Strategic Planning: Achieving Breakthroughs & Commitment through Co-creation

Conventional strategic planning can cause disconnects between the people making decisions and the employees who have to implement them, which can cause issues around motivation, implementation, or even missed opportunities

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Guiding a Group To Self-Awareness: The Underlying Thinking Process
group process / ORID

Guiding a Group To Self-Awareness: The Underlying Thinking Process

One of the most common sources of difficulty in creating consensus in a group happens when people in the ...

Guiding Group Awareness Of The Clear Thinking Process Behind Facilitation Design
ORID

Guiding Group Awareness Of The Clear Thinking Process Behind Facilitation Design

A suggestion for introducing ORID as the thinking process behind the agenda: It’s important for the fa ...

A Fascinating Interview about ORID
facilitation / focused conversation / ORID / ToP methods

A Fascinating Interview about ORID

The ORID Method for Structured Conversation Robin Parsons, an ICA Associate, was recently interviewed ...

A Variety of ToP Approaches
facilitation approaches / ToP approach / ToP Tools

A Variety of ToP Approaches

“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Not every group needs the same approach! ...

Making Sense of Underlying Issues
root causes / root issues

Making Sense of Underlying Issues

IAF Competency D2: Facilitate Group Self-Awareness About its Task: Making Sense of Underlying Issues ...

Certified ToP Facilitators certified by ICA Associates Inc.
Certified ToP Facilitators / CTF

Certified ToP Facilitators certified by ICA Associates Inc.

Facilitators Certified by ICA Associates Canada 1. Phil Aldrich – Vancouver, British Colombia 2. E ...

Symphony Session Planning Tool To Enhance Meeting Flow
session plan / symphony

Symphony Session Planning Tool To Enhance Meeting Flow

In order to know where your group is in the flow of its journey toward its aims, it is helpful to have at ...

IAF Competency D2: Vary the Pace of Activities According to Group Needs
pace

IAF Competency D2: Vary the Pace of Activities According to Group Needs

IAF Competency D2: Facilitate Group Self-Awareness about its task Vary the pace of activities according ...

Improvisation Games for a Group for the Holidays

Improvisation Games for a Group for the Holidays

by Huiying You Many of you are familiar with the ORID flow in ToP methods and design. The R (Reflectiv ...