Mining the Gold – Workshop Reflection At the Resonance Festival held north of Auckland on 20-22 March, we had the privilege of offering our workshop Mining the Gold – A Whole-person Approach to Active Listening with participants who brought their openness, curiosity, and presence to the experience. Together with Zenergy Trainers Dan Ducker and Caroline … Continue reading Wisdom Talks @ Resonance – A Whole-person Approach to Active Listening
As Simone Maus and I gear up for the next Stage 2: Essence of Facilitation training programme in Sydney 29 June – Friday 3 July I have been dwelling on the aspect of distinguishing and how facilitators can make transformational distinctions to take their groups forward. The key skill of a facilitator lies in this … Continue reading On Distinguishing in Facilitation
When I first started putting my Zenergy training into action I can recall a time when I offered to facilitate a friend’s flat dispute. They were four people who had lived together for over 3 years in two different flats before, however, a conflict had occurred regarding the spending of money from the shared flat … Continue reading Emotional Competence: The deep and resilient muscle every facilitator needs
As Simone Maus and I prepare for the next Zenergy Stage 2: Essence of Facilitation in beautiful Sydney in late January, I have been reflecting on the nature of power in groups. Power is a natural force that shapes how people relate, speak, listen, and make meaning together. When facilitators can see and name power … Continue reading Distinguishing the Dynamics of Power in Groups
Following on from my previous posting on the facilitator distinction of safety, another two important distinctions we explore in the Stage 2: Essence of Facilitation training programme and also in Dale Hunter et al.’s The Essence of Facilitation is Fearlessness and Compassion. The distinctions of Fearlessness and Compassion are the focus of today’s discussion as … Continue reading Fearlessness and Compassion
Following on from my previous posting On Distinguishing for facilitators, two important distinctions we explore in the Stage 2: Essence of Facilitation training programme are safety and trust. Trust and Safety are necessary for a group to succeed. Both also need to be maintained throughout the stages of a group’s development (see Tuckman & Jensen’s … Continue reading Safety On
For those interested in undertaking the project module of the Diploma of Facilitation, it can be undertaken at any time after participants have completed Stage 2. Lots of different areas have been explored by facilitators in their projects. See some of the interesting topics that other facilitators have chosen below. The purpose of the project … Continue reading Completing the Zenergy Facilitation Project
Honoured to present my co-authored paper with Bikash Pokhrel this week and to facilitate the discussion on digital government challenges in developing countries at the Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS-57) hosted at the Hilton in Honolulu by the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Sharing insights drawn from … Continue reading Facilitating Digital Government in Developing Nations
I am honoured to have facilitated a panel discussion focusing on getting beyond the tick on workplace diversity and climate awareness. It was held at the Auckland University of Technology this morning as part of #techweek2023. The session was on Diversity and Environmental Awareness. A great panel line-up with students and industry exploring student expectations … Continue reading Panel on Diversity in the Workplace and Climate Awareness
Full Text PDF 324kb A chapter by Dale Hunter and Stephen J. Thorpe published in Wright, D., & Hill, S.B. (Eds.), Social Ecology and Education: Transforming Worldviews and Practices (pp. 89-100). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003033462 Abstract In this chapter, The Gift of Presence in Groups, we describe our journey of discovery into the transformative nature of presence … Continue reading The Gift of Presence in Groups: An Unfolding Story of Transformative Learning
