Silence in meetings is rarely apathy; it is a safety signal. I explain the three reasons teams go quiet (fear, futility, and overload) and the specific leadership moves to restore open dialogue.
Flawless Consulting by Peter Block is a foundational work on building trust-based partnerships with clients. This practical summary highlights the key ideas, mindsets and behaviours that help consultants, facilitators and leaders create sustainable results through authentic partnership.
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 book in 3 sentences The Empowered Manager is a practical guide for managers who want to lead with integrity, not control. It shows how managers can choose partnership over hierarchy, service over self-interest, and accountability over compliance. By making these personal shifts, managers can foster trust, ownership, and meaningful change, regardless of the system they work in. Who should read [...]
» The IPK Design Kit — Read on www.i-p-k.co.za/ipk-design-kit/
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.
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/
Cynefin.net a resourcing for sensemaking tools and techniques: — Read on wiki.sensemaker-suite.com/index.php/Main_Page
Video on "MA" the art of Japanese silence
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
Link to article: Leadership and the small group
Link to a PDF on a Visual Facilitation Process “graphic gameplan"
Link to resources for online Open Space sessions via Zoom
Interesting read, held for later: What is joint problem framing? What are the key issues that joint problem framing has to address? How can joint problem framing be improved? What is joint problem framing? A key aspect of tackling complex problems is effectively bringing together differing points of view. These points of view are… — Read on i2insights.org/2020/06/23/framework-for-problem-framing/
A link to the work by The Value Web on exploring the role of facilitation in change
Art of Hosting guide developed by the AoH community
A short presentation delivered to Nedja Petranovskaja's Remote Cafe Session on Face to Face versus Remote Facilitation?
Link to article on 5 STEPS TO STAY FOCUSED WHEN TEACHING ONLINE
A sketchnote from a session by Pierluigi Pugliese
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/
A link to resources on Social Learning by Wenger-Trayner
A series of sketchnotes from a session by Ia Brix on designing and using visual templates.
A sketchnote on how to do solid co-facilitation from the book series The Collaboration Code
A series of sketchnotes on the role of the physical environment in facilitation and how to design for its use
Lauren Green has created an editable collection of icebreakers for virtual meetings HERE Worth a look!
Resources for effective collaboration
An overview of my online / remote service offering in a simple PDF.
