- (More) Icebreakers for meetings and workshops that don’t suck (no really)
Emily Webber shares excellent insights into why we use icebreakers, what a good and bad icebreaker looks like and how to select the right ones for specific scenarios. - Facilitation is a superpower, and resources to help you get better at it
Lena Reinhard shares a great set of resources on faciliation - Tiny demons
Barry Overeem shares a way of surfacing and working with your fears, doubts, and worries through playful drawings and conversations - 3 common reasons product teams get stuck (and how to get them unstuck)
Jackie Colburn on supporting your teams get unstuck - Collaboration isn't democracy
A helpful reminder from Jeff Gothelf - What makes a good away day?
"Do a small number of things well, not all the things", excellent advice from experienced facilitators Tessa Cooper and Nick Stanhope - Creating inclusion and safety through check-in questions
"Spending a few moments at the start of a meeting having a human moment of connection helps people to feel seen, heard and understood." — Rachael Shah - Opt for de-titled introductions
Jackie Colburn recommends leaving titles out of introductions when you are running workshops - The skill of naming what’s happening in the room
Lara Hogan highlights the power of this simple action - How to facilitate a team roles and responsibilities workshop
Monica Viggars offers a guide to running this form of workshop - Facilitation techniques and workshop activities
Session Lab's library of techniques - Liberating structures
A library of exercises for facilitating conversations and workshops - Liberating Structures tier list
Rich Blake's guide to the liberating structures (33 simple building blocks you can combine to design workshops that help groups do their best thinking together).
Recommended links about facilitation
Recommended books, articles, sites, talks and podcasts about facilitation.