Workshops: what’s at stake

I reckon a 3-hour workshop costs about $30K. What do you think? The financial cost of a workshop is one thing. If it fails, you might have to spend those $$ again. Then there's the costs of delayed decisions, undermined trust and damaged reputation. There is a lot at stake with workshops and good design is key to their effectiveness.

Jacinta Cubis19 January 2021collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Sprint to the finish

Rather than winding down, it feels like this roller coaster year is gathering pace.

Jacinta Cubis22 December 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Less is more

A hiking weekend reminds us that a jam-packed agenda won't guarantee value, just exhausted participants.

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Backstage pass

Ever wondered what goes on backstage?

A workshop participant wondered how much effort had gone into designing the session I had facilitated last week, and her comment got me thinking.

Jacinta Cubis8 December 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Perspective

After months of working within the same four walls, I needed a fresh perspective. The sort that comes from long beaches, high cliffs and wide oceans.

Where do you go to regain your sense of perspective or discover a new one?

Jacinta Cubis1 December 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Aqua profunda

I solve seemingly intractable problems when swimming laps. That’s ‘aqua profunda’. We stretch and move to stop us getting physically jammed up. Why don’t more of us move when we’re mentally jammed?

Jacinta Cubis24 November 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Diving beneath the surface with strangers

The three princes of Serendip travelled the world ‘making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of thing they were not in quest of…’. It’s been a week of serendipity as I’ve made discoveries in conversations with strangers.

Jacinta Cubis17 November 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Still warms the plates

Last week, I shared a short story on LinkedIn about the stoicism of my mum-in-law during Melbourne’s long, winter lockdown.

Jacinta Cubis10 November 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

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