Lead your next design thinking workshop like a pro in 4 steps: Dive into design thinking, Empathize with the audience, Zero in on the problem & identify solutions, Close.
Facilitation Skills
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.
5 times you may need to work with a Strategic Planning Company: 1. You’re First Starting a Business 2. During Turbulent or Changing Times 3. Before Launching a New Product or Feature 4. Following a Merger or Acquisition with Another Company 5. During a Change in Leadership
Douglas Ferguson speaks with Petra Wille, Leadership Coach and Author, about her Team Radar meeting, what prompted her to create it, how it helps her be an effective lateral leader, and how it helps team be autonomous in decision making.
Effective facilitation skills to help identify and heal bad meeting symptoms to run healthy meetings.
Utilize the Liberating Structures format to get the most out of the Scrum framework and maximize team productivity.
Build meaningful connection amongst your remote team members so they can work more effectively together using the Yarn Weave activity.
Douglas Ferguson speaks with Alison coward, Founder of Bracket, about her Big Picture Thinking Workshop and how it helps teams approach thinking and working together from a holistic view.
Ensure that all of your meetings are magical by properly preparing for them: clarify the purpose of the meeting, only invite who is necessary, consider the possible outcomes of your meeting to gauge success, and let attendees know what to expect.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Tim Beattie, Global Head of Product of Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, about the value of incorporating open innovation groups in your organization to gather customer feedback, the benefits of having direct access to customer feedback when these spaces are created, the importance of having consistent showcase events and more.
