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Finding Ground
“Ground is the place to go when overwhelmed with thoughts and fears. It can hold our confusion with unwavering presence. We can source the earth’s
Cléo Burke
April 9, 2020
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Insights From the Field
by Ten Directions
Insights, essays, perspectives, and lessons learned while working in the field of facilitative leadership. Authors include our staff, as well as guest contributors.
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Innovation, Freefall and Not-Knowing
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.” ~Chögyam Trungpa
Alana Felt
May 14, 2019
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Complexity
We’ve Flattened the Hierarchy—Now What?
Increase transparency. Share power. Create self-managing teams. Become a learning organization. If you’re an evolutionarily-minded leader and you want to embrace the future of work
Lauren Tenney
April 27, 2016
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availability
Letting Our Differences Have Their Way With Us
In my experience, any time we engage in a conversation about our differences with an intention to prove the other side wrong, we’re heading for
Gabriel Wilson
April 5, 2016
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culture
How to Leverage Creative Tension for Good
If there were a word for our chapter in history, it might be “interconnected.” Organizations, teams, movements, individuals, economies, ecosystems. Is there any part of
Lauren Tenney
March 4, 2016
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Diversity
Understanding Evolving World Views
It is important for anyone in leadership positions today to understand how our world views evolve, and explore how these differences can be worked with.
Diane Musho Hamilton
February 15, 2016
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Collaboration
What’s the flavor of your collaboration?
As culture and society continue to evolve, our approach to collaboration must also evolve.
Rebecca Colwell
January 11, 2016
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integral facilitation
Facilitator Neutrality—Not What You Think
Judges, referees, mediators and facilitators are trained to be neutral. But neutrality is often misunderstood.
Diane Musho Hamilton
December 4, 2015
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Differences
Getting Real About Power
The heroic leadership model has been on the decline for years. Increasingly it is being replaced by an interest in collaborative and facilitative leadership practices.
Diane Musho Hamilton
September 30, 2015
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Bias
How Unconscious Bias Holds Collaboration Back
As a collaboration facilitator, the vast majority of the work I do is with software development teams, which are notoriously male dominated. In the last
Terra Soma
September 2, 2015
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Coherence
Working with Subtle Energy in Groups
There are important skills that come online when we begin to facilitate groups using the Integral framework as a lens through which we view our
Diane Musho Hamilton
August 19, 2015
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agility
Increasing Energy, Usefulness and Efficiency in Everyday Meetings
In my work as an Agile ”Scrum Master” and Team Coach, I’m often confronted with the problem of how to spice up routine technical meetings
Simon L'Ecuyer
August 7, 2015
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Coherence
Using conflict as a group thermostat
Every facilitator knows that conflict in groups can actually be a good thing. It’s often a healthy sign that a group has established enough basic
Brooking Gatewood
August 7, 2015
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