When Words Won’t Do

Some readers will be doing this work inside organizations that have been shaken by budget decisions or policy changes that landed hard and fast. Facilitation Tip #6   When Words Won’t Do In the early development of what later became Focused Conversation, Joseph...

Not Nothing

Not Nothing: Facilitation, Neutrality, and the Responsibility to Protect Facilitators are often reminded that we cannot fix what happens outside the room. That is true. We cannot repair broken systems, undo harm, or resolve the forces shaping people’s lives beyond the...

A Way Out of the Wilderness

Out of the wilderness, something new is trying to be born — one conversation, one connection at a time. There are moments when the world feels unbearably heavy.Moments when cruelty and division seem to outpace compassion, when every headline leaves us stunned by the...