Participants make up their minds about a facilitator fast. Before the first exercise, before anyone has seen your agenda design or your clever tool, they have decided whether you are […]
In my twenties, I used to be excited when I was invited to meetings. I assumed an invitation meant something important was about to happen: real discussion, meaningful decisions, and […]
In a recent meeting I sat in on before stepping in to facilitate, I watched a group try to have a conversation about delivering better service to customers. Some people […]
A message from the Chairperson of INIFAC Something shifted in the rooms we facilitate — and it didn’t shift back. Before 2020, the question of where facilitation happened was largely […]
A recent Harvard Business Review piece — adapted from All the Difference: Six Leadership Actions to Bridge Perspectives, Strengthen Teams, and Create Value — makes a claim every facilitator already […]
By Diana Gurwicz, Chair, INIFAC When an organization’s technology fails, leaders escalate immediately. When financial controls break down, auditors are called. When a key executive departs, succession planning kicks in. […]
Somewhere between their first workshop and their hundredth, many facilitators realize that something has changed. The techniques are still there, the tools are still very much in hand, but something […]
We’ve all felt that familiar shift in the room. You’ve just posed a critical, generative question—the kind of question that should invite deep reflection—and before the group can even process […]
In the age of efficiency, it’s tempting to believe that if we can automate the “what” of a meeting—the transcript, the action items, and the summary—we have captured the meeting’s […]
Over the last year, the conversation around Artificial Intelligence has shifted from “What is it?” to “What will it take from me?” In the world of professional facilitation and leadership, […]