 | Brainwriting: A Structured Approach to Inclusive IdeationDiscover how brainwriting fosters inclusive ideation by letting every participant share their ideas independently, ensuring a diversity of voices. – – – – – – … Read more |
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Cultural issues in meeting preparationMeeting inefficiency, particularly around lack of preparation, often stems from inadvertently rewarding bad behaviours. The following is a short excerpt from the book ‘Meeting by … Read more |
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| Facilitator Cards – an easy way to start facilitationFacilitation cards are simple, fun way to step into facilitation and to bring more activity and participation into your meetings – – – – – … Read more |
 | Meeting tools and sticky notes are not an alternative to dialogueContrary to what some may believe, meeting tools and sticky notes are not a replacement for dialogue. The purpose of using these tools is not … Read more |
 | Rules for Effective TeamworkWork with your team to develop the basis for more effective relationships and interactions – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
 | More advanced whiteboardsWhere do you go next when you have whiteboard enthusiasm but have outgrown Google Jamboard? – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
 | Why Google Jamboard?Google Jamboard is simple, intuitive and easy to use. It is therefore a great way to get your people started – here’s how! – – … Read more |
 | Easy Start WhiteboardingI am a huge virtual whiteboard fan. I love the amazing things you can now do with them. Well, except for Google Jamboard, which I … Read more |
 | Meeting is a verb!Should we ban meetings? Probably Should we ban meeting? Never! We tend to understand the word ‘meetings’ as a noun. When we use the … Read more |
 | Inspire people to engage their spiritual potentialMental health issues challenge who we are – they question our identity. If we can help people better access the things that make them fully … Read more |
 | Embrace failure, feedback and a learning cultureLearning cultures are key to avoiding an overload of stress as we face greater levels of change. Key to making them work is embracing failure … Read more |
 | Use Practice Zone thinking to build confidenceUse Practice Zone thinking to develop skills and insights in people ahead of when they are needed. This helps build competence and confidence ahead of … Read more |
 | Facilitate healthy environmentsUse facilitative approaches to nurture supportive relationships. These make success more likely and reduce the stress of conflict and criticism. This article is part of … Read more |
 | Inspirational meetings are a journey of empowermentMeetings are a vital and powerful tool for transforming the negative effects of stress into positive energy and excitement This article is part of our … Read more |
 | Encourage creativity solutions to stressCreativity solutions to stress are more than just ideas – the very exercise of being creative can help resolve tensions. The ideas help too! This … Read more |
 | Structure complexity – using Design Thinking to help navigate complexityDesign thinking provides tools and solutions to help structure complexity and present it in a way that best utilises the human brain. This article is … Read more |
 | Strategy Engagement MatrixThe Strategy Engagement Matrix is the most powerful tool in existence for developing and engaging your people in a winning strategy – – – – … Read more |
 | How design thinking transforms the strategic planning process25 years on from when engineers adapted a strategic design tool and applied it to organisation design, it is still the best strategic planning tool … Read more |
 | Stress resilience and mental health: Making stress healthy and productiveAs the rate of change and complexity grows, mental health at work is in decline. We need to build stress resilience into our working practices … Read more |
 | Experimenting with the disabling nature of stressA simple demonstration There is a mean little demonstration we used to use with our Youth Group to illustrate how the mind works. We would … Read more |
 | Inviting a Virtual Customer to your next online meetingHow different would meetings in your organisation be if a customer was present in each one? What proportion of your meetings would lead to a … Read more |
 | Creating Online Spaces for Spiritual RetreatIn the UK we are blessed with so many beautiful places where we can can go and gaze, and wonder, and connect with something much … Read more |
 | Do virtual meetings support diversity?Diversity is a hot topic. What initially began as an ethical, and then a legal issue, is fast becoming a creative and competitive one. Organisations … Read more |
 | Six easy ways to increase participation in your next virtual meetingKeeping everyone fully engaged during meetings has always been a challenge. With the sudden increase in work from home and the use of tools like … Read more |
 | 4 good reasons keep your webcam onWhy does Teams focus on the faces of the most vociferous and active participants in a meeting? Why does Adam Grant report studies of determining … Read more |