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From free jazz and the musical echelons of piano concerto, to indigenous beats and the didgeridoo, this week’s episode is an invitation into the wondrous world of Music Thinking.
Christof Zürn is the inventor of this mindset; his storied background in musicology, creative direction and service design became the symphony to his brainchild. He now helps organisations to apply the principles of music to their daily lives, offering a new lexicon with which to interpret and understand business, leadership - and of course, facilitation!
Hear all about Christof’s musical mindset, how to apply it, and why it can be an inspiring scoresheet for effective work, collaboration, and productivity. Episode 265 is guaranteed to be music to your ears.
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The power of Music Thinking in helping to navigate organisational dynamicsWhat the analogy of music means for business, leadership and facilitationWhy the workshop is not a performance, but a rehearsal for the real-life production, allowing room for mistakes and explorationHow music can help us to hear and understand simultaneous perspectives in an organisationThe notion of ‘Design Thinking Theater’ and why it is a facade to endorse established organisational ideas

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It is wonder, curiosity and imagination wrapped up in one. It is both a suspension from reality and way of navigating the world, a problem solver, a flow of creativity, a creative outlet, a language and a state of mind. It is: play!
And true to its nature, we cannot possibly box play into one definition. Lily Higgins, Pauline McNaulty and Jules Gilleland join me in my digital playground this week to unpeel the many layers of play: purposeful play, play without agenda, play as the essence of human connection, and play as a curious and unexpected vehicle for conflict resolution.
Gather around for our special fireside conversation!
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Lily, Pauline and Jules’ multifaceted definitions of play, and why it is simultaneously a mindset, tactic, strategy, and metaphorThe complexities and contexts of play as a facilitation toolHow play can be used to navigate conflict, creating a safe space that diffuses riskHow play can help us challenge our stories, and encourage us to see new perspectives The difference between purposeful play, play as the experience itself, and play without agendaDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.
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We are all made of stars. The elements of our bodies were first forged in celestial matter across the cosmos billions of years ago. As humans, we tend to think of ourselves as separate from nature, but we are of course, nature itself.
So when Life Guide, astrologist and founder of Happiness U, Alice Inoue introduced me to her fascinating psychometric assessment based on the five elements of ancient traditional Chinese medicine - water, wood, fire, earth and metal – I knew this conversation was going to be filled with earthly, enlightening wisdom for both facilitation - and life!
Alice teaches us about finding our natural superpowers in the elemental system, how to foster deeper group harmony, and how to see ourselves and others in a new dimension. Intrigued? Tune in to your element – and this week’s episode!
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Alice’s psychometric assessment Master Your SuperpowerThe elemental archetypes, their qualities and challenges, and how each element might interact with anotherHow to use the language of elements in the workplaceWhat we can learn about facilitation from astrology, Feng Shui and traditional Chinese medicine practicesThe importance of getting comfortable with silence and asking the right questionsDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.
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Earlier this year, SessionLab published the second edition of their State of Facilitation report, surveying the ever-evolving landscape of our profession. 93 countries, 372 hours spent answering the survey and a generous 975 respondents later, and the NeverDoneBefore community joins together with the SessionLab community to put the 2024 report findings under a facilitation magnifying glass in our very first fishbowl conversation!
Together, we dissect three juicy and provocative, yet important questions: Do accreditations, or a lack of, harm or expand our profession? Do facilitators hide behind their tools? And how valuable is community in our world? Episode 262 is a special one, join us!
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Key findings from the State of Facilitation 2024 reportThe presence, weight and validity of accreditations in facilitation - can we learn on the job or do we require a professional certification?The role that tools play when facilitating small vs. large groups and how they can help us to navigate conflictWhether digitally-assisted facilitation is transforming the face of the profession – for the better or worseAn exploration into how facilitators continue to learnDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.
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From her debut in episode 53, to episode 261 many years later, my guest this week Tanja Murphy-Ilibasic makes her return to the podcast this week! Tanja is a corporate coach, facilitator and communications specialist - and a master at manifesting potential.
But potential, the capacity for future success, is only possible with the right conditions at play and the energy to propel it forward. We unravel the dynamics of effective facilitation, the necessary conditions and questions we must ask, to design workshops that will outlive the confines of the workshop walls. After all, it is our duty to give the group the wings to make their potential possible – otherwise, we fail not only the group, but our entire profession.
Join us for learnings from workshop failures, the art of the gradually-invisible facilitator, the nuances of equal voice, and the importance of withholding our opinion.
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How to find the right approach for the best outcome and collaborationNavigating the client conversations needed for success; from budget availability, to motivations and post-workshop supportWhy you shouldn’t go into a collaboration with assumptions or predefined expectationsHow to physically manoeuvre a space so that the group is given agencyWhy facilitators should rarely disclose their own opinion to avoid being a guiding voice that would anchor the groupHow to acknowledge equal voice in a group, giving recognition to quick and slow thinkersDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.
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The act of naming something gives it presence, it makes it visible. So how then, do we navigate something as infinite and nameworthy as facilitation, when invisibility is so often its modus operandi?
Scrum-master, agile-coach and chief explorer of Exploration Labs, Charles-Louis de Maere joins me this week for a juicy, macro-to-micro exploration into facilitation as we toy with this question. We discuss the power of surrender: why stepping back, ditching the instructions, and detaching ourselves from the rigidity of the process, can help us to co-create a playground that prioritises the outcome.
We cover a lot of terrain in this episode! From the deeper purpose of the facilitator, to practical try-it-yourself exercises, facilitating in different cultures, and why we can sometimes be magicians in disguise…
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Why the art of invisible facilitation abandons agendas in favour of co-designing towards a shared outcomeWhy the strongest tool in our toolbox is the question, and why vague questionsThe power of playing with ambiguityA lack of instructions can facilitate trust in a group through the discomfort that emergesFinding the right level of appropriateness for exchanges in different culturesHow to navigate the wants and needs of the group, with the expectations of the hiring clientDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.
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