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Greg Padgett and I were chatting four years ago, just before the start of the Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority annual board...

This article discusses five ways to effectively facilitate tree diagrams by conducting pre-session exchanges, asking powerful questions,...

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Tim Adams and John Rider provided some great insights for prioritization for capital improvements, operations & maintenance, and business...

There is a lot to unpack in the standard definition of facilitation. "A facilitated session is a highly structured meeting in which the...

Dion Trost returns from Houston to South Carolina. He supports our reliability & maintenance areas of practice, including leading and...

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