Archive for April, 2008
Journeying with Story – Using for Story for change
Posted by Andrew 30 April 2008Are you interested in learning how to use story for change? Individually or Organisationally? Bob Dick and I would like to invite you along to our upcoming workshops being held in Melbourne on June 10th and Brisbane June 12th. Come along if you are a:
* Leader – looking for ways to create shared vision and inspiration in [...]
Everything I learnt about Management Innovation was from the movies
Posted by Andrew 22 April 2008One of my good friends once said to me “Andrew- I’ve learnt everything about Facilitation from the movies”. Ok, so I might be over-quoting just a tad, but this morning at a business breakfast with our associates HCandP we invited participants to explore Management Innovation creatively. And with the venue being the Victorian Arts center, in [...]
Inviting Executive Women’s Stories – Defining moments, miracles and nasty surprises
Posted by Andrew 13 April 2008We are launching a project of inviting executive women’s stories.
With story being able to do what surveys can’t – portray a depth and breadth of emotion, imagination and humanity- we are inviting executive women’s stories around defining moments, miracles and nasty surprises.
This project has the support of the Gaia Retreat, founded by Olivia Newton John. [...]
Want to learn how to facilitate focus groups?
Posted by Andrew 10 April 2008Then come along to our 1 day program Wednesday next week, April 16th, we still have some places!
Focus groups are used in many differing contexts. Whether it is for evaluating projects, developing insight and understanding to complex problems through the use of story or narrative, or doing interactive 360 degree feedback, focus groups are one [...]
A Visioning Exercise
Posted by Andrew 7 April 2008I reckon visioning is a tricky activity to undertake with a group. For the most part, much of this seems to be around the fuzziness that gets incorporated – not to mention finding ways for good concrete outcomes from the process. Based on my experience with visioning and also having a chat with my good [...]