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CTR Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Gary Noesner, retired FBI chief and author of the book Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator. They discuss the gray nature of life, what distinguishes wants vs needs, the game-changing power of making adjustments at halftime, and how Gary’s discomfort with conflict in his youth led to his career as a hostage negotiator for the FBI.
Case Study: Voltage Control ran a 3-day Design Sprint for Open Assembly to refine their vision of open talent standards and certification entity in collaboration with the open talent community.
Voltage Control's recipe for better meeting culture: 1) Psychological safety 2) Clearly outlined procedures and expectations 3) Meetings are opportunities, not obligations
CTR Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Myriam Hadnes, behavioral economist, podcast host, and facilitator in the Netherlands, about throwing idea parties, listening to what we don’t want to hear, and the hidden reasons that we have for holding meetings.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Dawan Stanford, president of Fluid Hive, pushing energy into a room, about checking in with people, and his experience with remote learning as the Design Studio Director of Georgetown University’s Learning & Design program.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Sunni Brown, founder of Deep Self Design & Sunni Brown Ink, about the fallacy of using buzzwords in value statements, Cobra Kai, and the tango of co-facilitation. Listen in to find out what The Karate Kid remake can teach us about the complexity of people.
The global workforce is no stranger to meetings. Based on the odds alone, there’s a good chance you are sitting in a meeting while reading…
Communication is the lifeblood of a meeting. Learn how to better communicate as a facilitator and as a participant to have productive meetings.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Tyrome Smith, Principal Consultant at Go-In, LLC, about the BLM movement in relation to his background as a former police officer, the fear of irrelevance in the age of COVID, and how family dynamics leak into institutional structures.
Change is inevitable. But we have the power to prepare for it. Facilitation is the key ingredient to success in the future of work.
