April 2012

Graphic Facilitation is more than "Doodling for Dollars"

Submitted by Mason Smith Psy.D. on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 5:57pm
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Graphic facilitation has arrived! The Wall Street Journal recently published an article by Rachel Silverman extolling the benefits of graphic facilitation. Silverman also appeared on The News Hub to share her research into the groundswell of organizations currently improving their level of collaboration through the use of scribes.

Altered Consciousness in Just 45 Minutes

Submitted by Geoff Amidei on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 1:05am
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I don’t get to do very many DesignShopÒ events these days. A typical DesignShop event, as invented and practiced by MG Taylor Corporation, involves bringing together 30 to 80 client participants for three long days (10 hours, 12 hours, and 10 hours) of facilitated collaborative work. DesignShop events are impactful, transformational, exhilarating, and often supremely strenuous experiences. They are also an enormous, lump-sum investment of time and money for a client.

Collaboration Is A Lot Like Therapy

Submitted by Mason Smith Psy.D. on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:46pm
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Applied collaboration is a lot like providing therapy. As a clinician, boundaries were an essential element of my work in private practice and in psychiatric hospitals. In order to facilitate any change, people must first feel comfortable enough to consider opening themselves to even the slightest bit of the unknown or unfamiliar. Well defined, transparent, and consistently reinforced boundaries help develop trust in the facilitator of that change and a sense of comfort.