Workshop Wednesday: How Might We Organize Ourselves Best To…?

‘ Each Wednesday we post a photograph that illustrates some of our work. This one shows our combination of two principles: phrasing questions with ‘How Might We…’ stimulates divergent thinking, and inviting groups to self-organize increases the engagement of people in them (which increases performance). In this case, the leader made an explicit grant of authority to the group to determine it’s optimal structure as […]

Workshop Wednesday: ‘X’ Marks The Spot For Engagement & Optimism

Each Wednesday we post a photograph that illustrates some of our work. This one shows how we gathered data privately about participants’ openness and willingness at the start of a team-based workshop. We passed a file folder around the room so each participant could answer independently, then posted the results for all to see. Helping a group orient to itself, and itself, is one of […]