The Design Sprint is a staple structure in the world of facilitation for solving big challenges. It’s a five-day process, initially developed at Google Ventures, used for validating ideas and tackling a business problem.
Thought Leadership
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with David Sibbet about the power of visual thinking to amplify learning, how companies can achieve a "sophisticated level of systems thinking" in meetings, the responsibility we must uphold to build a better world for humanity on both local and global levels, and more.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speak with Van Lai-DuMone, Founder of WorksmART, about creative disconnect in the corporate workforce, Van's go-to creativity strategies to improve team work, and the importance to prioritize connection when shifting to a hybrid workplace.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Sarah L. Collie, Associate Vice President for Organizational Excellence at the University of Virginia, about the influence facilitation has played throughout her professional career, how meeting disruption can happen no matter how prepared the facilitator, and more.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Liya James, Design Entrepreneur & Author, about the value of environmental shifts in organizations to unleash creativity, the significance of a creative & courageous mindset in the workplace, and her new book.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Diana Joseph, Innovator at the Corporate Accelerator Forum & Co-Host of The Ecosystem Show on Clubhouse, about the need for open dialogue between startup & corporate organizations and the unique space Diana curates to collectively bring them together through specified expertise, and more.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Elizabeth Maloba, Co-Founder of Nahari, about the value of experiential methods, the impact the pandemic had on mental health in the workplace, the necessity and personal meaning behind community in organizations, and more.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Robin Anselmi, Chief Executive Officer at Conversant and Culture-Shifting Leader, about the impact of presence in leaders leading to team innovation, the ongoing balance in assumptions, the leader's unique challenge of correction instead of perfection, and the magnitude of a connected leader in its organization.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Kwame Christian about breaking down biases in negotiation, the unique approach in negotiation scenarios, strategizing conversations and key recommendations within conflict, and the superpower of negotiation in all aspects of life.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Jade Duggan, Strategic Counselor & Cultural Design Guidance at Mindbody Leadership & Wellness Organization Structure Expert, about navigating facilitation through mindfulness, applying the skills of self-awareness in leadership towards organization infrastructure, & more.
