Tag Archives: facilitation

Beginners mind – stay confused

Posted on 2021/07/02 by Jan Lelie

“Beginners mind”, in facilitating systemic – self-sustaining – changes you will need more than an open mind, you need “Beginners mind”. The ability to stay confused enables Eigenorganisation to emerge. We’ll talk about in this event: https://tinyurl.com/d49vrbj Ed van Winden … Continue reading →

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Introducing Creating Paths of Change

Posted on 2021/04/23 by Jan Lelie

The book “(Creating) Paths of Change” by Will McWhinney PhD has been labelled “the most important and original theory of social change to appear in over a generation“. And then nothing happened. Why might that be? The most important reason … Continue reading →

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Provocation for Inquiry: what can you do to facilitate hierarchical systems?

Posted on 2021/02/22 by Jan Lelie

I’ve been asked (as a Provocation for Inquiry): with my desire to explore paradoxes and inquiry, would appreciate your assistance in framing the following as a paradox: Hierarchical systems are built from lower levels but do not serve them I … Continue reading →

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Models muddling models

Posted on 2021/01/06 by Jan Lelie

For the man with a model, every problem can be solved. Be aware of problems the model cannot solve. Ignore the model, not the man. Harish Jose notes that any model will stop being a model, because it’s no longer … Continue reading →

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Real information confuses

Posted on 2020/12/01 by Jan Lelie

I got a message from one of my dear friends, who didn’t grasp the previous post completely. Understandable. Here I share my reply to her (stop reading when you feel confused), which I extend some what here. You’re not the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 2020/06/19 by Jan Lelie

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 Jan Lelie

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 Jan Lelie

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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Facilitating with the brain in mind

Posted on 2020/02/05 by Jan Lelie

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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Facilitating brains at work

Posted on 2019/07/17 by Jan Lelie

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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