Request by the organization A new hospital board and senior management staff wanted to assure themselves and the community that big changes mandated ...

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 ...

Recently I was a participant in an online session where the facilitator sent participants to breakout groups with the sole instruction “talk about t ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...