At the start of each of our advanced facilitation training sessions, we ask participants a crucial question - “what is your worst facilitation fear?” For many people, the idea of facilitating a large group discussion (or public speaking in general) sounds pretty...
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Facilitating the tough stuff: How training can make it easier
“What was it about your toughest facilitation moment that made it so tough?” ...is the question we ask even the most experienced facilitators at the start of a day of engagement training. Answers come thick and fast. Regardless of how good at facilitation...
Engaging in the field: How training can help you to feel safe and confident
Community engagement supports our society to progress fairly and equitably. By engaging with the public frequently, openly and transparently, public servants ensure that community members are aware of upcoming developments in their area, are informed in times of...
Shifting from confrontation to conversation – reviving the art of working through conflict
As communities get more enraged, and the problems we face get more complex, we desperately need to learn how to work through conflict and work together. Online bullying, protests, clashes, and social trolling have sadly become our go-to strategy when faced with a...
Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail – Quarterly report Oct-Dec
What’s in it for companies who ‘walk the talk’?
The phrase ‘walking the talk’ has survived the test of time. As big businesses and corporate leaders are increasingly held to account - and relied upon to create positive change - it appears that consumers and employees no longer accept anything but moral behaviour...
Looking to 2024: Our top trends for communities
The turn of 2020 heralded a change to Australian and global cultural life that was profound and widespread. Threatened by the fragility of our supply chains and institutions when confronted with a global pandemic and growing climate instability, Australians forged on...
How we can use data to improve internal communication
Increasingly, employers are leaning on analytical tools and data sources to gain insight into their workspaces and employees. As work environments adapt and modernise, companies can only make positive, data-driven decisions when they're underpinned by robust workforce...
Benefits of working from home vs working in the office
For many Australians, the best thing about the years of the COVID pandemic was the shift to enabling office workers to work from home. Although at the time, this felt isolating for some – particularly single people living alone – there were overwhelming advantages...