Request by the organization
A new hospital board and senior management staff wanted to assure themselves and the community that big changes mandated ...
small groups
Integrating Small Group Work into a Whole Group
Reports from small group work can be interminable if given verbally and linearly. But there are great tools to make reporting back and incorporating t ...
large groups / small groups
Ensuring Productive Small and Large Group Processes
Recently I was a participant in an online session where the facilitator sent participants to breakout groups with the sole instruction “talk about t ...
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
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
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 is in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire in northern Ontario. At first: Governments and mining companies usually want quick negotia ...
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
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 ...