration Code book series
Facilitation physical environment
A series of sketchnotes on the role of the physical environment in facilitation and how to design for its use
A collection of virtual icebreakers
Lauren Green has created an editable collection of icebreakers for virtual meetings HERE Worth a look!
Collaboration tools
Resources for effective collaboration
Twitter for facilitators
As International Facilitation Week ramps up, I wanted to contribute by trying to connect more facilitators globally together through Twitter. In order to do this, I thought I would share my experience of Twitter by creating this short Frequently Asked Questions guide. Its aim is to help facilitators understand what twitter is and how you they can leverage its use: 1) [...]
canvas collection – home
A collection of visual canvases