Innovation Series: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Tom Counsell, Executive Director of B-Hub Prague, about how to build a team that can harness raw potential, being diplomatic about failure, and the amazing innovative power of poor communities.
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Treat meeting prep like a surgeon preps for surgery–strategically, meticulously, and with eyes wide open.
Think back to workshops in person. Are there any important aspects of these gatherings IRL that are still missing in remote ones? One seemingly subtle…
Control the Room Podcast: host Douglas Ferguson talks with Karen Holst, LinkedIn Learning expert and co-author of their book Start Within, about how to dive into the book and use it to contribute to your growth journey.
Kris Pennella, Director of Red Hat’s Open Innovation Labs, is on a mission to assist companies in getting products to market faster by transforming their…
If there’s a secret sauce to successful product development, it’s human-centered design. To truly create anything with purpose, you must create with the end-user in mind. …
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.
“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…
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…
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.
