Attention Facilitators! I've super excited to share with you a few features that I've been waiting for since April! When the pandemic canceled every in-person…
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Douglas Ferguson speaks with Kai Haley, Head of UX Methods and Processes & Founder of Sprint Master Academy at Google, about Google Sprint Masters, the delicate balance between data and design, and how knowledge sharing creates resilient product teams.
Words are powerful. They hold weight and meaning, sometimes beyond what we immediately recognize when we use them. Take the word “meeting.” What do you…
1. Make Sure You Actually Need a Meeting How many times have you been sitting in a meeting thinking ‘this could have been an email?’…
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speak with Mariano Suarez-Battan, CEO & Co-Founder of MURAL about the power of purposeful silence, how to power up your team’s imagination at work, and why you should be blocking out time for kids and coffee.
Innovation Series: Douglas Ferguson talks with Dr. Zayna Khayat, Future Strategist of SE Health, about disruption gurus, Kaiser Permanente, and why she tries to ban the word innovation with her team.
Meetings are nothing without the participation of its attendees. No matter how incredible a facilitator may be, a meeting will not be successful without the…
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Alexandra Jamieson of Super Size Me fame about effective communication, couples’ coaching, meeting snacks, how to hone your communication skills like a professional musician, and why a movement break is like MiracleGro for your brain.
We don't always need a meeting; unnecessary meetings waste time and money. Use the Should We Even Have a Meeting Test to decide if you should have a meeting.
This is an outtake from the book The Non-Obvious Guide to Magical meetings (No Matter Who is in the Room), written by Douglas Ferguson &…
