Facilitating a culture of participation

ICA brings everyone to the table for collaborative change, providing expertise and innovation to hundreds of organizations and transferring practical skills to thousands of individuals. We engage all stakeholders and embed this into the core systems and values of every organization.

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Highly transferrable skills that fully engage all staff and stakeholders. Get the confidence you need to make a difference

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ICA Associates Inc. involves and empowers everyone in planning, distributed decision making and implementing change

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Certification

Become an IAF Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF), or an ICA Certified ToP Facilitator (CTF), an ICA Facilitative Leader or a Transformational Leader. Prove your competence

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Art of Focused Conversation

This powerful self-directed introductory course is now half price for those considering a new career or needing inspiration while leading groups.

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About Us

ICA Associates Inc. is on the leading edge of transformation in communities, organizations and governments. For forty years our philosophy of full participation has made solid impact in every field of endeavour. ICA training allows you to become the leader of that transformation in your own organization or field.

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What Our Clients Say

As the new president of a large, comlex health centre, I had to quickly get our whole management team thinking along the same lines. With the help of ICA Associates, it took only two days.

Dave Murray President, Group Health Centre, Sault Ste. Marie

ICA customized training for Canadian Tire to meet our specific needs. Their depth and breadth of experience was evident not only during the training but through ongoing coaching. The tools and techniques ICA provided have been used at many levels across the organization to ensure the best possible outcome.

Deborah Fletcher Manager, Merchandising Capability Development, Canadian Tire Corporation

ICA training has transformed our company practice and culture. All our meetings are much more authentic, insightful and productive…and even fun! We send all our staff to ICA.

Helen Leask PhD President, Journey DX Research Inc

In only three days, we had a way for our managers to move the entire organization toward team-based operations, and an action plan to get it done.

Deborah McLeod Director, Inuvik Regional Health and Social Services Board

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Why learning to facilitate is becoming a core leadership skill
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Why learning to facilitate is becoming a core leadership skill

Something has quietly shifted in what it takes to lead. A generation ago, leadership was measured largely by how decisively a person could direct, del ...

Reject the “Sticky Note Contest”: How Can the Consensus Workshop Method Produce a True Collective Soul?
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Reject the “Sticky Note Contest”: How Can the Consensus Workshop Method Produce a True Collective Soul?

Are you doing a Consensus Workshop, or just making a hodgepodge? Many facilitators or HR professionals find that when they organize a team ...

Leading with Care: The Story of Lindsay Humber

Leading with Care: The Story of Lindsay Humber

Facilitation has been at the center of my work for over a decade – supporting communities and organizations to navigate complexity, listen ...

The Art of Focused Conversation: Transform Your Meetings with the Four-Level ORID Method

The Art of Focused Conversation: Transform Your Meetings with the Four-Level ORID Method

How many hours have you spent in meetings that went nowhere? If you're like most professionals, the answer is "too many to count." Research shows tha ...

Focused Conversation Method

Focused Conversation Method

This is the single most valuable method for any facilitator. It allows any group to have a safe conversation that actually gets somewhere. It is a too ...

Human Genetic Material Benefit Sharing

Human Genetic Material Benefit Sharing

Pharmaceutical firms get financial benefit from the use of human genetic material while disease and founder populations who provide the genetic materi ...

Consultation on Public Consultations

Consultation on Public Consultations

The City of Edmonton wanted to determine how best to do public consultation. At first: Public consultation was often held on major city initiatives bu ...

Webequie First Nation Ring of Fire

Webequie First Nation Ring of Fire

Webequie First Nation is in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire in northern Ontario.  At first: Governments and mining companies usually want quick negotia ...

Participatory Strategic Planning

Participatory Strategic Planning

ICA’s participatory strategic planning is well-known around the world in companies, governments, non-profit groups, and communities. For many facili ...

Social Process Triangle

Social Process Triangle

This is the most powerful diagnostic tool for understanding whole system dynamics in society and organizations. With it any size group can get a good ...