Author Archives: Lelie Jan

About Lelie Jan

Met diversiteit kom je verder, wanneer je elkaar beter begrijpt.  Jan Lelie kan helpen. Ik faciliteer besluitvorming met behulp van mijn mind@work methode. Sommigen noemen het agile, anderen lean of serious play. Het zit er allemaal in. Daarnaast geef ik workshops en master classes aan professionals die zelf beter willen faciliteren.

How does (y)our mind works? – Mentoring 4

Posted on 2020/06/19 by Lelie Jan

I used a naming technique to find a name for our company and came up with “mind@work”. Only years later, I realized, that that’s exactly the point of facilitating groups. Currently, much of our behaviour is being attributed to the … Continue reading →

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Run facilitator, run – Mentoring facilitators 3

Posted on 2020/06/02 by Lelie Jan

Facilitators try to do their best to reach goals. It can be like “the Red Queen”-paradox from Alice Through the Looking Glass: all the running just keeps you in the same place.; if you want to make progress, you have … Continue reading →

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Training and Facilitating – Mentoring facilitators 2

Posted on 2020/05/22 by Lelie Jan

Case 2 How to deal with facilitation and training, has been raised by this quote: when we talk about adapting from lecturing to facilitating methods in classroom (f2f & virtual), both facilitator and participants have hard time to really get … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Questions by Participants – Mentoring facilitators 1

Posted on 2020/05/21 by Lelie Jan

I’ve been asked to mentor a facilitator who is also a member of IAF (International Association of Facilitation). I asked if it’s alright when I share the situations and feedback with you. (S)He agreed. Case “Today when I was delivering … Continue reading →

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Who is afraid of a facilitator?

Posted on 2020/02/07 by Lelie Jan

A tweet by Joyce Matthews, reminded me of our check list in our compilation of 24 cases of facilitation. We adapted a questionnaire by Sandy Schumann, compiler of the IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation. It’s in our book Diverging Conversations … Continue reading →

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Facilitating with the brain in mind

Posted on 2020/02/05 by Lelie Jan

This is a first post of facilitating with the brain in mind. I’m writing this series while developing work shops, master classes and training course about applying knowledge about “the mind at work”. On another page, I’ll give a list … Continue reading →

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Hersenen niet ontworpen om te denken

Posted on 2020/01/21 by Lelie Jan

Denk niet aan denken “Je moet niet denken”, zei mijn vader vroeger, “laat dat aan paarden over, die hebben een groter hoofd”. Je hersenen zijn niet ontworpen om te denken. Dat maakt denken ook zo vermoeiend. Hersenen komen voort uit … Continue reading →

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“I’m not black” – inventing identity

Posted on 2019/08/23 by Lelie Jan

In “Us and Them — The Science of Identity”, David Berreby makes the point that it is incorrect to talk about race at all. “We should talk”, he writes, “ about the way conduct and cognition (my italics) are racialized.” (p321). The … Continue reading →

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mind@work VOF

Posted on 2019/08/21 by Lelie Jan

mind@work has become a “Vennootschap Onder Firma” again. There’s again a partnership between me, Jan Lelie and Godard van Randwijck. Godard and I have been business partners since 1996, until about 2006, when he decided to move to Italy. Since … Continue reading →

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Facilitating brains at work

Posted on 2019/07/17 by Lelie Jan

Change requires changing your mind, mental models. How do you make up your mind? And how to facilitate this in a group. I developed this story in response to a question in Quora: Does the brain take steps to react … Continue reading →

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