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The top reasons why hiring an innovation consulting firm is a stellar investment for any business.
In this episode of Control the Room, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jenny Theolin about her journey becoming a facilitator, entrepreneur, and design and education consultant. We talk about her side project curating the best business, design, and organizational change tool boxes built by some of the most influential companies, institutions, and thinkers in the world. We then discuss setting up client briefs for success, how participants should leave a session, and why she’s sick of the word ‘workshop’. Listen in to learn why Jenny wants facilitators to be the energy they’d like to see in the room.
In this episode of Control the Room, I had the pleasure of speaking with Carlye Lauff about her experience working at LUMA, prototyping, and teaching at the University of Minnesota. We talk about her new book called Design Innovation Methodology Handbook - Embedding Design in Organizations. We then discuss the difficulty of building Prototyping capacities within organizations. Listen in to learn how to use prototyping to build empathy with users, the curse of knowledge, and failing better.
When it comes to facilitation, you may be leading a single meeting or conducting a series, one fact remains true of all. Your purpose is to manage discussions, help create a safe space for ideas to emerge and grow from ALL participants, and ultimately to resolve the issue at hand.
Leading a design thinking workshop can completely transform your company for the better. According to the 71% of brands that champion design thinking, making a…
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Darren Chait about his experience building productivity software for teams. We discuss the link between bad meetings and bad cultures, how productivity software has changed in the past 5 years, and his unconventional point of view on the return to work post covid. Listen in to learn about ‘killing meeting sacred cows’, communication bandwidths, and empowering people to work when they’re most productive.
We want to share a bit more about the design behind our program, how its different components fit together to provide a robust learning experience, and share a few tips to help you in your growth as a facilitator.
We helped international teams rapidly prototype via nine fully remote Design Sprints at the height of the pandemic.
Douglas Ferguson speaks with Jackie Colburn, strategist, facilitator, and founder of her own Design Sprint practice.
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.
