CTR Podcast: Host Douglas Ferguson speaks with Lynda Baker, founder and president of Meeting Solutions Online, about her relationship with IAF and they take a deep dive into the concepts of facilitation and why you don't need to manage or control every part of a conversation.
Thought Leadership
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.
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…
“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…
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.
Control the Room Podcast: host Douglas Ferguson talks with Jake Knapp, the creator of The Design Sprint. They discuss Jake's best-selling books and their relevance to the COVID pandemic, how to remove shame from our dialogue about racial barriers, why Jake hates meetings and more.
What does it mean to ‘Control the Room’? This question frequently surfaces related to our free weekly Control the Room Meetup that we host in…
Throughout his experiences as a consultant and at NASA, Steve Rader focuses on the use of crowdsourcing to generate innovative ideas and unlock improvements. He…
"I love running fast. I'm not so much a jogger. I like to sprint." In his earlier days, Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr was a track and…