tacit knowledge: an illustration of "Knowledge as Iceberg", showing explicit "know what" knowledge visible, "live in books and heads" and tacit "know how" knowledge below the surface "lives in people and their practices"

One of the reasons it's so hard to change is because so much of what we "know" is tacit. Conversation and storytelling can help.

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#FacilitatingChange #tools #conversation #StoryTelling #knowledge #explicit #tacit

Learn from what doesn't change: The Sunny Time Grocery, Island Harbour, Anguilla

Here's a lesson from Anguilla. Sometimes, the lessons we learn from what doesn't change are the most important lessons of all.

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#FacilitatingChange #learning #WhatDoesntChange #connection #Anguilla #Lessons

changing the world: A tinted photograph of a cardboard sign that reads: "I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY SOMEBODY DID'NT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, THEN I REALIZED I AM SOMEBODY"

Everyone I know who is changing the world

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#FacilitatingChange #action

Passive Programs: Illustration of a sleeping audience. Image attribution: Flickr user otacke

Passive conference programs are past their prime, because we now possess tools to make fundamental meeting change happen

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#meetings #events #EventDesign #FacilitatingChange #ParticipatoryFormats #eventprofs

Don't confuse product with business: Comparison of Microsoft's (MSFT) stock price (red) over time with Apple's (AAPL) in blue

If you want to be successful in the long term, don't confuse your product with your business. Love what you do, not what you create!

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#FacilitatingChange #business #growth #FallingInLove #trap

Two Star Wars Lego stormtroopers doing gym exercises. Photo attribution: Flickr user chrish_99

For better event outcomes, how can we maximize the likelihood that attendees will make good resolutions and keep them?

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#resolutions #meetings #EventDesign #FacilitatingChange #motivation #psychology #success #eventprofs

achieve success with one small step: a black-and-white photograph of a small child walking away from the camera on a brick-paved street. The child is followed by an adult whose step mirrors the child's.

I sometimes fail to create a desired change in my life. Here are two examples that show how I can achieve success one small step at a time.

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#FacilitatingChange #meditation #GratitudePractice

change is a verb: a photograph of a metronome framed in sunlight

Change is a verb, not a noun. Change as a noun is static; no action required. The change that matters is a verb.

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#FacilitatingChange #action

How to get attendees to risk doing something new at your event: a photograph of a sign on a beach that says "ATTENTION BEYOND THIS POINT YOU MAY ENCOUNTER NUDE BATHERS"

How can we encourage attendees to take the risk to try something new? By having them do something new together in a safe environment.

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#facilitation #FacilitatingChange #GroupWork #safety #RiskyLearning

Some models of change are better than others. Here are four change models. Three are simplistic and misleading; one is well worth studying.

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#facilitation #FacilitatingChange #change #ChangeModels #SatirChangeModel

Next practices, not best practices: a photograph of a sign placed in front of four snack vending machines that says, "No food or drinks are allowed in this area. Thank you." Photo attribution: Flickr user heygabe.

When we restrict ourselves to best practices, at best we maintain the status quo. Instead, focus on next practices.

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#FacilitatingChange #improvement #BestPractices #NextPractices

knowing where you are: photograph of The Story Spine, charted on a flipchart by improv teacher Lisa Rowland. It's a blueprint for the dramatic structure of basic stories, whether those told in improv or elsewhere. STORY SPINE • Once upon a time • And every day… • Until one day… • Because of that… • Because of that… • Because of that… • Until finally… • And ever since that day… • The moral…

A story about the value of knowing where you are via a core ingredient of improv—The Story Spine—linked to a personal introspective question

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#FacilitatingChange #improv #StorySpine #facilitation

boredom is just a state of mind: photograph of a bored woman sitting in a store. Photo attribution: Flickr user spyrospapaspyropoulos

It is possible to discover and rediscover that a "bored person" is not who you are. Boredom is just a state of mind.

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#FacilitatingChange #boredom #choice #flow #mindfullness #EckhartTolle

connect the dots: screenshot from Youtube video "STOP STEALING DREAMS: Seth Godin at TEDxYouth@BFS" of Seth Godin saying "Are we asking our kids to collect dots or connect dots?"

In meetings, as in education, we need to connect the dots, not collect the dots.

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#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #FacilitatingChange #SethGodin #eventprofs

magical question: A photograph of a yellow sticky note on a wall on which is written "I don't know".

Here's a magical question to ask when someone says 'I don't know'. Why does it (sometimes) work? I don't know!

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#facilitation #FacilitatingChange #IDontKnow #question

personal change is easy: a photograph of an outdoor sign that says "CHANGE MACHINE" with a directional arrow

Don't believe those who tell you personal change is easy. It's a miracle when personal change occurs. But it can happen!

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#FacilitatingChange #NotEasy #effort #preparation #imperfection #trap

Fear of change: photograph of a fork in the road in the woods. Image attribution https://www.flickr.com/photos/raptortheangel/624151138

How fear of change makes it hard for us to notice and take action when we reach a fork in the road of our life

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#FacilitatingChange #fear #choices #opportunity

The ability to unlearn is crucial to allow change. Here are two examples of unlearning from the Apple ecosystem: one successful, and one not.

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#FacilitatingChange #learning #unlearning #Apple #culture

working with others for change and action: a graphic containing 11 icons that represent speakers, speaking, collaboration, and unity

How can we successfully work with others for change and action? Here are three criteria for making working together easier and more productive.

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#activism #FacilitatingChange #collaboration #WorkingWellWithOthers #criteria

contains active cultures: a photograph of a row of supermarket shelves holding yogurts

How the common yogurt pronouncement "contains active cultures" can be a good way to describe healthy organizations

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#FacilitatingChange #OrganizationalCulture #AdhocracyCulture #yogurt

Learn from what doesn't change: The Sunny Time Grocery, Island Harbour, Anguilla

Here's a lesson from Anguilla. Sometimes, the lessons we learn from what doesn't change are the most important lessons of all.

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#FacilitatingChange #learning #WhatDoesntChange #connection #Anguilla #Lessons

Don't confuse product with business: Comparison of Microsoft's (MSFT) stock price (red) over time with Apple's (AAPL) in blue

If you want to be successful in the long term, don't confuse your product with your business. Love what you do, not what you create!

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#FacilitatingChange #business #growth #FallingInLove #trap

After fretting for several months, I finally asked for help with a problem, with swift and gratifying results!

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#FacilitatingChange #AskingForHelp #help

Photograph of a large printing press printing the Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine at Straus Printing in Madison.

We are creatures of habit, so change is hard. Here's how sensory habituation can make it hard to facilitate change.

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#facilitation #FacilitatingChange #APrintingStory #habituation

After over forty years of working with organizations, I think that it's possible to change an organization's culture — but it's far from easy

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#FacilitatingChange #OrganizationalCulture #management #emergence #ProcessTools #assnchat

Here's a process I've developed and recommend for working with others in small groups to change our lives.

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#facilitation #FacilitatingChange #SmallGroupWork #ChangeYourLife #growth

change is a verb: a photograph of a metronome framed in sunlight

Change is a verb, not a noun. Change as a noun is static; no action required. The change that matters is a verb.

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#FacilitatingChange #action

A photograph of a "flat" British mini-roundabout.

Facilitating change: Four lessons, involving communication, size, and culture, from the devolution of the British roundabout

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#facilitation #FacilitatingChange #lessons #culture #British #roundabout

hard look at conference evaluations: an illustration of people looking at evaluation forms

Here are two ways to take a hard look at your conference evaluations. You may be surprised by what you find.

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#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #surveys #FacilitatingChange #eventprofs

human catalyst: an illustration of a green metal toolbox with a glowing lightbulb on the side . Photo attribution: Flickr user rustychainsaw

Be cautious about working with someone who calls themselves a "human catalyst". Because we all need to be open to change.

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#FacilitatingChange #facilitation #catalyst #BeingOpenToChange