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Workshop culture for a better workplace
The document discusses the differences between typical meetings and effective workshops, emphasizing the need for engagement, autonomy, purpose, and progress for participants. It outlines key skills for workshop facilitation, including asking insight-driven questions, listening with empathy, and managing ambiguity. The content also highlights the importance of collaborative leadership that fosters open idea exchange and creativity within teams.
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Workshop culture for a better workplace
- 1. Workshop Culture fora Better Workplace Alison Coward @alisoncoward bracketcreative.co.uk
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- 4. Image: Freddy Snijder onFlickr
- 5. What’s wrong withmeetings?
- 6. What’s wrong withmeetings? Brief discussion!
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- 8. Typical meeting Known factsor decisions to be communicated
- 9. Typical meeting Known factsor decisions to be communicated Power dynamic of the loudest, or most senior people in the room
- 10. Typical meeting Known factsor decisions to be communicated Power dynamic of the loudest, or most senior people in the room Passive attendees
- 11. Typical meeting vsGreat workshop Known facts or decisions to be communicated Power dynamic of the loudest, or most senior people in the room Passive attendees Exploring different possibilities and options Equal contributions, regardless of role Dynamic
- 12. What should aworkshop participant feel ?
- 13. What should aworkshop participant feel ? Engagement and connection
- 14. What should aworkshop participant feel ? Engagement and connection Autonomy
- 15. What should aworkshop participant feel ? Engagement and connection Autonomy Purpose
- 16. What should aworkshop participant feel ? Engagement and connection Autonomy Purpose Progress
- 17. What should aworkshop participant feel ? Engagement and connection Autonomy Purpose Progress Teamwork
- 18. • 43 CEOs •400 employees “Leaders… are learning to be less the visionary, less the sage, less the objective-setter, and more the shaper, the connector, the questioner”. https://woreport.wolffolins.com/
- 19. • 238 knowledgeworkers • 12000 daily diary entries “In settings where people must work together to solve challenging problems, high performance has four dimensions: creativity, productivity, commitment, and collegiality”
- 20. “Ideational Facilitation Leadership” AbrahamCarmeli, Paul Paulus • 500 organisations “leadership behaviour that cultivates openness, exchange of ideas and effective discussion for creative thinking” CEO Ideational Facilitation Leadership and Team Creativity: The Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing, 2014 Image: Andres Nietos Porras on Flickr
- 21. Where do youstart?
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- 23. Rule #1 Do notparticipate and facilitate at the same time!
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- 25. Rule #2 You don’thave all (or any of) the answers!
- 27. Level one: Makingit collaborative
- 28. Level one: Makingit collaborative Note-taking, time-keeping, introducing exercises
- 29. Level one: Makingit collaborative Note-taking, time-keeping, introducing exercises Level two: Guiding the content
- 30. Level one: Makingit collaborative Note-taking, time-keeping, introducing exercises Level two: Guiding the content Synthesising, summarising, asking clarifying questions
- 31. Level one: Makingit collaborative Note-taking, time-keeping, introducing exercises Level two: Guiding the content Synthesising, summarising, asking clarifying questions Level three: People skills
- 32. Level one: Makingit collaborative Note-taking, time-keeping, introducing exercises Level two: Guiding the content Synthesising, summarising, asking clarifying questions Level three: People skills Reading the room, empathy, dealing with conflict, active listening
- 33. Four key skillsfor workshop facilitation
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- 36. Asking good questions & curiosity Craftinggood questions Open-ended questions – why, how, what ‘Stupid’ questions What if…? questions
- 37. Think of achallenge you’re facing. Write down 3 open-ended questions you could ask your colleagues.
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- 41. Asking good questions & curiosity Listening & empathy Dealingwith ambiguity Get comfortable with being uncomfortable
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- 45. Craft a really goodquestion
- 46. Craft a really goodquestion
- 47. Craft a really goodquestion
- 48. Craft a really goodquestion
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- 51. • Start small •Practice the four skills: questions, listening, dealing with ambiguity, synthesising
- 52. • Start small •Practice the four skills: questions, listening, dealing with ambiguity, synthesising • Get out of the way!
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- 54. Icons: The NounProject – TMD, Nicolas Morand, Emily Haasch, Oliviu Stolan, BenPixels, Christoph Robausch, Kevin Augustine, iconsmind.com Illustrations: Gabija Jankauskaite