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Workshop Facilitation
Designed backwards from the outcome you need. Run so decisions get made.
Start the ConversationA good workshop is designed backwards. I start with the outcome you need, build the session to get you there, and run it so people leave with decisions made, not just ideas captured.
How it works
Before I design anything, we get clear on the outcome: the decision you need made, the direction you need agreed, the problem you need unstuck. The session is built backwards from there, and every activity has to earn its place.
The design covers who is in the room, not just what happens in it. If the outcome is a decision, the people who can make it are there on the day. If thinking needs to be challenged, so are the people who will challenge it.
On the day I facilitate as a neutral party. I have no stake in which option wins, which makes it easier for the room to be honest, especially when people disagree. My job is to keep the group moving towards the outcome.
Afterwards, everything the room produced is yours. Where synthesis and digitising are needed, they are built into the approach from the start, not left for someone to sort out later.
Then your team learns how it was done
When the workshop ends, I walk your team through how it was designed and why it worked: how the activities were chosen, how the flow was structured, what to do when a room goes sideways. The next workshop is one your people can run.
When to bring me in
You do not need to know what kind of session to ask for. Bring the outcome; designing the session that gets you there is my job.
Some of my recent asks have been: strategy and team days that needed to be different from the last one. Problem definition when nobody was sure where to start. Ideation that ended in prototypes ready to test. Prioritisation where everyone in the room had an equal voice. The list is endless, because I always start with the problem and the outcome.
Just as often, the ask is simply an independent facilitator, so leaders can join the conversation instead of running it, with a voice in the outcome rather than a marker in their hand.
The format follows the outcome too: a half day, a full day, or a short series, whatever gives the room enough time to reach the decision without losing the people who need to be in it. Sometimes two half days do more than one long one.
Let's Connect
Tell me where your team is stuck. Thirty minutes, no deck, and a straight answer.
Most of my work is in Melbourne and Geelong, and I work Australia-wide when the engagement calls for it.
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