“Facilitative leadership is an act, not a role.”

A conversation around facilitation and facilitative leadership with Sarah Gregersen.

Hi Sarah! Lovely to see you. Could you tell me a bit about your background…

“You don’t take part of your arm off when you go to work”

- a conversation about adult development, ethics, empathy and Nature of Work’s process.

Supporting the process — Alex Ivanov on developing the Team Canvas

Alex Ivanov is the co-creator of the Team Canvas, a free tool for leaders, facilitators and consultants to organize team alignment meetings and bring members on the same page, resolve conflicts and build productive…

“Most adults can’t push it as far as kids can”

Talking about good learning experiences, graphic facilitation, and being aware of the ecosystem and narratives around you with Mathias Jakobsen, creator of…

“You need to get beyond the instruction manual to play the game”

Sam Spurlin talks about the importance of experimentation, meetings, leadership in self-organized organizations, and having a growth…

“You need to prepare for the unprepared”

Lisa Pertoso talks about her love for improv and how it feeds back into her role as facilitator and director of educational programs at Hyper Island.

“When people lose the fun, they stop growing”

Collin Cummings, founder of PlayWell, talks about play, fun and how we can design better work experiences.

“The first 6–8 people we hire will set our culture”

Sanjay Venkat, CTO and co-founder of Datavore Labs, in a conversation about hikes, culture and understanding people.

“Culture needs to be lived”

Marianne Aerni talks about how to support designers becoming founders, what makes a good collaboration and becoming a better leader and team member through reflection.

“Reflection is what makes entrepreneurs think more strategically”

Deborah Alden, managing director of the accelerator BF+DA, talks about their approach to reflection, not having a set curriculum and the…