Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Terrence Metz about his extensive experience as a facilitation practitioner, author, and trainer. We explore concepts like rhetorical precision, consciousness, and competence. We then discuss the distinction between enterprise vs. community facilitation, consensus vs. unanimity, and stories vs. metaphors. Listen in to learn questions every facilitator needs to know.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Anna Jackson about her experience helping groups work together on what matters most to them, often facilitating collaborative learning experiences, and as a partner for people who want to learn Liberating Structures. We explore why it’s ok to be fallow at times and methods for understanding the needs of clients. We then discuss the differences in group work and individual work. Listen in to learn about the mechanisms of systems thinking, transitional facilitation, and learning partnerships.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Matthew Reynolds about building a Diversity and Inclusion Consultancy, what inspired their strong point of view within the industry, and finding a sense of belonging growing up as a gay and multiethnic, same gender, peaceful warrior in rural America. We explore strategies for creating environments of humanity and shifting the consciousness of humanity.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Dr. Bre Gentile about her unconventional career path transitioning from Academia to tech to Founder of her own lab. We discuss the amazing knowledge she has gained in trauma and toxic stress research and how she was able to leverage her lived experience to help app designers, UX researchers, and other creatives become more trauma-informed so they build more accessible products.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Brian Sullivan, Director of User Research and Design at Sabre, about about his 20 plus years of experience in the Design Industry and what led him to become a Design Thinking advocate and educator.
We’ve rounded up 10 of our top Control the Room podcast episodes that span topics from design thinking and remote work to how to be a great facilitator and have courageous conversations in the workplace. Listen in to start having more magical meetings today.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Gregory Galle, Co-Founder of Solve/Next and the Author of Think Wrong, about about his 30 years of experience applying his Think Wrong problem-solving system to both the private & public sectors, the importance of understanding Cross-Sector Communication and creating the conditions for ‘Being’ in business.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Petra Wille, Product Leadership Coach of Strong Product People, discuss her extensive experience developing product people and how her experience as a software developer influenced her facilitation practice, and her Team Radar meeting.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Dana Publicover, Managing Director of Publicover & Co., about her extensive experience solving challenges for customers across a variety of creative industries, how her experience facilitating Design Sprints influenced her current business services, and getting past biases on discovery calls.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Evo Heyning, CEO of Playable Agency and Executive Producer for Metaverse Media Series, about her extensive experience working with the metaverse, creating immersive experiences, and developing the spatial web.