Fall 2026 Facilitation Certification Application Deadline Sept 18th
Fall 2026 Facilitation Certification Application Deadline Sept 18th
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AI | May 29, 2026

AI adoption is accelerating, but many organizations are discovering a troubling disconnect between leadership expectations and employee reality. While executives report strong productivity gains, frontline workers often see little impact and remain uncertain about AI’s role in their future. This article explores the growing perception gap revealed by recent enterprise AI research, why traditional change management approaches are falling short, and how trust, involvement, and collaborative decision-making influence successful AI transformation. Learn why the biggest barrier to AI success may not be the technology itself, but the human dynamics shaping how organizations adapt to change.

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Podcast | May 26, 2026

In the inaugural episode of New Friction, host Douglas Ferguson and Erik Skogsberg explore how AI has shifted organizational friction from execution to decision-making and alignment. While AI accelerates production, it magnifies existing dysfunctions when teams lack collaborative habits. They introduce the concept of "multiplayer AI"—moving beyond individual productivity gains toward team-level collaboration. The conversation emphasizes that facilitation, judgment, and organizational health are now the critical differentiators. Practical takeaways include assessing whether your organization operates in "single player" or "multiplayer" AI mode and intentionally slowing down at key decision points to maximize human impact.

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Facilitation Lab Summit | April 30, 2026

At the 2026 Facilitation Lab Summit, Robin Neidorf opened with a room full of people singing in three-part harmony and spent the next 90 minutes making a case that facilitation is not just a cognitive practice. It is a bodily one. Drawing on nearly 30 years of parallel practice in facilitation and yoga, Robin introduced tools for activating body-based awareness before and during sessions, a practical framework for understanding what different group sizes do to the relational field, and experiential exercises that help facilitators sense more and interpret less. A must-read for anyone who has ever felt the room shift before they could name why, and wanted better tools to work with that knowing.

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AI | April 27, 2026

Most organizations treat AI adoption as a training problem, but the real challenge is design. Drawing on research from Gartner and Anthropic, this article explores why traditional upskilling fails, how experience gaps are widening, and why collaboration is the missing layer in AI success. Learn how leading teams are shifting from one-time training to continuous, practice-based learning and redesigning workflows to integrate AI as a true collaborator. Discover what it takes to build alignment, trust, and lasting impact in the age of AI.