Advanced Collaboration Research

Sharing practical ways to engage in the Collaboration Revolution

Models : Overview To Help Set Context

DESCRIPTION: In the “classic, 3-day DesignShop” an hour or so is set aside during the first day for the facilitation team to introduce models about…
Brandon Klein Nov 30, 2006

Forming, Storming, Norming & Performing

Guest post by Rob Evans. Description of Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing: The Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing model of group…
Brandon Klein Feb 17, 2006

Second Teaching; Two Facilitators

Problem When we have two facilitators in a session, how do we insure clarity in role definition, and still maintain credibility for both one is often…
Brandon Klein Aug 29, 2005

Shifting Group Energy

Problem Managing a DesignShop event off an agenda is like driving while looking only at a map. There may be some critical problem that surfaces…
Brandon Klein Aug 15, 2005

Trust the Process; Trust the Facilitator

Problem The DesignShop process does not look like most people’s ideas of a sound, linear progress that is making progress towards the solution that…
Brandon Klein Aug 08, 2005

Sapiential leadership

Problem Conventional facilitation techniques usually provide facilitators or discussion leaders for each breakout groups. They tend to steer groups…
Brandon Klein Apr 11, 2005