Douglas Ferguson speaks with Eric Morrow, Staircase Strategy co-founder & facilitator, about his User Story Mapping meetings and how companies can leverage design thinking.
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Prepare for the future of work with five facilitation methods for effective virtual collaboration training.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Mark Collard, Founder of Playmeo & Game Engagement Mastermind, about the creation of the temporary community to foster trust, the deliberate/strategic approach of connection before content, and the ongoing virtual facilitation challenge towards engagement.
While we must strive for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, over-including for certain conversations can be a distraction from your purpose and the work itself. Only invite who you need in a meeting.
5 best practices for a hybrid workplace: remember the importance of technology & tools, take care of your people, make job listings remote, communication is key, be adaptable.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Sarah B. Nelson, Senior Director of Design Thinking Adoption at PepsiCo & Organizational Strategist, about the impact of design thinking for team success in organizations, the collaboration efforts teams must exemplify, the “worthy workshop” intention and expectation, and more.
Douglas Ferguson chats with Justin Foster, co-founder of the intrinsic branding firm Root + River & BeMa, about his Challenge Circles monthly meeting and the power of collective intelligence.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Matt Alex, Co-Founder of Beyond Academics and Higher Education Guru, about the future of work through the higher education lens, the juxtaposition of the earn-it model with the life-long model for students, the unbundling and reimagination of the college experience, and the breakdown of segments in structured and unstructured work.
The return to work is the start of another transition in the workplace. The integration of hybrid work will require new systems and processes that focus on human connection.
Too many meetings are spent talking about what needs to be done instead of actually doing it. Do the work in the meeting with these 5 tips.
