Facilitation
The context changes the content.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
collaboration and clear communication go hand in hand—and we have to be deliberate about both
Kippy Joseph • How to Explain Systems Change to a 13-Year-Old
These leaders need more than tools—they need generative spaces to step back, sense what’s emerging, and connect with others doing similar work.
As Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine reminds us: “Small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to lift the entire system to a higher order.”
As Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine reminds us: “Small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to lift the entire system to a higher order.”
Otto Scharmer • Entering
We are in a collective global moment of figuring out, testing and experimenting with ways of bringing people together for impact . How we do this in service of driving change in the world is a topic of much interest and considerable investment of resources. We are in-between paradigms, between older and more emergent, newer formats.
Dr. Renée Lertzman • Convenings, Cohorts + Communities: Notes on so-called "impact" gatherings
I believe that to design for appropriate participation is ultimately to design for human and planetary health.
Daniel Christian Wahl • Emergence and Design
When artful leaders have space and support to connect deeply and are challenged to strategize and work together in new ways, possibilities light up at the intersections. We create conditions for this kind of connection, challenge leaders to strategize in new ways and support the emergent ideas and collaborations that arise.
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
When we create safe spaces, time away from screens, ‘Yes, and’ spaces, working with other people over tasks that facilitate connection and craft a narrative that offers a hopeful take on the future, the world can start to come back into focus.
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
The facilitator’s role is shifting from enabling ideation and solution-finding to creating spaces where people can find their own answers. Facilitators bring humanness back into the workplace to foster meaningful connections where participants can co-create the future using both cognitive and embodied intelligence.
State of Facilitation 2025 – Report and Expert Insights
Convenings, Cohorts + Communities: Notes on so-called "impact" gatherings
Dr. Renée Lertzmanreneelertzman.substack.com