Looking to improve your next workshop or team meeting?

A fun and interactive way for groups to get to know each other, spark conversation, and share personal experiences.

A lively, interactive warm-up that gets energy up, encourages cheering, and adds a playful twist to a classic game.

There's a simple framework that can transform how you communicate ideas, whether you're presenting to senior leadership, giving feedback to your team, or even explaining your reasoning in a tricky email. It's called PREP, and it might just become your new best friend…

The model provides a practical framework for implementing significant changes and is widely used by leaders and change managers. The steps are sequential, with each one building upon the success of the previous step.

Running regular retrospectives helps your team improve, stay connected, and keep learning. It’s always useful, but even more so when you're working remotely or in a hybrid setup.

This is a short, simple activity to run early in a workshop or project. The idea is to get people to surface any unspoken concerns about the theme or the journey ahead. It helps people open up, connect, and clear the air.

When people brainstorm new ideas, they often think creatively and explore possibilities beyond the usual boundaries. This is the divergent phase of thinking. But when it comes to narrowing down those ideas, many tend to settle on familiar, safe options. This common trap is known as the ‘creative paradox’ or ‘creadox’ - where creativity seems to stall at the point of choosing which ideas to pursue. A simple but effective way to overcome this is by using the How-Now-Wow matrix.

Myth 1: The facilitator needs to have all the answers Let’s get this straight - your role isn’t to be the expert problem-solver. It’s to create the conditions for the group to explore, think well together, and come up with ideas themselves. Trying to be the one with the cleverest solution can actually block that process. Facilitation isn’t about being centre stage - it’s about holding the space. The shift here is simple but powerful: you’re not the one doing the work for the

Nothing derails a workshop faster than unmet expectations. If you don’t take time to set them, participants will make up their own, and that’s when things start to wobble. People get disengaged, overwhelmed, or just quietly frustrated. Workshops can be intense. People are asked to think hard, stay focused, speak up, be creative, make decisions - often at pace. At some point, most people will feel stuck or uncertain. The key is to normalise that before it happens. Be clear up

Not every meeting needs a facilitator. But when things are complex, stuck, or high-stakes, having someone to guide the process can make all the difference.

Checking in and out is a simple but powerful way to open and close any group session. It sets the tone, creates space for people to be present, and reminds everyone they’re part of something shared.