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July 2020

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Meeting Culture | July 30, 2020

Prepare an Effective Meeting Agenda, Every Time

Meetings make the world go ‘round, but ineffective ones stunt and hinder us from achieving greatness. Last week on the blog we talked about how…

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Podcast | July 28, 2020

Episode 5: How to have a "Full Circle" Moment

Control the Room Podcast: host Douglas Ferguson talks with Harold Hardaway, co-founder & CEO of Cardigan. They discuss how to utilize quiet during facilitation, how to use ingratiation and equifinality in facilitation, why acknowledgment is so powerful and more.

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Facilitation | July 28, 2020

Working Alone, Together; Together, Alone

“Working alone, together.” This is one of the mantras of facilitation. It’s a concept that’s ingrained in my own work as a facilitator–the idea to…

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Meeting Culture | July 23, 2020

How to Run Effective Meetings

Meetings are important. They are the yellow brick road to achievement; vital to company success. We need them. Yet, so many of us dread them.…

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Case Study | July 21, 2020

Lumos Pharma Meaningfully Merged Two Cultures in a 2-Day Workshop

Lumos Pharma is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing new therapies for people with rare diseases. Its focus is prioritized in areas where the…

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Podcast | July 21, 2020

Episode 4: Sleep Patterns and their Effect on Decision-Making

Control the Room Podcast: host Douglas Ferguson talks with Somn CEO & Founder Ceili Cascarano. They discuss sleep patterns and their effect on cognitive and overall health, how to speed up the decision-making process in meetings, and the necessity of identifying a meeting purpose for optimum productivity.

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Facilitation | July 17, 2020

5 Pro-Level Virtual Facilitation Strategies

How are your virtual meetings going? If there's room for improvement, we are here to help. Adjusting to the virtual landscape can be a doozy…

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Design Thinking | July 10, 2020

The Design Thinking Approach to Business

When you view your business through the eyes of a customer, what do you see? That is what a design thinking approach to business is…

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Podcast | July 7, 2020

Episode 3: Applying Design Sprint to the Pandemic and Racism

Control the Room Podcast: host Douglas Ferguson talks with Jake Knapp, the creator of The Design Sprint. They discuss Jake's best-selling books and their relevance to the COVID pandemic, how to remove shame from our dialogue about racial barriers, why Jake hates meetings and more.

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Conflict Resolution | July 6, 2020

Virtual Design Sprints Need a 2-Canvas System

There’s a better way to run virtual Design Sprints.  The current virtual Design Sprint system doesn’t model the real world, and it’s a problem for…

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