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Winter Cohort Deadline Dec 19th
Winter Cohort Deadline Dec 19th
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Podcast | November 19, 2025

In this episode of the Facilitation Lab podcast, Douglas Ferguson interviews Marco Monterzino, a human-centered designer and innovation facilitator. Marco shares his journey from luxury product design to facilitation, emphasising the significance of ritual, adaptability, and purpose in both fields. They discuss how design thinking and frameworks like the hero’s journey inform facilitation, and how rituals shape user experiences. Marco also explores building organisational resilience, the evolving nature of purpose, and the importance of cultivating equanimity. The episode concludes with insights on blending facilitation and education to foster resilient, innovative teams and communities.

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Meeting Culture | November 17, 2025

Map Before You Move explores a systems-first approach to AI transformation so your tools don’t just speed up broken workflows. Learn how to see your organization as an ecosystem, map roles, rituals, rules, and boundaries, and use systems mapping in Miro to uncover bottlenecks before they appear. This 60–90 minute workshop guide helps digital transformation and AI teams convene cross-functional clarity, design safer experiments, align incentives and governance, and turn AI pilots into sustainable change that amplifies what your organization values most. Featuring Voltage Control’s Activity of the Month and insights from the Facilitation Lab Summit.

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Alumni Stories | November 12, 2025

From stage lights to safe spaces, facilitator and storyteller Rabilyn Abalo shares how growing up in a tight-knit Filipino community, working at Philz Coffee, and navigating ambiguity at Strava shaped her facilitation superpower. In this personal reflection, she traces her journey from shy emcee to confident leader, and how Voltage Control’s Facilitation Certification, diversity scholarship, and tools like 1-2-4-All and portfolio projects helped her build psychological safety, inclusion, and shared ownership. Discover how embracing beginner’s mind, cultural roots, and community-centered leadership can transform meetings, empower teams, and turn everyday moments into spaces of belonging.