workshops work podcast (150): Re-Thinking Facilitation: A Means of Corporate Therapy w/ Jordan Bower

Is ‘facilitation’ the wrong word for what we do with corporate clients? Jordan Bower thinks it might be and proposes a new terminology to better suit our work…

Welcome to ‘corporate therapy’!

Jordan and I discuss some big questions in this episode, including the future of facilitation, how to focus on individuals when working with a corporate, and whether one-off workshops are a waste of everyone’s time.

You might expect a conversation full of intense curiosity and deep questioning might be hard work – in fact, the conversation was full of light and laughter.

So, sit back, relax, and let’s dive into some of the big questions of facilitation, its future, and how we can take the profession to another level.

Find out about:
● Why facilitation is better understood as an infinite process, rather than linear progress
● How story theory relates to workshops, and why the things we want and the things we need aren’t always the same
● Why the quickest route to failure is to worry about failing
● How abundance and sharing have become the hallmarks of true power
● Sage advice on the process of pitching facilitation services to a new client
● How to help clients lean into their emotions when it doesn’t come naturally
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