What’s the rationale for hiring a facilitator? In this article, learn the 7 scenarios when your facilitator can help you stay out of trouble and on the road to success.
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To help you and your team smooth the bumpy road ahead, this article gives you, the team leader, practical guidelines for holding productive hybrid meetings.
As your team of workers returns to the office after more than a year of working from home, one thing is certain: hybrid meetings (a combination of in-person and virtual meetings) will be more prevalent than before. Learn how to overcome the tricky aspects of these colliding formats.
A strategic plan can be much more than a “roadmap.” If you want to leverage your strategic plan beyond this simple function, read on to discover five uncommon ways you can use your plan.
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It’s clear now: the novel coronavirus will be circulating in our communities for some time. This article lays out seven strategies for re-opening effectively.
Every organization struggles to keep their strategic plan active and alive, so they can focus their precious funding and staff on the goals that matter most. In this article, let’s diagnose why your plan might be on life-support and explore how to resuscitate it.
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What if you need breakthrough solutions to a tricky issue? What if your team has been stuck in a thinking rut, relying on the same tired tools and assumptions? What if you need extraordinary results?
For these situations, you’ll need meeting agreements that create the conditions for “wow!” and inspire brilliance from the minds of your people.
Intrigued by value planning for your next big capital project or infrastructure project? Like any powerful tool, it’s designed for certain circumstances. You wouldn’t use a pole saw to trim your mustache, now would you? In this article, figure out when to use value planning for your infrastructure projects.
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Value planning is a powerful process for harnessing the knowledge of technical experts and engaging stakeholders. An innovation facilitator will guide your team and selected stakeholders through a carefully designed, creative problem-solving process.
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What can an Innovation Facilitator do for you? On a single project, expect some outrageously good problem-solving on your stickiest issues. Working within your organization over time, they can help you foster a culture that consistently delivers ground-breaking ideas, build systems and processes to support innovation, address challenges, and take advantage of opportunities before the competition can.
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When to Hire a Meeting Facilitator
Conflict Resolution, Creative Thinking, Genius of Teams, Group Facilitation, Innovation Toolbox, Leadership Toolbox, Strategic Meetings, Strategic PlanningWhat’s the rationale for hiring a facilitator? In this article, learn the 7 scenarios when your facilitator can help you stay out of trouble and on the road to success.
Facilitator’s Toolkit for Hybrid Meetings
Group Facilitation, Strategic Meetings, Strategic PlanningSmoothly combine virtual & in-person meeting formats, level the playing field, and better handle the cognitive load of facilitating hybrid meetings.
Participant’s Survival Guide for Hybrid Meetings
Group Facilitation, Leadership Toolbox, Strategic Meetings, Strategic PlanningGood news! Learn how to survive and thrive the challenges of combined virtual/in-person meetings, even if you’re not the leader.
Leader’s Guide to Hybrid Meetings
Group Facilitation, Leadership Toolbox, Strategic Meetings, Strategic PlanningTo help you and your team smooth the bumpy road ahead, this article gives you, the team leader, practical guidelines for holding productive hybrid meetings.
Making Hybrid Meetings Work, Despite Colliding Formats
Group Facilitation, Leadership Toolbox, Strategic Meetings, Strategic PlanningAs your team of workers returns to the office after more than a year of working from home, one thing is certain: hybrid meetings (a combination of in-person and virtual meetings) will be more prevalent than before. Learn how to overcome the tricky aspects of these colliding formats.
Five Uncommon Functions of Your Strategic Plan
Creative Thinking, Strategic Meetings, Strategic PlanningA strategic plan can be much more than a “roadmap.” If you want to leverage your strategic plan beyond this simple function, read on to discover five uncommon ways you can use your plan.
Re-Opening While COVID-19 Circulates
Strategic Meetings, Strategic PlanningIt’s clear now: the novel coronavirus will be circulating in our communities for some time. This article lays out seven strategies for re-opening effectively.
Resuscitate Your Strategic Plan
Strategic Meetings, Strategic PlanningEvery organization struggles to keep their strategic plan active and alive, so they can focus their precious funding and staff on the goals that matter most. In this article, let’s diagnose why your plan might be on life-support and explore how to resuscitate it.
Creative Manifesto for Powerful Problem-Solving
Creative Thinking, Genius of Teams, Group Facilitation, Innovation Toolbox, Strategic MeetingsWhat if you need breakthrough solutions to a tricky issue? What if your team has been stuck in a thinking rut, relying on the same tired tools and assumptions? What if you need extraordinary results?
For these situations, you’ll need meeting agreements that create the conditions for “wow!” and inspire brilliance from the minds of your people.
When to Use Value Planning
Creative Thinking, Group Facilitation, Innovation Toolbox, Sustainable Infrastructure, Value PlanningIntrigued by value planning for your next big capital project or infrastructure project? Like any powerful tool, it’s designed for certain circumstances. You wouldn’t use a pole saw to trim your mustache, now would you? In this article, figure out when to use value planning for your infrastructure projects.
What is Value Planning?
Innovation Toolbox, Leadership Toolbox, Sustainable Infrastructure, Value PlanningValue planning is a powerful process for harnessing the knowledge of technical experts and engaging stakeholders. An innovation facilitator will guide your team and selected stakeholders through a carefully designed, creative problem-solving process.
Make It Easy with an Innovation Facilitator
Genius of Teams, Group Facilitation, Innovation Toolbox, Sustainable Infrastructure, Value PlanningWhat can an Innovation Facilitator do for you? On a single project, expect some outrageously good problem-solving on your stickiest issues. Working within your organization over time, they can help you foster a culture that consistently delivers ground-breaking ideas, build systems and processes to support innovation, address challenges, and take advantage of opportunities before the competition can.