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Facilitation Lab Podcast

Douglas Ferguson

Welcome to the Facilitation Lab Podcast, where Douglas Ferguson, founder of facilitation academy Voltage Control, speaks with Voltage Control Certification Alumni and other facilitation experts about the remarkable impact they"re making. These discussions embrace a method-agnostic approach, so you can enjoy a wide range of topics and perspectives as we examine all the nuances of enabling meaningful group experiences. This series is dedicated to helping you navigate the realities of facilitating

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38:20

Spawrks: Break Your Learning Loop

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/07/06

“Learning by being with an expert and learning how they think and why they think is super important, but not necessarily an expert who's the best. ...The best ways that you can learn are from people who just learned it. Scaffolding your learning and putting yourself in environments where you're learning from someone who just learned something is the fastest way you can basically learn things in the modern world.” -Spawrks Spawrks is the Co-Host of Space Pencils, a community built to enrich

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39:15

Elizabeth Maloba: An Empathetic Leader Builds Better...

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/06/29

“As leaders, I think it's very important to determine ‘what kind of community are you building?’ ‘What kind of space are you providing?’ Leaders then have to decide ‘what kind of communities are we creating [in the organization], what kind of spaces and what kind of empathy do we have for the people on our team?’” -Elizabeth Maloba Elizabeth Maloba is the Co-Founder of Nahari, an organization built for creating authentic spaces where collaborative learning and collective decision-making unfold. She

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38:14

Elise Keith: Meetings About Your Meetings Matter

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/06/22

“The way that your organization and your team meet is either something that can emerge out of habit and grow organically, which may or may not be a good thing, or it's something that you can design. It...starts by actually looking at what you're doing and having an honest conversation about whether that's working for you.” -Elise Keith Elise Keith is the CEO of Lucid Meetings, a company that leads with innovation to improve the quality of organization’s meetings. She understands the reality of

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37:08

Robin Anselmi: A Leader’s Power in Presence

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/06/15

“This work really is about the design of human connection because there is a design. There's a design to conversations that turn out well, and there's a design to conversations that don't. If you...start to understand the design of what brings people together to actually produce more than you might imagine, you can create that magic...regardless of the circumstances.” -Robin Anselmi Robin Anselmi is the Chief Executive Officer at Conservant, a consulting agency that specializes in having

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39:43

Kwame Christian: The Negotiation Niche

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/06/08

“More and more people are starting to recognize that the problems that we're having usually aren't issues of good versus evil. It's differences of perspective. And if we can take the time to learn these skills and use negotiation as a tool to resolve these conflicts, we could leave these conflicts with stronger relationships and better deals.” -Kwame Christian Kwame Christian is the Director at the American Negotiation Institute, a consulting firm that focuses entirely on embracing the

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37:29

Jade Duggan: The Mindfulness Check In Staying Mindful...

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/05/31

“I realized...that I could teach people[leaders in organizations] to pay attention to their own body all day and all night, but that doesn't change the system unless that person has a motivation to look outside themselves and make a change with the people around them. ” Jade Duggan is the Strategic Counselor at Mindbody Leadership, a Communications Culture Design expert, and Wellness Coach in Holistic practices. She inspires organizations to lead in mindfulness & self-awareness as the foundation of

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43:52

Marcus Crow: The Delivery-Conscious Facilitator

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/05/25

“I think the first question a facilitator should ask is, ‘Do I have a model or does the model have me?’...As a facilitator, we want to encounter the other methods, so that frankly, we're more resilient to shocks in our group. ” Marcus Crow is the Co-Founder of 10,000 Hours and a scholar practitioner for over 20+ years, where he masterfully inspires teams to develop new skills to reach their maximum potential and deliver unique content for training through organizations. He reminds teams to stay

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44:20

Lesley Ann Noel: The Empathetic Design Approach

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/05/18

“Because there is this law or that law, or people started giving us all the reasons that things don't have to change or all of the things that are preventing change, [it] prevents people from dreaming about something different. How do we create these just, equitable, and diverse futures moving forward?” Lesley is the NC State University Asst. Professor of Design and Author & Creator of the Designers Critical Alphabet, a tool created to spark reflection and introduce designers & design students to

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38:40

Mark Collard: The Essence of Play, A Masterful Art

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/05/11

“If you've got a breath and you're a warm body, then I know that fun is going to be the magic, my most potent weapon...to be able to invite you to participate.” Mark Collard is the Founder of Playmeo, a company that provides a group-game wonderland with over 440+ games & activities towards team building and experiential education. He inspires facilitators, educators, and managers to empower groups to connect more effectively and build stronger teams. With training workshops and invaluable

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35:39

Sarah B. Nelson: Healing the Collaboration Pain Point

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/05/04

“It's all about how you work with teams, not as a collection of individuals, but as a team, as an organism essentially. And that just completely changed the way that I facilitate and work with teams.” Sara Nelson is the Senior Director of Design at PepsiCo, where she leads the charge of design thinking programs forward to drive key outcomes. Sara seeks to uncover the patterns & relationships her teams practice to develop greater strategies and leverage better results. In this episode of

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44:28

Matt Alex: Unbundling Education for the Future Workforce

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/04/26

“Universities have the opportunity to create micro-credentials, unbundle their education and then drive them[students] to a different ecosystem in terms of a lifelong learning model that is aligned to industry.” Matt Alex is the Co-Founder of Beyond Academics, where he guides the Future of Work and Digital Transformation divisions to gather the most brilliant minds of higher education, entrepreneurship, innovation and industry. Matt strives to transform the college experience by inspiring lead

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39:29

Kierra Johnson: Exploring the Facilitation Lab...

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/04/19

“I think there's a real power in a community and having a community of diverse backgrounds. I feel our unique position with the Facilitation Lab gives facilitators the opportunity to not only practice in a safe and inclusive environment with other facilitators of different backgrounds, but also that there aren't a lot of unique spaces for and by facilitators to openly do just that.” Kierra Johnson is the Community Manager at Voltage Control and host of the weekly Control Room Facilitation Lab

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39:24

Rachael Green: The Mixology of Hybrid Meetings

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/04/12

“I think that people have been trying to facilitate these virtual meetings and they're pretty dry in a lot of ways, but they get the point across and that's good, but they're finding maybe a lack of productivity that happens when people just feel like this mundane day-to-day.” Rachael Green is the CEO and Founder at Rach Green Cocktails, where she uses high level hospitality, spirits and cocktail knowledge to entertain thousands of people from around the world. In this episode of Control the

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37:10

Tamara Adlin: We Know What Happens When You “Assume”

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/04/06

“The only assumptions that can hurt our products are the ones we don't know about. I lean into the assumptions, I say, "Let's get them all out on the table.” Let's align around them, because until we get all of you guys aligned, we're not going to be able to change your minds anyway.” Tamara Adlin is a UX expert and consultant who helps startups, and companies who want to behave more like startups, create products their customers love. She is also the co-author of the Persona Lifecycle book series

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45:02

Judy Rees: Clean Language, Clear Metaphors

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/03/29

“Using the other person's words is the nearest thing that the FBI has to a Jedi mind trick, because when the other person hears their words coming back, what they think is that person is using words like mine, therefore, they must be like me, therefore, I should like them.” Judy Rees is a consultant at Rees McCann where she leads a community of trainers, facilitators, producers and others who want to make online better than in-the-room. She is also the co-author of the Web Events That Connect

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35:22

Natalie Nixon: Wonder, Creativity and Hybrid Thinking

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/03/22

“I think about creativity as toggling between wonder and rigor to solve problems and the way we can get better at that toggling, the way we can get better at exercising our creativity is through what I call the three I's. And the three I's are inquiry, improvisation and intuition.” Natalie Nixon is a creativity strategist and president of Figure 8 Thinking, where she helps leaders achieve transformative business results by applying creativity and foresight. As a global keynote speaker as well as

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43:42

Vinay Kumar: The Capability to Tame Elephants

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/03/08

“I often say that the facilitators who have been in this profession for over seven, eight, 10 years, we've been very fortunate to learn through trial and error. We made some errors, we got feedback, et cetera. Today I think there's less room for errors, which means peer reviews. I like what you said, if you are doing those practice sessions, that's when you have got to put people through situations where they are stepping back. Are they jumping in to share their opinion? What's the kind of question

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39:28

Regine Gilbert: Accessibility in the User Experience

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/03/08

“Well, with this pandemic, I decided I'm going to buy a Nintendo Switch. And I bought the Switch, and I'm very excited because everybody talked about Animal Crossing, and I was like, "I can't wait to play." And "I can't wait to play Mario Kart." And so, I got my Switch, and years ago I had carpal tunnel issues in my right hand, and so I started doing a lot of things with my left hand. And when I use this controller, after a while my hand starts to hurt. And I just think, "There's no accessible

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44:17

Kazique Prince: Courageous Conversations and Cultural...

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/03/01

“Well, it's funny you say that, because the biggest issue I find is that people overestimate their ability, simple term is cultural competence, but more accurately is, they overestimate their ability to navigate across cultures effectively. They think they're in one place, because they made an investment. They're super excited about this work. They know it's the right thing to do. They made the business case for it. They're totally invested. However, they don't have the skills to actually navigate

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42:01

Vijay Kumar: Structured Design in Innovation

Facilitation Lab Podcast ·

2021/02/22

“Seeing patterns in the data, that's where framing insights matter. And the massive amount of data that I've collected, what are the insights, the key insights that come out? What are the patterns that I can see, that point to an opportunity for the future? What are the patterns and problems that people are facing that tells me there is a need that needs to be solved. So all those questions about pattern finding and then framing insights or design research into usable forms that can frame your ideas

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