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The Historical Scan: Awakening
Facilitation Tools

The Historical Scan: Awakening "Collective Heroism" with a Roll of Paper and a Pen

Have you ever encountered these scenarios in organizational development? Team members feel lost about the future, sensing that the "compa ...

Why consensus is about shared ownership, not compromise
facilitation

Why consensus is about shared ownership, not compromise

Somewhere along the way, the word "consensus" got damaged. In most organizations, when people say "we need to reach consensus," what they actually exp ...

Why meeting design is a leadership responsibility, not an admin task
facilitation design

Why meeting design is a leadership responsibility, not an admin task

Most organizations quietly treat meeting design as a logistical problem. Someone books the room, someone else builds the agenda, and the meeting proce ...

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 ...