Cardano’s Constitutional Convention, facilitated by Voltage Control, brought together over 1,400 participants across 50 countries to ratify a groundbreaking on-chain constitution. From hybrid workshops to large-scale global events, expert facilitation enables blockchain networks and crypto companies to maximize efficiency, harness diverse perspectives, and drive sustainable collaboration at scale.
As summer shifts into fall, we often feel pulled back into “serious mode.” But play isn’t the opposite of work—it’s the fuel for it. In this blog, we explore how facilitators and leaders can integrate playful practices into meetings to spark creativity, lower resistance, and unlock momentum for deeper collaboration. From Squiggle Birds to remixing classics like Altitude, playful micro-moves open space for discovery, clarity, and shared meaning. Whether you’re exploring new rituals, navigating change, or building team trust, purposeful play transforms how groups connect, experiment, and achieve serious outcomes together.
Design thinking is a powerful approach that prioritizes empathy, creativity, and collaboration in solving complex problems. Its focus on deeply understanding human experiences allows teams to challenge assumptions and explore problems from new perspectives. By fostering innovation through prototyping, shared language, and a user-centered mindset, design thinking has evolved into a crucial strategy across industries. This blog explores the versatile impact of design thinking, emphasizing its role in business strategy, services, and the critical importance of skilled facilitation in driving successful outcomes.
Workshops are vital for team building and innovation but often fail to engage participants fully. To maximize impact, workshops must shift from merely presenting information to fostering learning-centric environments that encourage collaboration and innovation. By incorporating assessment points, purposeful activity selection, and flexible design, facilitators can create dynamic experiences where participants actively engage and apply new ideas. This approach transforms workshops into spaces for learning, creativity, and growth, ensuring lasting impact on personal and professional development.
The guide underscores the impact of participatory decision-making in strengthening team relationships and involvement. It advocates for embedding participatory principles in decision-making to guarantee inclusiveness and collective accountability. Facilitators are portrayed as vital in steering intricate conversations, particularly through the challenging "Groan Zone," using methods to promote constructive discussions. The guide prefers a collaborative approach over autocratic methods, demonstrating its efficiency in attaining enduring, inclusive resolutions and enhanced management results.
According to statistics, 79% of companies agree that design thinking improves the ideation process, and 71% have enjoyed a significant shift in their work culture after adopting design thinking. While it does contain the word design, design thinking and it’s iterative approach to creative ideas is not only for design teams, in fact, any team can benefit from this human-centered design process.
In the world of workshops, success is often synonymous with preparation. As an experienced facilitator or a first-time organizer, you understand that selecting the right supplies for your upcoming workshop is not just about ticking items off a checklist. It's about creating an environment that fosters engagement, learning, and productivity. In this blog post, we delve into the critical components of a well-stocked workshop and explore how choosing the appropriate materials can make all the difference in your event's outcome. We'll provide insights, tips, and recommendations on what to include in your workshop toolkit to ensure you and your participants are equipped to excel. So, let's get started and set the stage for a memorable and fruitful workshop experience!
Our how-to guide for aspiring design thinking facilitators
Seven tips that facilitators (or anyone) can use when planning and leading their next event inspired by Priya Parker.
What is a Design Sprint? Who should run one, and why? If you want to run a Design Sprint but are not a designer, that isn’t a problem.