Specialised Courses

• Understanding the TWC principles, roles and process.
• Designing questions for TWC.
• Adapting TWC for different meeting scenarios.
• Practice with 360-degree feedback.

• Understanding OST principles, law and process.
• Crafting the Theme and Invitation.
• Adapting OST for different meeting scenarios.
• Practice with 360-degree feedback.

• Understand the principles and critical success factors for designing effective sessions and achieving desired results through facilitation.
• Learn the design considerations for facilitated sessions such as focus group discussion, corporate planning and strategic planning sessions.
• Evaluate the results and impact of designs for improvements
• Apply design principles and considerations with 360-degree feedback.

• Be aware of some common failure modes when designing facilitated engagements.
• Learn techniques for avoiding or minimising the risks associated with process design failure modes using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Review process designs to curate better designs.

• Formulate challenge statements.
• Practise at least 3 generative techniques.
• Practise at least 3 evaluative techniques.
• Pitch your ideas to stakeholders to gain support.
• Create action plans to implement prioritised ideas.

• Understanding the principles, assumptions and process of AI.
• Creating powerful questions for each AI phase.
• Designing and facilitating AI experiences.

• Understanding the principles and process of SOAR.
• Designing questions for each phase of SOAR.
• Experiencing SOAR for strategic planning.
• Applying SOAR with 360-degree feedback.

• Understanding the guiding principles and process of DF.
• Comparing and contrasting it with other facilitation practices.
• Practice with 360-degree feedback.

• validate a common mission
• take responsibility for action, and
• develop commitment to implementation.

FS brings a “whole system” of diverse stakeholders into the room to work on a common task-focused agenda, covering their past, present, and future, then discover common ground, and make action plans.

• Understand the principles for helping large diverse groups plan and act on common ground:
  Getting the “whole system” in the room, Thinking globally before acting locally, Focusing on the Future and Common Ground and Self-Managing and Taking Responsibility for Action.
• Experience the process that creates mutual learning amongst the different groups of stakeholders as a catalyst for voluntary action and follow-up implementation:
  • Focus on the Past: Creating share history of key events
  • Focus on the Present: Identifying the current trends and its impact on the discussion topic
  • Focus on the Future: Co-creating the ideal future that everyone desires to uncover common ground
  • Focus on Actions: Brainstorming strategies and actions for implementation
• Be able to plan and conduct a Future Search session.