Barbara

Invite participants to feel uncomfortable. Lessons from the past year.

barbara pedersen August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 Conversation, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, lessons

Invite participants to feel uncomfortable. This is the second article in a short series of lessons I learned or affirmed during my past year as a facilitator. When facilitating some sessions, I purposely encouraged participants to willingly feel slightly uncomfortable

Facilitate in 2018 …. By learning from 2017

barbara pedersen January 9, 2018March 20, 2018 complexity, consulting, Conversation, Discussion, facilitation, Indigenous people, lessons, Planning, Simplicity, strategic planning

I started my facilitation work in 2018 by learning from 2017. I was fortunate to facilitate many sessions in 2017; all with amazing clients and colleagues. I learned from each session and participants; and in some situations, faced very challenging

Facilitate … by inviting multiple perspectives

barbara pedersen September 26, 2017 complexity, Conversation, Discussion, facilitation, Talking

Recently, during a day-long senior leadership team session, I facilitated a Multiple Perspective Discussion to invite participants to think about a topic from the perspective of the many players who were involved. The participants typically only had one perspective that

Facilitate with … Fun!

barbara pedersen August 3, 2017 consulting, Conversation, Discussion, facilitation, Fun, Talking

Above my office desk, I have small prints of cartoon people engaging in fun activities. These prints remind me to Facilitate … with Fun! I believe that mirth, humour, and fun are tremendously important parts of facilitation. I observe repeatedly,