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Community of Practice | Established 1992
4 February 2019
Facilitating Creativiy with Phil Cross & Kerry Boys | Monday February 11, 2019 | 5:30PM
3 December 2018
Its Wildcard Night! Monday December 10, 2018 | 5.30pm
Do you have a new idea to try out with a receptive audience?
Do you have a short process that you want to practice before you do it live with a client?
Have you been considering taking a guest facilitator spot but want to get some experience with the group first?
Do you have a short process that is energizing and fun?
All these and more are what wildcard is for. You can be guest facilitator on the night for between 5 and 20 minutes.
Typically there is time for around 6 short sessions.
Wildcards are for everyone no matter what the experience level. They are unpredictable, engaging and always fun.
Wildcards are a great way to experience a range of ideas and tools from a variety of different experiences.
Wildcard sessions are organized dynamically on the night. Just turn up with your idea.
Everyone else just turn up to learn from the experience and have fun.
Venue: [We will be at UTS]
Do you have a short process that you want to practice before you do it live with a client?
Have you been considering taking a guest facilitator spot but want to get some experience with the group first?
Do you have a short process that is energizing and fun?
All these and more are what wildcard is for. You can be guest facilitator on the night for between 5 and 20 minutes.
Typically there is time for around 6 short sessions.
Wildcards are for everyone no matter what the experience level. They are unpredictable, engaging and always fun.
Wildcards are a great way to experience a range of ideas and tools from a variety of different experiences.
Wildcard sessions are organized dynamically on the night. Just turn up with your idea.
Everyone else just turn up to learn from the experience and have fun.
Xmas Social
Please join us for networking, conversation and laughter afterwards at the nearby, very economical Pho Mumum Vietnamese Restaurant, No 16 Broadway, Chippendale (opposite the Big UTS Tower). Average meal cost only$10. Venue: [We will be at UTS]
University
of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.
Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the
atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time:
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up | Donation $5
Enquiries | Eoin Higgins eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com ; 0407 411 684
Call for Guest Facilitators:
If
you have an idea or know someone who has an idea for a session at a
Facilitators Network meeting in please contact
Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com
Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com
5 November 2018
Facilitating DOORS to Deep Learning with Dr Eugene Fernandez | Monday November 12, 2018 | 5.30pm
As problems we deal with become more complex and critical, we need leaders who are able to transcend those limitations by evolving solutions, which are at least one step above the thinking that created those problems.
Drawing on frameworks and applied research within organisations my aim is to facilitate understandings and conversations about how we could open Doors to Deep learning within organizations that shift and address sticky problems.
I expect that we will journey through a process, sometimes didactic, and propositional and at others experiential and if the journey and time permit we will co-creatively explore what I have termed ‘4 Frames of learning’, which encourages Facilitators and Leaders to adopt a more holistic, context bound and qualitative frame to their interventions.
About Dr Eugene Fernandez
Eugene has over 25 years experience as a consultant, facilitator, coach and senior manager spanning various industries and sectors globally. He has held senior roles as a Company Director and Program Director for Australia’s leading Business Schools, MBS, AGSM, MGSM and AIM. In many of his projects he works as a partner embedded within the business to impact on and resolve more complex and sticky problems.Over 10000 managers have participated in his interventions and programs. Eugene has consulted to prominent organizations such as: AMP, AbbVie, Americold, BHPBilliton, Bunnings, Mars, Pfizer, Roche, Rabo Bank, Reserve Bank, Sun Microsystems, Thomas Cook, Transgrid, Guild Group and many government and community organisations.
Recent Projects include:
- Worked with the MD to improve the Leadership, decision making and strategic capacity/capability building of the Executive team for an electrical utility for 2.5 years, culminating in a privatisation of 10.2 billion dollars over a 99 year lease to an international consortium.
- Designed and implemented leadership strategies and leadership development for over 40 organisations.
- Enabled, advised and facilitated over 200 Strategic Business improvement projects within a range of industries with direct KPI and business impact.
- Facilitated Executive/ Senior teams /Boards with visioning/futures strategic/operational planning and relationship building.
- Facilitator, Centre for Creative Leadership for their senior programs in Australia for the last 10 years.
Venue: [We will be at UTS]
University
of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.
Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the
atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time:
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up | Donation $5
Enquiries | Eoin Higgins eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com ; 0407 411 684
Call for Guest Facilitators:
If
you have an idea or know someone who has an idea for a session at a
Facilitators Network meeting in please contact
Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com
Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com
2 October 2018
Facilitating Wellness: Success in the System with Ingrid Messner | Monday October 08, 2018 | 5.30pm
October is Mental Health Month
Health is at the core of leadership. However, health is a term that is often misunderstood and seen too narrowly. Mental health is more than “mental”. People are wasting time, money and energy looking in the wrong spots for solutions to create healthy results and wellbeing – for people and planet.
Currently, we are transitioning from a knowledge-based to a wisdom-based economy. The best leaders know the value of making time to understand the whole picture—the detail and crucial broader context. I will be sharing a holistic perspective that is critical to success. Without it, you sacrifice productivity, performance and – most importantly - wellbeing.
The session will be highly experiential. Together as a group, we will be going on a journey and explore the different aspects of wellbeing.
Outcome for participants
- Increased awareness on how to leverage fresh perspective for
complex challenges. - Practical applications of ancient wisdom for today’s most pressing
health challenges.
About Ingrid Messner
Ingrid is a leadership expert with over 25 years experience working with clients from diverse countries, cultures and industries.An authority in her field, her portfolio includes roles in corporate and management consultancy, accreditation as an executive coach, running leadership programs and wilderness retreats, and an MBA.
Ingrid leverages ancient wisdom* to optimise performance and wellbeing, enabling you to develop greater influence, impact, a clearer purpose, robust vision, and increased happiness.
Her business acumen, deep connection to nature and firsthand insight into over 50 cultures worldwide, provide an innovative approach to success.
Venue: [We will be at UTS]
University
of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.
Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the
atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time:
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up | Donation $5
Enquiries | Eoin Higgins eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com ; 0407 411 684
Call for Guest Facilitators:
If
you have an idea or know someone who has an idea for a session at a
Facilitators Network meeting in please contact
Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com
Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com
3 September 2018
Facilitating Collaboration with Greg Jenkins - Monday, 10 September 2018, 5:30PM
Early in my career as a facilitator I was confronted with a burning question. A senior leader in a large organisation pointed to a group of 20 project managers in the distance and said “You see those people. They each manage multi-million-
dollar infrastructure projects. Each of them comes to a meeting with hand on heart and commits to do something. They leave the meeting and then don’t do it. What can you do about that?”
This brief conversation was a turning point for me. From that day forward in every facilitation project I set about finding an answer to the question.
Fast forward to this year (2018) where I was facilitating a collaboration workshop process in a complex project. 6 weeks after the workshop all 25 key stakeholders reconvened. After the meeting several senior people commented with surprise that it was the first time in their experience that everyone attending had actually done what they said they would do.
For me it was normal. I have experienced this in workplaces, classrooms and communities and across corporations, government, education, small business, NGOs and NFPs.
Was it skill? Or was it the ‘system’? Could anyone do it?
Bringing all this experiential learning together is the purpose of the ‘Collaboration Project’.
Get an update at the next Facilitators Network meeting.
dollar infrastructure projects. Each of them comes to a meeting with hand on heart and commits to do something. They leave the meeting and then don’t do it. What can you do about that?”
This brief conversation was a turning point for me. From that day forward in every facilitation project I set about finding an answer to the question.
Fast forward to this year (2018) where I was facilitating a collaboration workshop process in a complex project. 6 weeks after the workshop all 25 key stakeholders reconvened. After the meeting several senior people commented with surprise that it was the first time in their experience that everyone attending had actually done what they said they would do.
For me it was normal. I have experienced this in workplaces, classrooms and communities and across corporations, government, education, small business, NGOs and NFPs.
Was it skill? Or was it the ‘system’? Could anyone do it?
Bringing all this experiential learning together is the purpose of the ‘Collaboration Project’.
Get an update at the next Facilitators Network meeting.
- 5 x Core skills required to facilitate collaboration; 5 x core Values; 5 x Energising principles; 3 x Process stages; 3 x Practice toolsets
- Vertical development. How do you know you are ready to facilitate collaboration?
About Greg Jenkins
Greg has been a long-term active member of the Sydney
Facilitators Network. Greg is a highly experienced facilitator, coach and program developer. He works in complex collaboration-based situations across business, government,
education and community specialising.
This session will be highly experiential and practical.
Venue: [We will be at UTS]
Facilitators Network. Greg is a highly experienced facilitator, coach and program developer. He works in complex collaboration-based situations across business, government,education and community specialising.
This session will be highly experiential and practical.
Venue: [We will be at UTS]
University
of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.
Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the
atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time:
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up | Donation $5
Enquiries | Eoin Higgins eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com ; 0407 411 684
Call for Guest Facilitators:
If
you have an idea or know someone who has an idea for a session at a
Facilitators Network meeting in please contact
Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com
Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com
6 August 2018
Three-Room Dialogue: Applying the OBREAU Tripod with Don Dunoon | Monday August 13, 2018 | 5.30pm
A dialogue, as framed here, is an exploratory conversation to tease out differing perspectives on a ‘tough’ (thorny, sticky) issue, to help those involved gain an expanded, more complex and nuanced appreciation of the topic. While dialogue can support subsequent decision-making and action, detailed planning requires a separate conversation.
Though potentially very powerful, productive dialogue tends to be hard to achieve. People can be trapped in default behaviour patterns of reacting, judging and ‘dancing around’. One challenge is participants being ‘certain’ their own views reflect an objective truth.
This session introduces an approach to dialogue designed to minimise the negative impact of default patterns such as those mentioned. ‘Three-room’ dialogue utilises the OBREAU Tripod structure with ‘OBREAU’ reflecting the first two letters of each of the pivotal words, Observation, Reasonableness and Authenticity.
Such a dialogue is bookended by an Introduction (e.g. description of the topic and outline of the process) and a Synthesis segment (e.g. distilling themes emerging, and where to next). The metaphorical ‘three rooms’ form the bulk of the conversation.
Just as the rooms of a house imply different intentions, activities – with the kitchen, for instance, associated with food preparation; the living room with entertaining and relaxing – the three dialogue rooms also imply different orientations:
Facilitators will gain insights and methods they can apply both in enabling dialogue and contributing in a range of other settings.
Venue: [We will be at UTS]
Though potentially very powerful, productive dialogue tends to be hard to achieve. People can be trapped in default behaviour patterns of reacting, judging and ‘dancing around’. One challenge is participants being ‘certain’ their own views reflect an objective truth.
This session introduces an approach to dialogue designed to minimise the negative impact of default patterns such as those mentioned. ‘Three-room’ dialogue utilises the OBREAU Tripod structure with ‘OBREAU’ reflecting the first two letters of each of the pivotal words, Observation, Reasonableness and Authenticity.
Such a dialogue is bookended by an Introduction (e.g. description of the topic and outline of the process) and a Synthesis segment (e.g. distilling themes emerging, and where to next). The metaphorical ‘three rooms’ form the bulk of the conversation.
- Room 1 Grounding the Dialogue – identifying and exploring relevant data, evidence and other observables
- Room 2 Shifting perspectives – imagining the standpoints of stakeholders, including those not in the conversation, allowing they can be reasonable at this time
- Room 3 Our voices – opportunity for participants to speak with authenticity in raising questions and sharing what matters to them.
Facilitators will gain insights and methods they can apply both in enabling dialogue and contributing in a range of other settings.
About Don Dunoon
As an independent leadership and organisational development specialist, Don has over 20 years consulting
experience. Based in Sydney, he has worked with clients and colleagues internationally. He is the author of In the Leadership Mode, a book that frames leadership and management as different forms of action in dealing with tough challenges. His writings and materials have been used in leadership-related courses at several leading US universities. A workshop on Don’s OBREAU Tripod structure, for supporting conversations that matter, was awarded "Outstanding Educator Workshop" at the 2016 conference of the Association of Leadership Educators in Sacramento, California. Don presented at the AFN 2015 and 2017 conferences, and at the 2018 World Conference on Quality and Improvement in Seattle.
experience. Based in Sydney, he has worked with clients and colleagues internationally. He is the author of In the Leadership Mode, a book that frames leadership and management as different forms of action in dealing with tough challenges. His writings and materials have been used in leadership-related courses at several leading US universities. A workshop on Don’s OBREAU Tripod structure, for supporting conversations that matter, was awarded "Outstanding Educator Workshop" at the 2016 conference of the Association of Leadership Educators in Sacramento, California. Don presented at the AFN 2015 and 2017 conferences, and at the 2018 World Conference on Quality and Improvement in Seattle.Venue: [We will be at UTS]
University
of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.
Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the
atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time:
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up | Donation $5
Enquiries | Eoin Higgins eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com ; 0407 411 684
Call for Guest Facilitators:
If
you have an idea or know someone who has an idea for a session at a
Facilitators Network meeting in please contact Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com
2 July 2018
Facilitating for Cooperation & True Sharing in Individualistic & Competitive World with Johanna de Ruyter & Tirrania Suhood | Monday July 09, 2018 | 5.30pm
Individualism and competition have been central to our society’s way of operating. While it’s hard to deny they have an important place these forces have contributed to the current challenges of climate change, growing inequality and concentrations of wealth, increasing homelessness, inadequate affordable housing and disruptive technologies leading to employment uncertainty.
Even the term sharing economy has regularly been used to describe activities that progress the concentration of wealth. Companies like Uber enable everyday car owners to earn income by providing a taxi service. At the same time pay rates and conditions have been downgraded with the bulk of the profits going to a few.
There is a resurgence of interest and activity in cooperatives, organisations owned by communities or workers. Though coops aren’t everyone’s preferred way forward. We do however need to take action to cooperate more broadly towards a true sharing and ecologically healthy economy, with fairer distribution of wealth and if we are to effectively address the challenges we are facing. At same time cooperation isn’t always easy to do. Individual motivations, different cultures and approaches can be challenges for this.
While there have been important innovations from social enterprises the sector is challenged with its winner takes all approach, despite contributions from many others to the success of a single social enterprise. While acknowledging this broader context and our perspectives we recognise how we move forward is a big question and cannot be covered in a short session. However we are keen to begin this dialogue with the SFN community.
We will allow for some big picture exploration though particularly aim to draw out our personal motivations and challenges in relation to cooperation and competition.
change agency and consultancy that operates at multiple levels with a focus on collective impact to address social, economic and ecological challenges. She engages with big picture issues while staying connected at the local level. She works with organisational ecosystems, movements and leaders catalysing action in communities.
Prior to InCollaboration Tirrania was the Executive Officer of a community-based organisation for many years and led the development and implementation of a systems and network approach to achieve collective impact for tackling social issues. This work involved collaborations across a range of sectors and engaged community, government and business. She also led a collaborative initiative that raised the profile and value of small community organisations and network approaches. The initiative, that many called a movement, was known as Voice for SONG (small organisations – non-government).
Venue: [We will be at UTS]
Even the term sharing economy has regularly been used to describe activities that progress the concentration of wealth. Companies like Uber enable everyday car owners to earn income by providing a taxi service. At the same time pay rates and conditions have been downgraded with the bulk of the profits going to a few.
There is a resurgence of interest and activity in cooperatives, organisations owned by communities or workers. Though coops aren’t everyone’s preferred way forward. We do however need to take action to cooperate more broadly towards a true sharing and ecologically healthy economy, with fairer distribution of wealth and if we are to effectively address the challenges we are facing. At same time cooperation isn’t always easy to do. Individual motivations, different cultures and approaches can be challenges for this.
While there have been important innovations from social enterprises the sector is challenged with its winner takes all approach, despite contributions from many others to the success of a single social enterprise. While acknowledging this broader context and our perspectives we recognise how we move forward is a big question and cannot be covered in a short session. However we are keen to begin this dialogue with the SFN community.
We will allow for some big picture exploration though particularly aim to draw out our personal motivations and challenges in relation to cooperation and competition.
About Johanna de Ruyter
Johanna de Ruyter is passionate about getting people moving and utilizing 
movement and action for expanding and strengthening communication. For over twenty years now she has been exploring the complementary relationship of communication and the performing arts. She has worked as an actor and collaborator on various award-winning theater projects both nationally and internationally. She is a long-term improviser, facilitator and trainer with Playback Theatre Sydney. For over 30 years Playback has been commissioned to facilitate their unique improvised and story - based communication forums for a range of organizations all over Sydney. As a theatre company Playback functions within a cooperative leadership model and practices consensus decision making. Johanna also facilitates training in Leadership Presence throughout the Asia Pacific region with The Ariel Group, a leading US and Australian Executive Training Company. Through her own company, Moving Communication, she designs and delivers her own experiential and movement - based Training, Coaching and Presentations for a range of clients.
movement and action for expanding and strengthening communication. For over twenty years now she has been exploring the complementary relationship of communication and the performing arts. She has worked as an actor and collaborator on various award-winning theater projects both nationally and internationally. She is a long-term improviser, facilitator and trainer with Playback Theatre Sydney. For over 30 years Playback has been commissioned to facilitate their unique improvised and story - based communication forums for a range of organizations all over Sydney. As a theatre company Playback functions within a cooperative leadership model and practices consensus decision making. Johanna also facilitates training in Leadership Presence throughout the Asia Pacific region with The Ariel Group, a leading US and Australian Executive Training Company. Through her own company, Moving Communication, she designs and delivers her own experiential and movement - based Training, Coaching and Presentations for a range of clients.
About Tirrania Suhood
is co-founder and director of InCollaboration which is a social change agency and consultancy that operates at multiple levels with a focus on collective impact to address social, economic and ecological challenges. She engages with big picture issues while staying connected at the local level. She works with organisational ecosystems, movements and leaders catalysing action in communities.Prior to InCollaboration Tirrania was the Executive Officer of a community-based organisation for many years and led the development and implementation of a systems and network approach to achieve collective impact for tackling social issues. This work involved collaborations across a range of sectors and engaged community, government and business. She also led a collaborative initiative that raised the profile and value of small community organisations and network approaches. The initiative, that many called a movement, was known as Voice for SONG (small organisations – non-government).
Venue: [We will be at UTS]
University
of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.
Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the
atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time:
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up | Donation $5
Enquiries | Eoin Higgins eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com ; 0407 411 684
Call for Guest Facilitators:
If
you have an idea or know someone who has an idea for a session at a
Facilitators Network meeting in please contact Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com
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