The document outlines a think tank focused on designing facilitative environments and future centers for effective collaboration and innovation. It emphasizes the importance of space in the facilitation process, and encourages participants to explore ideal environments and tools for facilitating group discussions. Case studies and interactive activities are included to develop insights into creating such spaces.

1. Creating a facilitative environment: A think tank on designing facilitation spaces and future centersMark PixleyLEADERSHIP INC

2. Mark PixleyLEADERSHIP INCBased in China.Facilitating for 15 years, working with corporate & management groups.Interests: Strategic Planning, LSC process, technology, KM, Societal Innovation.2 © LEADERSHIP INC

3. Introduce YourselfNameWhat you do...Facilitation Experience...Draw what type of learning animal you are...3 © LEADERSHIP INC

4. IntentionsHave a greater awareness of how the space effects the facilitation experience.Developed ideas about how to create a facilitation space... including imagery and tools.Learn about some efforts being done worldwide to create facilitative spaces including future centers.4 © LEADERSHIP INC

5. ProgramWhat is the ideal environment for facilitation? If you were to create a special space to guide people in thinking together, what would it look like? How would you structure it? What tools would you provide? This interactive think tank will explore the emerging concept of "Future Centers" and create an opportunity for us to explore what we would put into a center5 © LEADERSHIP INC

6. AgendaIntroductionsDiscussion of Facilitation EnvironmentCase Studies: Some active Future CentersGroup Design Work: How would you design an ideal facilitation space? Imagery? Tools?Report back and integrationApplication discussion6 © LEADERSHIP INC

7. Facilitative Environments7 © LEADERSHIP INC

8. Space makes a difference8 © LEADERSHIP INC

9. Modern Meetings9 © LEADERSHIP INC

10. Innovative Meetings10 © LEADERSHIP INC

11. Facilitative EnvironmentsGroups of three...Speaker, interviewer, observerThree roundsWhen you have facilitated…What was the most challenging space?What was the most interesting space?Discuss & write three insights about the use of space in facilitation...11 © LEADERSHIP INC

12. SYS Univ., GZ, China12 © LEADERSHIP INC

13. Ikea Future Search, SH, CN13 © LEADERSHIP INC

14. Facilitator as ARCHITECTYou are responsible for the space...You do that in every meeting...You do that what you choose a location...More people are designing custom spaces...14 © LEADERSHIP INC

15. Not a new idea15 © LEADERSHIP INC

16. Case studies16 © LEADERSHIP INC

17. Some Histories17ICA © LEADERSHIP INC

18. ICA, Chicago18 © LEADERSHIP INC

19. Woodside, Hong Kong19 © LEADERSHIP INC

20. LI Creativity Center, China20 © LEADERSHIP INC

21. Very flexible…21 © LEADERSHIP INC

22. Yeah… a white wall…22 © LEADERSHIP INC

23. Some Histories23MG Taylor © LEADERSHIP INC

24. MG Taylor, Davo24 © LEADERSHIP INC

25. CapGemini25 © LEADERSHIP INC

26. Starfish, Bangkok26 © LEADERSHIP INC

27. Some Histories27FutureCenters © LEADERSHIP INC

28. Future CentersFuture Centers are…Special working environments that help organizations and people break out of patterns and routines, see issues from multiple perspective, and choose effective courses of action.Facilitated work environments, collaborative workplaces where learning and insights from past and future, and from diverse participant perspectives, are applied to solve real world problems in the present.Collaborative workspaces for creating, developing and applying knowledge, practicing innovation and working with an orientation to the future.28 © LEADERSHIP INC

29. Skandia, Sweden29 © LEADERSHIP INC

30. MindLab is a cross-ministerial innovation unit which involves citizens and businesses in creating new solutions for society. We are also a physical space – a neutral zone for inspiring creativity, innovation and collaboration.We work with the civil servants in our three parent ministries: the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, the Ministry of Taxation and the Ministry of Employment. These three ministries cover broad policy areas that affect the daily lives of virtually all Danes. Entrepreneurship, climate change, digital self-service, citizen’s rights, emplyment services and workplace safety are some of the areas they address.MindLab is instrumental in helping the ministry’s key decision-makers and employees view their efforts from the outside-in, to see them from a citizen’s perspective. We use this approach as a platform for co-creating better ideas.Mindlab, Denmark30 © LEADERSHIP INC

31. Fuji Xerox KDI, Japan31 © LEADERSHIP INC

32. Mind Tree, Bangalore32 © LEADERSHIP INC

33. Some Histories33Design Tech © LEADERSHIP INC

34. Google34 © LEADERSHIP INC

35. Stanford Design School35 © LEADERSHIP INC

36. Stanford Design School36 © LEADERSHIP INC

37. Creating a center37 © LEADERSHIP INC

38. Aspects…38In each aspect, what would you want to have in your center? © LEADERSHIP INC

39. Creating a CenterCreate a Future Center PlanConsider...Vision & Purpose – Why of the center?Process – What is the model?Metaphor – Image to describe what we are doingSpace/Layout – What is the space and how do we use?People – Who is involved in the center and what do they do?Methods – What are the facilitation tools and methods used?Technology – What technology support could be used?Others...39 © LEADERSHIP INC

40. Idea to ActionHow Future Centers develop over time...40 © LEADERSHIP INC

41. Future Possibilities…41 © LEADERSHIP INC

42. The Nest, ShanghaiShanghai Social Innovation Park42 © LEADERSHIP INC

43. Thank you for your Insights…Leave your contact information and we will send you copy of program results...43 © LEADERSHIP INC

44. LEADERSHIP INCFor more information about creating facilitative spaces, please contact us at...86-755-82111366mark@leadershipinc.com.cnwww.leadershipinc.com.cn44 © LEADERSHIP INC