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workshops work

Dr Myriam Hadnes

Welcome to “workshops work,” the podcast that transforms how professionals engage, inspire, and lead groups. Ranked among the top 5% most popular podcasts globally, it is hosted by Dr Myriam Hadnes, a behavioural economist and facilitation expert. Each episode delves into the techniques and mindsets that make workshops truly impactful.Join us every week as we sit down with world-renowned facilitators and uncover their secrets to creating psychological safety, fostering collaboration, and sparking

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75:55

Facilitating the New and Teaching the Inexistent with...

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2023/08/29

How would you facilitate something that doesn’t exist? Or, more to the point, how you would facilitate a group in a way that something inexistent could emerge?Complexity and uncertainty make up most days for Jason Frasca and Iain Kerr. As co-founders of Emergent Futures Lab, they wouldn’t have it any other way.The opportunity to hear from two experts in emergence, innovation, and facilitation felt like an early Christmas present! We explore what it takes to create space for genuine innovation and

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81:11

Through a New Lens: The Transformative Power of...

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2023/08/22

Say cheese, dear listeners! This week, Else Kramer joins me to discuss the creative and connective power of photography in a facilitation context.Through the camera lens, we can see our environment and problems in new ways — and, as a result, can find new solutions. And the really magical thing? Photography isn’t an individualistic activity; when shared as part of a group it can be connective and attuning.There is a huge amount to learn about the specifics of photography and the broader picture of

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65:19

Shaping the Room: Power, Vulnerability, and the Art...

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2023/08/15

Everybody in the workshop process experiences some element of vulnerability.The client is taking a risk on your skills and the outcomes that might emerge from using them. The participants are taking a risk in showing up, bringing what they bring to the room, and trusting (or fighting) the process. You — the facilitator — is taking a risk on your work, reputation, and ability.So why should we expect any of us to be the perfect picture of confidence throughout?Michelle Howard helps me understand the

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70:51

Mastering Facilitation to Navigate a Fractured World...

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2023/08/08

Jo Nelson is one of the founders of ICA Associates Inc. and the International Association of Facilitators, as well as an IAF Hall of Fame inductee. All of which is to say, this episode is special. To speak with a founding mother of the organised practice of facilitation is a rare privilege.As a result, this episode is one that zooms out a little, so that we might trace the growth of facilitation as a movement. Jo walks us from facilitation’s roots as a modular component of training to its blossoming

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76:26

Leading Through Facilitation: Unpacking the...

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2023/08/01

The prevailing view in organisations (and among their leaders) is that change processes are rational challenges — a question of getting from A to B with efficiency and minimal interruption.After 30+ years of facilitating change processes and training others to do the same, Rob Evans has learned that a great deal of the work to be done is anything but rational.The emotional and political contexts in which groups exist matter. The decision-making structure around the team matter. The restrictions and

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72:53

Collaboration: Unlocking the Secrets to Successful...

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2023/07/25

Alison Coward, Rebecca Sutherns and Sunni Brown are each exceptional facilitators in their own right, but that doesn’t mean they see things in exactly the same way.They came together for this unique episode, a fireside conversation all about collaboration, and provided some incredible thoughts and reflections.Pull up a chair by the fire and dive into the particulars of what it means to collaborate, how we can create the conditions for creative connection, and why the ‘right’ people will fail to

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65:23

The Process is the Outcome with Kirsten Clacey

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2023/07/18

Kirsten Clacey is a facilitator and coach, currently Head of Facilitation at Automattic’s Learn Division, with some brilliant perspectives on process, content, and learning.What’s even better is that she holds these ‘competing’ views with wonderful balance and nuance.In this episode, Kirsten shares why she places so much value on process — without sacrificing content. The key, as she sees it, is to create a process that lets learning opportunities emerge naturally for the participants.Learn how

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78:26

Unleash Audience Engagement - From Ignored to...

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2023/07/11

We’ve had plenty of practice with online meetings by now; we have fallen into the common trapdoors and know how to avoid them in the future. But is effectiveness enough? Shall we really set the bar at running a ‘smooth and easy’ event?Many attendees still report that they feel unheard or unable to contribute in online event spaces — we are still missing a critical ingredient in a genuinely meaningful event, then.That’s why I felt so happy to speak with Tina Lyngdoh and Lux Narayan in this episode

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70:22

Cracking the Code: Mastering Activism Facilitation...

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2023/07/04

Activists are the fuel behind social change. Without them, we would stall and stutter and stop making progress. These are people who are driven by passion and strong beliefs — which certainly makes life interesting for facilitators who work in the space.In all the energy and conviction of activism, facilitation can be crucial to turn grand plans for changing the world into something manageable, measurable, and achievable.Anuschka Ruge has been doing this work for many years — in the climate

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65:39

Demystifying Experiential Learning with Romy Alexandra

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2023/06/27

Romy Alexandra is a one-woman revolution in Experiential Learning, driven by a passion for turning dull events into genuinely memorable and long-lasting trainings.Combining the principles of Experiential Learning with the ‘unconference’ tool of Open Space Technology, Romy is at the forefront of the interactive and collaborative learning space.The way she brings disparate threads and dry content together, parsing them through her creative mind and powerful approaches, is a true marvel. Enjoy this

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66:30

Collabor(h)ate: Insights and Strategies for Effective...

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2023/06/20

Why is it that so many groups come together with a shared goal… and fail to make any meaningful progress?This is the question that’s plagued Deb Mashek’s professional life — and it’s taken her to some fascinating places.Deb’s work and the lessons she’s taken from it have made her a go-to speaker, author, and commentator in popular media, but she’s not one to sit comfortably on the sidelines. She still loves nothing more than diving into mission-critical projects that live or die by the strength of

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51:06

Unmasking the Hidden Influence: The Clean Language...

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2023/06/13

Facilitation can be a messy business; what can we do to clean it up?Judy Rees, who’s been working with groups for almost 20 years, thinks the answer lies in clean language. A focus on clean language in turn creates what Judy calls ‘clean facilitation’.Specificity and neutrality is the name of the game, but can facilitators ever truly be neutral? Judy and I wrestle with the big questions of influence, manipulation, and communication in this episode as we try to clear up clean facilitation and explore

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72:13

Building Better Teams by Fostering Trust with Leigh...

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2023/06/06

They say it takes a lifetime to build and a second to break… Trust is priceless to teams and the organisations in which they exist, so why is it so often overlooked as part of team-building?Perhaps because after-work socials and lunchtime chats are easy and sound ‘right’; but high-functioning teams take work — deep, intensive work. They certainly don’t appear out of nowhere.Leigh Ann Rodgers sees trust as key to building better teams, because trust can’t be faked, or phoned in, or achieved with a

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71:32

Unlocking Collaboration: Lessons from Zen about...

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2023/05/30

Keynote speaker, published author, zen student, innovator-in-residence, and facilitator — Sunni Brown has a whole village’s worth of knowledge, but, somehow, contains it all within just one conscientious and clever human.Sunni’s fingerprints can be found on many resources and THINGS you’ll be familiar with as a facilitator: Gamestorming, The Doodle Revolution, and Deep Self Design.Safe to say, Sunni is well-placed to discuss the finer details of collaboration — and to highlight some of the ways we

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70:39

Insights and Challenges in the World of Facilitators:...

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2023/05/23

What emerges when you survey 1,124 facilitators from 93 countries? The State of Facilitation — a snapshot of our profession for the year and a report packed with insights and direction for our continued development.SessionLab has conducted the first ever State of Facilitation report and Filip Kis, co-founder and CEO, was kind enough to run through the findings in this episode.How do facilitators define themselves? What trends are emerging in our work? And how do we structure our work? All of these

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64:31

Finding Your Facilitator Flow: The Art of Balancing...

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2023/05/16

Do you have a presence when you facilitate? (Hint: we all do, whether we mean to or not!)The thing is, not all of us know it or practice it. Our presence is a combination of how we show up and how we give out our energy to the room. It’s not just about being present, but the way we do it.Sean Blair has been experimenting with his presence for many years now and has found some surprising results. He’s learned that presence is a flexible force that can positively influence outcomes and experiences in

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56:00

Mastering Difficult Conversations: The Art of...

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2023/05/09

A difficult conversation can take many forms — emotionally intense, sharing unexpected information, challenging someone, reasserting boundaries.Whatever ‘difficult’ looks like to you, we all have something in common: we’re terribly under-practiced in having these conversations.For Kate Crawshaw, role play can be the missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to feeling confident about difficult conversations. Creating a container and taking the time to practice, rehash, and become familiar with our

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Thinking Tools: Unlocking Companies’ Potential with...

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2023/05/02

Organisations will go to great lengths to create style guides, knowledge hubs, and team guides… so why aren’t they doing the same for problem-solving?Stefan Fothe believes organisations should be prioritising ‘thinking tools’ — a set of codes, methods, and skills that are shared among groups to problem-solve and ideate with autonomy and ease.Just as we develop shared technical languages and social hierarchies, we can surely add thinking tools to the mix! Learn how Stefan developed this important

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78:24

Changing Change: How to Create Community and Culture...

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2023/04/25

An organisational change process is a big deal. The whole operating system of a business can change, the context switches, the foundations can falter.But systems are systems — they are malleable and hard-wearing. People, on the other hand, are sensitive and emotional and often hugely resistant to change. And it is people who have to live, work, and operate within these new systems.Rhys Cranney wants the whole concept of change management to move away from a focus on systems to a focus on people and

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83:27

Unleashing Autonomy: Facilitating Self-Organising...

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2023/04/18

What happens to a group when there is no leader, no subordinates, and no sense of hierarchy at all? Bob Dick believes this is the optimal approach to group structures — to be self-organised, not instructed or commanded.Quite how we can consistently achieve this is another question; one that Bob has been experimenting with for as long as he can remember.Bob has rich experience in creating self-organising groups, facilitating their development, and knowing what not to do. Find out about:Why control —

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