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 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
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
Co-operacy. A New Way Of Being at work ( 1997 ) by Dale Hunter, Anne Bailey and Bill Taylor.This classic book as now been digitised and is available as a free download. 30 years ago the founders of Zenergy heralded that cooperation was fundamental to all human endeavours, and in fact was also fundamental for … Continue reading Co-operacy. A New Way of Being at Work.
One of the comments that has been made of the Zenergy programmes is that they can have quite a profound and lasting change in the lives of people and in who they are. I had such an experience myself following this year’s Masterclass held in Raglan (Whāingaroa), New Zealand. This Zenergy master class has been … Continue reading Parental Transformation Following Master Class
10 students graduated on 11 December in New Zealand’s first Master of IT Project Management, a programme developed and led by the programme’s leader Dr Stephen Thorpe, from the School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences. Blog post by Stephen Thorpe.
Here is the transcript from the workshop ‘Presencing Collective Intelligence’ that I facilitated as part of the 2019 New Frontiers Conference. By Kāren Hunter.
