Category: Facilitation

It's an "approved" item on the list for upgrades. And I'm going to add it to Facilitator Training and Highly Facilitated Workshops. +50's and -50's are going to require a ...

For the occasional situation where a team asks about adding a "4th Order" implication, I've created one of the "cards" -- like the Contributing/Scoring Cards -- that shows a "workaround" ...

Very interesting article related to our use of the "Scouting" metaphor for explorations. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidden-metaphors-get-under-our-skin/ ...

The teams we create for strategic exploration (Implications Wheel, Strategy Matrix, T.I.P.S. Tracking, Vision) can be either diverse teams of "strangers" (in a community) or diverse teams of co-workers.  In ...

A participant in one of Joel's recent presentations said that the Implications Wheel "holds back judgment until more data is available."  That's a good line and very similar to what ...

https://www.tlnt.com/introverts-how-to-unleash-the-powers-of-thinkers-in-the-workplace/ Another great piece for facilitators -- our job is to be aware of the dynamics in our teams. Over the years, some of our classic facilitator stories revolve around ...

We push practice in writing implications as a critical way to develop your Implications Wheel skills as facilitators. But scoring implications is also excellent practice. Because you're going to be ...

The importance of diversity in the planning, scouting phase, de-briefing -- and successful RESULTS -- for all Strategic Exploration Tools is critical. One focus this can take is paying attention ...

Note: This is a very interesting piece of research -- and relevant to the facilitation of all Joel's tools. There are several Implications Wheel facilitators who have expressed a strong ...