Every experienced leader knows the counterfeit version of consensus. The room runs out of energy, someone summarizes, heads nod, and the meeting ends ...

Some organizations reach a moment their annual planning cycle can't handle. A restructure, a merger, a mandate from above, a slow decline that finally ...

Public engagement fails for a reason that has little to do with how much effort goes into it. Organizations hold the open house, send the notices, set ...

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 ...

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 ...