A few weeks ago, I read an article in Fast Company about layoffs at IDEO, one of the most respected "Design Thinking" companies in the world. In fact, IDEO has been one of the pioneers of “Design Thinking” in the late 1970s, but the process of using “Design Thinking” in […]
There is enormous apprehension about the potential for generative AI – technologies capable of creating new content such as audio, text, images and video – to replace people in many jobs. But one of the biggest opportunities that generative AI offers businesses and governments is to increase creativity […]
Identify Potential Triggers Before the meeting, think about what topics, issues, or people might trigger your personal reactions or judgments. For example, you may have strong feelings about a certain policy, a past conflict, or a controversial idea. Recognize these triggers and prepare yourself mentally and emotionally to handle them. […]
Assess the Situation Before trying to re-engage participants, you need to understand why they are disengaged or disinterested. Is it because they are bored, confused, distracted, overwhelmed, or resistant? Are they facing technical issues, personal challenges, or conflicting priorities? Do they feel excluded, ignored or disrespected? Try to observe their […]
If you enjoy designing and facilitating engaging and productive group sessions, you may be interested in becoming a full-time facilitator. Facilitation is a valuable skill that can help organizations solve problems, generate ideas and achieve goals. However, transforming independent facilitation into a […]
Innovation is the lifeblood of any organization, especially in a competitive and rapidly changing world. But how do you foster a culture of creativity and collaboration when your team works remotely? Remote innovation can be challenging, but not impossible, if you apply a few effective facilitation techniques. Here is […]
Facilitation is a skill that involves guiding a group of people through a learning, decision-making, or problem-solving process. A key aspect of facilitation is to encourage dialogue, which means creating an environment in which participants can share their ideas, opinions and […]
Facilitating online team sessions can be challenging, especially if you want your team to stay motivated and engaged. How do you create a positive and productive virtual environment for collaboration and learning? Here are some tips and best practices to help you effectively facilitate online team sessions.Choosing the right toolsThe first […]
Facilitation is a skill that can help you create engaging and productive meetings, workshops, and events. It involves designing and guiding processes that allow groups to achieve their goals, collaborate effectively, and learn from each other. But how do you promote facilitation as a valuable skill, […]
Large-scale facilitation sessions are events where you involve a large group of people in a collaborative process to achieve a common goal. They can be difficult to plan, design and execute, but they can also be rewarding and have a major impact. In this article, you will learn some tricks and […]
The technique that works best when getting a group thinking is based on three steps: 1. The individual ideation phase You offer 5 minutes of thinking time for everyone to think about their ideas and write them down on a post-it (1 idea by post-it). The benefits of this phase: 2. The […]
A workshop is a structured and highly organized session in which the facilitator guides a group of people through a series of four predefined phases in order to arrive at an outcome that the members of the group create and accept and which guarantees solid results, while avoiding the usual pitfalls of working […]
Is it better to start an oral presentation with an inspiring story or with a quiz introducing surprising evidence? This is the question asked by one of my participants in a training course on new techniques of persuasion and conviction. I love attending webinars and host several a month. Both […]
Meaning is always elsewhere than in the activity itself, and nonsense arises when one makes the means an end. Finding meaning in preparing and facilitating workshops starts with asking magical questions such as “why? ", " Why? " and why? ". It is important to know the participants, the final recipient and […]
15:30 p.m., you leave a project team meeting. You were expecting concrete decisions and a precise commitment to actions, you had prepared your meeting well! You have followed your ODJ, met the deadlines, tried to set the pace... But now, your decision statement is a bit sluggish, you have the impression that your debates have […]
Artificial intelligence can help a team solve a problem in a number of ways: Data analysis: AI systems can help quickly analyze large volumes of data produced by a collective to identify trends and hidden patterns. This can help team members make informed decisions […]
The effectuation highlights 5 main principles applied by entrepreneurs who have developed their activities with talent. Let's see what it is. To develop an activity, we all know the causal approach based on roadmaps, business models… The logic is to build hypotheses, predict risks, estimate return on investment, plan […]
1) Avoid large meetings: they waste valuable time and energy.– They discourage discussion– People are more reserved than open– There isn't enough time for everyone to contribute. Don't organize no big meetings if you're not sure they're adding value to everyone. 2) Exit […]
Together, we are already an organization When Cyril, service designer, and I broached the subject of “climate innovation”, I remember both my appetite and my excitement to embark on such a subject. , the desire to reconnect with the material in connection with the core business […]
Our educational system promotes convergent thinking, which seeks the right solution between different alternatives. This thinking is reflective and analytical. Divergent thinking, on the other hand, is an inventive and original form of looking for several possible answers to a question or problem. These two ways of thinking are necessary and complementary. Convergent thinking? There […]
We speak of co-facilitation when more than one person facilitates a workshop. Co-facilitators can also work together to design and plan the workshop. The role of a panelist depends on how you choose to share the workload and balance the responsibilities. You and your co-host can play an equal role in facilitating […]
Collective intelligence, distributed intelligence Isn't it surprising to observe the richness and variety of formations and movements that a swarm of starlings can take? Thousands of individuals manage to harmonize their movements and form complex and harmonious formations. Moving rapidly, the swarm spontaneously adopts common trajectories. Many shapes can be […]
“Alone we go faster. Together we go further. In collective intelligence, we go above all to the right place, all together and at the right time. One of the latest works by futurist and philosopher Jean Staune is entitled L'intelligence collective; key to tomorrow's world. He demonstrates with concrete examples that collective intelligence is currently […]
The long-awaited labor revolution has finally happened. Nearly a quarter of office jobs are entirely remote. Millions of people are no longer stuck in offices, and distributed work – whether hybrid or 100% distributed – is more widely accepted for many careers. But the […]
What patterns do we see in the life cycle of these capabilities designed to change organizations from within? A few weeks ago, and for the third year in a row, I co-hosted with Brett Holland of Creative HQ a session collaborative for owners and operators of Innovation Labs and Collaboration Zones of the […]
The term "hybrid meeting" does not adequately describe the inherent lack of symmetry that occurs when a conversation takes place with some people meeting in person and others at a distance. We prefer the term “asymmetrical meeting,” which more accurately describes the imbalance that almost always occurs when we host a meeting with attendees […]
When it comes to being successful at work, everyone understands the importance of IQ - that is, IQ or general mental abilities of a person. Next to IQ there is EQ, which stands for emotional quotient and equates to emotional intelligence, and which is still widely recognized as a key ingredient to success […]
During the pandemic, software development teams were separated from their favorite whiteboards. Here's how some teams overcame this challenge. As the world has adapted to home work orders and started operating in more distributed and remote shifts over the past two years, a […]
One of the 4 most applied management styles in the world, persuasive management is based on the involvement of employees both in decision-making and in carrying out a project. But what do we know about persuasive management? What are its characteristics, advantages and limitations? Discover the essentials on this […]
A “Remote First” mindset, the “Remote First Mindset” Advice from Juraj Holub, Chief Meeting Designer at Slido, interviewed by Christine Liu, Innovation Editor of the Harvard Business review, in video here so that all participants, including those who are face-to-face, connect with […]
What if facilitation starts before facilitation? Facilitation begins as soon as the need is defined, which usually arrives in the commercial phase. For this, I use a canvas that I built by taking inspiration from the Event Model Generation. I suggest that prospects complete it by using real or virtual post-its when I am on video. […]
Over the past decade, I have been called upon to deploy and support numerous collaborative innovation labs or “collaboration zones”. These are spaces within organizations, dedicated to experimenting with new ways of doing things, resolutely focused on collective intelligence and collaboration between actors from different entities. These tools have […]
How to adapt quickly to changes in the world and in society? How to anticipate new uses to fully meet current and future needs? How to integrate technological, environmental, demographic, societal and economic issues in a long-term vision? Within Bouygues Construction, this is the role of the Foresight team. Corn […]
The growth of online meetings, including workshops, has led many to question the role of professional facilitators in remote meetings. Is it better to have an internal facilitator or have the skills of professional external facilitators become even more important? We look at the benefits below […]
For most of us, it has now been almost a year since we practiced working from home extensively. During this period, I had experiences where, as a manager, teacher or internal consultant, I had to lead virtual workshops. I struggled to achieve the same productive results as before. I have […]
Like me, as a pre-sales profile, you may have noticed that responding to a call for tenders, with a remote team, can be complex. We mobilize energy and resources within imposed deadlines. Sometimes it's a Sprint, 3 to 4 weeks. But let's face it, it's often a Marathon […]
"Certainties are no longer of this world, I am sure! Complexity is an integral part of our daily life in the company, with its share of uncertainties and ambiguities. Changing outlook For too long now we have been studying our world of work with analytical and linear approaches. Now the new world, which is […]
Remarks by practitioners of remote co-development in these difficult times Text produced in collaboration, coordination by Claude Champagne * As a leader of co-development groups sharing the humanist values of mutual aid, sharing, benevolence and respect, how can I act to bring bond and humanity in this context of necessary confinement that we […]
C&R: For the past five years, you have been analyzing the offer of publishers of existing platforms. Can you summarize the history of this market for us? Flavien Besset: The market for participatory innovation platforms has gone through three major stages, all of which are the product of changing needs on the part of companies. The first one, […]
While many companies feel the need to accelerate their innovation, we wonder about the role that communities can play in the innovation process. We cite four companies that take advantage of their communities, internal, external or mixed to generate and validate new ideas on the basis of original products and services, […]
As part of Public Innovation Month, the DGAFP organized a webinar devoted to best practices in remote management. The objective was to offer very concrete and inspiring testimonials to support managers in the current context by crossing the views of actors in the public and private sectors. This webinar brought together four speakers: Anne Amson (Chef […]
Change is everywhere… In our French companies, 9 out of 10 employees say they have experienced a change over the past 3 years… When most of them agree that these are “positive” and “essential” ", Many also consider that these changes are" too frequent "or even" worrying "(Source IFOP). Structural reorganizations, staff reductions, changes in […]
“As we look forward to the next century, the leaders will be those who empower others” - Bill Gates. After the boss, the leader, the manager, the leader and the manager-coach, the time has come for the “facilitator manager”. Another fad or a new way of perceiving the raison d'être […]
As we have seen here, it is essential for a large group to take into account the “right time” of a collaboration with a startup in terms of open innovation; the concepts of TRL and MRL are particularly critical. As a reminder, the TRL (Technology Readiness Level) designates the level of technological maturity of the startup's project, […]
Innovation has become a condition for the survival of companies in an increasingly competitive market where innovation cycles are shorter and shorter. According to BPI France, 90% of French mid-market leaders believe that innovation is the main lever for the development of their company. But how can we innovate faster when companies […]
Safran launched an intra-tenant program for all of its employees two years ago. A recent approach, but which reflects the group's desire to develop new forms of work and innovation. Olivier Leclerc is in charge of intrapreneurship at Safran, within the R&T department and […]
Quick reading For effective remote retrospectives, the tool must be based on 3 pillars to ensure a good session: a synchronized activity, a connection to paper and participatory; The loss of eye contact between the facilitator and the participants can be recovered by activating webcams in a videoconference; The […]
We know for sure today, the organization of companies is not ready to return to what it was before the containment. From you to me, this is one of the few positive aspects of this crisis because, even before Covid19, I was a fervent pro-telework activist, but that is not the subject of this article. […]
In the aftermath of the confinement and now that flex-office and teleworking have become the new normal, we take stock of two companies that have been able to set up virtual communities to allow experts to innovate, collaborate and enhance their skills. knowledge, at a distance. Schneider Electric Thomas Simier, Quality Digital Transformation Program […]
The health crisis we are going through is shaking up our lines and our principles. We are already hearing about the “world after”. Whether the momentum was social, political, or economic, this period led economic players of all sizes to innovate. Innovate? Yes, because innovation does not invent, it improves what already exists. In recent weeks, she […]
