The return to work is the start of another transition in the workplace. The integration of hybrid work will require new systems and processes that focus on human connection.
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The return to work is the start of another transition in the workplace. The integration of hybrid work will require new systems and processes that focus on human connection.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Rachael Green, CEO and Founder at Rach Green Cocktails, about hospitality, hybrid events, mixology, and how prioritizing fun and connection can usher in balance and harmony within your teams.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Natalie Nixon, creativity strategist, author, and president of Figure 8 Thinking, about polymaths, dance, fashion, gratitude, and how wonder, structure, and grace can make a major difference in an organization when interconnected.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Sarabeth Berk, Chief Creative Disruptor of More Than My Title, about the professional identity crisis that inspired her research on the hybrid professional, the increasing demand for hybrids in the job market, and how you can network to learn someone’s identity rather than their position.
The world is beginning to see glimpses of life transitioning back to “normal”; but what does the new normal look like? The forced work from…
According to statistics, 79% of companies agree that design thinking improves the ideation process, and 71% have enjoyed a significant shift in their work culture after adopting design thinking. While it does contain the word design, design thinking and it’s iterative approach to creative ideas is not only for design teams, in fact, any team can benefit from this human-centered design process.
Choosing the right facilitation training program can have a lasting impact on your organization's ability to lead effective meetings, workshops, and change initiatives. This guide helps L&D leaders evaluate facilitation certification and training programs using seven critical criteria, including credential recognition, cohort-based learning, curriculum depth, instructor quality, business relevance, post-program support, and ROI. Learn how to distinguish capability-building programs from content-only courses, understand the value of HLC endorsement and IAF alignment, and identify the features that create lasting behavior change. Whether you're developing internal facilitators or strengthening organizational collaboration, this framework will help you make a more informed training investment.
Human-AI collaboration reshapes how we teach, learn, and work together. Discover how educators and professionals can build the skills to integrate AI into workshops and training—without losing the human touch that makes collaboration meaningful.
If you are researching how to become a certified facilitator, you are probably already leading meetings, workshops, trainings, or strategy sessions and realizing there is a deeper craft behind great collaboration. This guide breaks down what facilitation certification actually is, the core skills top programs teach, the major credential paths including IAF and HLC-endorsed certifications, and what you can realistically expect in terms of time, cost, and career outcomes. Whether you are an HR leader, consultant, L&D professional, or career changer, this beginner-friendly overview will help you understand the facilitation landscape and choose the right path toward becoming a certified facilitator.
Human-AI collaboration describes how teams and artificial intelligence systems work together inside shared workflows, decision spaces, and collaboration environments. This article explains the primary types of human-AI collaboration—from AI-assisted and AI-led models to hybrid-augmented intelligence—so organizations can compare roles, responsibility attribution, autonomy, and interaction patterns across modern team-based settings.