What's hot in our world of facilitation and collaboration in 2024? The insights on our website provide a good snapshot. Read a few of these insights and let us know your thoughts. We trust that you will find them helpful.
The Sources of the Insights
The articles were based on the most interesting people and topics we encountered in our travels. For the most part, these travels included JD Solomon Solutions' consulting assignments. Sometimes, the article's source is related to the follow-up conversations from a workshop or webinar.
As a lean, niche company, we tend to “see it, reflect on it, write about it.” It’s fun to see what has inspired us over the course of a year.
What’s In Facilitation?
JD Solomon Solutions brands itself in asset management (including reliability, risk, and operational resilience), program development, and facilitation. Our facilitation services range from higher-level strategic plans and board retreats to technical projects like root cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), and criticality analysis.
Facilitation is about guiding a group to solutions that are created, understood, and accepted by all. It is a structured form of collaboration. Visit the Facilitation webpage for more information.
Helpful Insights on Facilitation from 2024
This is our list from December 2023 through November 2024.
Are strategic plans overrated? As Mike Tyson is credited with saying, "Everyone has a strategic plan until they get punched in the mouth." We do a lot of strategic planning facilitation and have found that plans are more effective when they are developed for the front-line staff and not as a public relations piece.
Knowing how to stop facilitated team efforts is just as important as knowing when to stop. Included are three things to do well and five things to avoid.
How do you know when team efforts fail? Facilitators must spot the signs early and implement trusted interventions. Included are some pointers and tips.
The success of reliability assessments depends on the quality of the facilitation. Reliability assessments are among the toughest things for most technically trained professionals to facilitate. Learn more about how to apply the mental model CATER.
Knowledge transfer sessions are a great way to build common understanding and improve team dynamics. Included are five key pointers that will improve the team dynamics of your asset management program and help you better guide the process.
Understanding question types and using different techniques is essential for better team collaboration. Ten question types and three applications are discussed.
Effective collaboration requires facilitators to determine which work is best done by teams and which is best done by individuals. Ask yourself first whether group work should be individual work. Our intentions for collaboration may be good, but the context may be wrong.
Let Us Know What You Think
Please share your thoughts on the facilitation and collaboration topics we covered in 2024. Did what we saw and inspired us this year match your experience? Do you agree with the content of our insights?
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