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FoCuSeD™ Holistic Facilitation Process Design online class
“Gary Rush Facilitation – on-line classes will give you the skills to work with a group of people to produce better results.” The future requires a Collaborative skill-set. I’ve been reading about...
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FoCuSeD™ Facilitator Training
FoCuSeD Facilitation Training The Impact “When people more effectively learn ‘how to’ use group facilitation skills to engage, empower, and collaborate, the more able society will be at solving any...
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The Agile Manifesto may have been written initially for software, but its application to Strategic Planning works and it changes Strategic Planning from an event into a process. So, why not apply Agile...
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I spoke at two conferences within these past two weeks – (1) IIBA Chicagoland Business Analysis Develop Day (ChiBADD) and (2) Data Modeling Zone (DMZ2017). At multiple sessions at each conference, a...
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You’re drowning in technology; inundated with work that not only requires engaging with others, but also requires meetings that you find a drag and a waste of time. Technology helps you communicate...
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“Why?” Gives us Purpose
Arguably the most important question asked is, “Why?” Even children drive parents crazy asking, “Why?” “Why?” challenges our paradigms. Simon Sinek describes how Steven Jobs begins presentations with...
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Strategic Alliance – Business and IT
A Strategic Alliance is needed… In the 1970’s, IT or DP (Data Processing) as it was called then, frequently was part of the finance department. Those of us in IT promoted the position that we should...
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Lessons from Fiona, our 12-Week old Puppy
My family and I picked up our new Havanese puppy – Fiona – three weeks ago. She has been the focus of our attention since then – puppies require constant attention. She has been an absolute joy and she...
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Proven Tips for Productive Meetings
There have been a bunch of articles about how meetings don’t work. There have also been lots of suggestions to make them work: tools, artificial timing, etc. Meetings have value and are essential to...
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“Diversity”– Its Downfall
Much of the discussion around diversity is how it has not produced the desired results. I believe that a significant part of the reason why “diversity” does not work is the underlying language used....
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