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Considering a Design Sprint? Keep these 5 investment factors in mind: 1. Time 2. Resources 3. Complexity 4. Expert Facilitators 5. In-Person vs. Virtual
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Sarah L. Collie, Associate Vice President for Organizational Excellence at the University of Virginia, about the influence facilitation has played throughout her professional career, how meeting disruption can happen no matter how prepared the facilitator, and more.
Prioritize connection and choose the right tech and hardware to run effective hybrid events.
Incorporate Liberating Structures in your next retrospective to optimize individual team member performance and group collaboration.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Jim Scott, Director of Design Innovation at RE/SPEC, about the multi-layered career of design, benefits of implementing the macro & micro exercise, the lack of diversity the design industry faces, and more.
Douglas Ferguson speaks with Natalie Nixon, author and Figure 8 Thinking President, about her Design and Dine meeting created to support an executive MBA program at Thomas Jefferson University.
Help your team overcome the skepticism they have about their own abilities by creating a culture of confidence to support their success.
Adapt Liberating Structures to the virtual landscape to unleash engagement, provide space for good ideas, and address challenges your remote team or organization may be facing.Â
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Douglas Ferguson chats with professional facilitator & workshop leader Cam Houser about his Instant Community-Building Workshop and his approach to facilitation design.
Run your next remote workshop like a pro by doing the following: 1) Prepare 2) Get involved 3) Be flexible 4) Schedule cleanup time 5) Debrief
As we adapt to the changing business landscape, how we lead our teams must also change.
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Bring Your Ideas to Life
Innovation can seem complex or reserved for the exceptional. But we believe innovation is for everyone. We’ve set out to illuminate a path for you to: generate bold ideas, visualize and share them, overcome obstacles, and turn your idea into reality. Our books are equal parts guidebook and stories from years of experience helping companies adopt an innovation mindset and culture. They’re practical & actionable, so you can get started now. We hope they’ll help you on your journey to realizing your biggest, boldest ideas.
