“A system must consist of three kinds of things: elements, interconnections, and a
function or purpose.”
— #DonellaMeadows #quotes #facilitation #complexity #systems #ethics @ethics

"In a #consensus decision-making process, the decision and the buy-in land at the same time. Rather than making a decision and then getting everyone on board, you get everyone on board, at which point the decision is clear."

by Mandy Brown: https://everythingchanges.us/blog/consenting-to-decisions/

#deciding #decisions #decisionMaking #innovation #management #workCulture #quotes #teamWork #MandyBrown #facilitation #leadership #change #consent #resolution #transparency #dialogue

A complement to “don’t feed the trolls” is “what we pay attention to grows,” which I first encountered while reading adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy.

In turning attention away from trolls, we can turn it toward the practices of care through which we build resilient communities able to guide change.

#organizing #facilitation #TheoryOfChange

#introduction: I
…❤️ to facilitate connection, 🎤, 🕺🏻& 🧘‍♂️
…design & facilitate conferences that become what people want & need
…have written 3 books on meeting design
…am a recovering academic
…was born in England and live in Vermont

More about me & my work at https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/ 800+ posts—1/week for 14 yrs—on #meetings, #meetingdesign, #facilitation, #stories like being stuck in an elevator with a Nobel prize winner, & much more…
#eventprofs #assnchat #events #consulting #facilitationferences

Next week, we're running The Session Design Lab, reflecting on our 25 years of experience designing #workshops, #training, retreats, events, convenings, and coaching hundreds of facilitators at #MozFest and #RightsCon. Strengthen your #facilitation and training skills here: https://www.fabriders.net/session-design-lab/

If you're organising a conference or workshop or whatever, please do everyone a favour and make it fun. You can fix "ice breakers" and "networking" and "feedback" so that they don't Suck Rocks.
If you don't know how to make events fun, either ask for help or stop. #conferences #networking #facilitation

Migrated account #introduction 😀

I have been on the fediverse for about a year now, enjoying the less algorithmic and more personal, deliberate interactions!

This is my me-in-work account where I think about ... #systemschange and #systemsthinking, #socialinnovation, #publicservices, #socialjustice, #facilitation, #inclusion, #coproduction and #involvement, #complexity, #relationships centred approaches, and kindness as a principle of service.

I'm in Wales and also French. 👋

Seems a list of primary interests is in order.
#systemsthinking #systemicdesign #sustainability #circulareconomy #wickedproblems #writing #editing #complexity #inequality #politics #gardening #composting #cooking #workshops #facilitation #participatorylearning #socialinnovation #socialenterprise #hiking #biking #nature #wandering
I'm sure more will come to mind, but this is a solid base. #introduction