We must have learned in the last 3 years that this strategic planning stuff no longer serves us. Maybe it never did.

I reflected with a friend and facilitation colleague that many of us become facilitators out of disgust or personal pain--myself included.

COVID-19 has tested all of us. Sooner or later, we won't be able to keep this up.

Overuse of voting is a prime way to take power away from a group once they’ve understood their collective authority. Avoid it at all costs.

Effective facilitation depends on knowing an organization's context. It's tempting to rely on one person's perspective, but it never works.

I have never needed to scramble as I had that day. By relying on a single perspective, my materials and setup were wholly insufficient.

While action orientation is vital to any process, Doers can lead us into unproductive conflict and premature decision-making. What to do?

While Analysts bring thoughtful and necessary push-back, their over-thinking can derail a group fast. What to do?

Ironically, chaos usually happens when groups mistakenly assume they're treating a complicated or complex problem as if it were obvious.