How can we facilitate meaningful change in a sector that is infamous for being rigid and slow-moving? (Though I am not sure I agree with that position!)
Sara Huang is the person to ask – so that’s exactly what I did! Sara is an expert in facilitation within the public sector and governmental organisations.
Join me in this episode of Workshops Work, in which Sara and I discuss the differences in facilitation within the public sector, the secrets to success in this field, and what all of us can learn from this unique perspective.
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[01:21] When did you start calling yourself a facilitator?
[03:44] What’s the difference between being a facilitator and an advisor, and where does neutrality come into it?
[06:23] Can you explain the name of your company?
[08:02] How does your vision of ‘twisting’ fit into working in the public sector?
[10:39] What do you mean by ‘play’?
[12:25] Do you work with visual facilitators?
[14:25] How do you encourage a workshop mindset in a rigid public sector environment?
[18:24] Is it true that, in government, people like to conform and, if it is, how do you challenge that to encourage new ideas?
[21:19] How do you encourage people to assess every side of an argument?
[27:14] How do you facilitate when there are so many layers to decision making processes in the public sector?
[30:02] How transparent are you about the limitations within an organisation?
[31:19] What is your favourite exercise?
[34:19] How do you flatten the room in a patently hierarchical organisation?
[37:19] What makes a workshop fail?
[43:12] Is there anything else you wanted to share today?
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