Unprofessionalism
Professional performance is exhausting. Maintaining the mask. Editing ourselves. Pretending we know when we don't.
This podcast is about people who dropped the performance. And what happened next.
Each episode features someone who broke professional conventions and found something better on the other side: the executive who disclosed grief in a corporate setting and found it opened new ways of relating; the coach who realised her authority came from integrity, not compliance; the designer who ignored the 'approved tools' and saved thousands of hours.
Conversations circle around three questions:
- What does it cost us to perform professionalism instead of showing up as ourselves?
- How do we create spaces where people can bring their full attention and humanity to work?
- When is the “unprofessional” move actually the most responsible one?
If you feel the tension between who you are and who you're expected to be at work, this podcast shows you what happens when people stop managing that tension and just stop performing.
Hosted by Dr Myriam Hadnes—behavioural economist and founder of workshops.work. New episode every week.
Unprofessionalism
107 - Unleash your facilitation superpowers with Jacob Chromy
We use our facilitation skills in our work, but these are universally applicable skills. Negotiating with a toddler, hosting parties, working out which takeout to order!
Join me and Jacob Chromy in this episode of workshops work to learn how we can apply our facilitation skills in more walks of life - and how people from all walks of life can identify the facilitation skills they’ve been using this whole time!
It felt so liberating to explore the different ways our tools of the trade can be applied to make a difference in so many ways I hadn’t considered before. This conversation with Jacob really helped me see my work in a new light. I hope it will do the same for you, too!
Find out about:
- What Jacob learned from product design that he applies to workshop design
- How Jacob used facilitation skills with local climate groups to great effect
- How we are using facilitation skills in our daily lives without realising it
- Exploring barcamps – “ the anti-conference” – and how Jacob uses barcamps as part of in-house peer learning programmes
- Flattening the room in person and online
- Why Jacob created ‘family workshops’ and how they are used
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Questions and Answers
[01:20] When did you start calling yourself a facilitator?
[03:15] What is ‘pen and paper role play’?
[06:18] Did you learn anything from Role Playing Games that apply in your work today?
[08:05] What do you apply from your past in product design to your present in workshop design?
[19:43] What is a barcamp?
[21:48] How does this differ from an open space format?
[27:50] Can you explain Troika consulting in a little more detail?
[34:54] How do you use barcamp at quäntchen + glück - what are ‘Donedays’?
[38:49] What makes a workshop fail?
[40:53] Do you treat ‘workshop’ and ‘process’ as synonyms?
[44:12] I feel like I can sense the room in a remote workshop, is that not the same for you?
[52:49] Could you talk about your family workshops?
[58:27] What is the one thing you would like listeners to takeaway from this episode?
Links
‘Doneday’ at quäntchen + glück
Rolepay/Rollenspiel & Facilitation LinkedIn Group (German)
Facilitating For Future and Climate Activists - Climate Roundtable (German) and Template
Connect to Jacob:
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