by Paul Z Jackson | Mar 5, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Facilitation, Improvisation
How many of us have been part of a bad brainstorm?
But what if it’s not about the group but about how ‘bursty’ it is? And how can improvisation create burstiness? Creativity comes in bursts. Well, that’s according to the Adam Grant podcast ‘WorkLife’, in which he visited Trevor Noah and ‘The Daily Show’…
by Paul Z Jackson | Aug 20, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Facilitation, Uncategorised
When developing an agenda for a government-backed think-tank event on innovation, in climate risk insurance practices, we were wondering what would make for stimulating activities between facilitating heavy rounds of technical discussions.
Breaking up proceedings with a ‘two-minute chat-to-your-neighbour’ break seemed ideal, but we had to make a careful choice of topics.
by Paul Z Jackson | Jan 21, 2019 | Blog, Facilitation |
Hopes and fears? Don’t invite fears into the room! A lot of training sessions, courses, even conferences begin by asking their participants to consider their hopes and fears. It’s a good idea to hear what people want (their hopes), and better to have those...
by Paul Z Jackson | Sep 3, 2018 | Blog, Facilitation, Presentation |
How many words does a picture prompt? I’ve seen this technique used recently a few times to stimulate participants’ thinking on the topic of the day. The facilitator shows an interesting picture – on a screen – and asks the audience to express...
by Paul Z Jackson | Jul 26, 2018 | Blog, Facilitation, Improvisation, Presentation |
Playing with time when facilitating a session When facilitating a session, time is often the dimension that gets away from us and is the undoing of an otherwise wonderful event. You are facilitating a session It’s an important topic – that’s why it’s on the...