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How does (y)our mind works? – Mentoring 4

Posted on 2020/06/19 by Lelie Jan

I used a naming technique to find a name for our company and came up with “mind@work”. Only years later, I realized, that that’s exactly the point of facilitating groups. Currently, much of our behaviour is being attributed to the … Continue reading →

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Run facilitator, run – Mentoring facilitators 3

Posted on 2020/06/02 by Lelie Jan

Facilitators try to do their best to reach goals. It can be like “the Red Queen”-paradox from Alice Through the Looking Glass: all the running just keeps you in the same place.; if you want to make progress, you have … Continue reading →

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“I’m not black” – inventing identity

Posted on 2019/08/23 by Lelie Jan

In “Us and Them — The Science of Identity”, David Berreby makes the point that it is incorrect to talk about race at all. “We should talk”, he writes, “ about the way conduct and cognition (my italics) are racialized.” (p321). The … Continue reading →

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mind@work VOF

Posted on 2019/08/21 by Lelie Jan

mind@work has become a “Vennootschap Onder Firma” again. There’s again a partnership between me, Jan Lelie and Godard van Randwijck. Godard and I have been business partners since 1996, until about 2006, when he decided to move to Italy. Since … Continue reading →

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Facilitating brains at work

Posted on 2019/07/17 by Lelie Jan

Change requires changing your mind, mental models. How do you make up your mind? And how to facilitate this in a group. I developed this story in response to a question in Quora: Does the brain take steps to react … Continue reading →

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Musical metaphor of the brain

Posted on 2019/07/11 by Lelie Jan

Your brain works like an orchestra, composing tunes attuning to your environment. This is a musical offering as an alternative to a brain like a computer. The metaphors you use, frame your thinking. Using the machine or computer metaphor to … Continue reading →

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Weer een VOF

Posted on 2019/07/01 by Lelie Jan

Hoera! (English see later) Met ingang van 1 juli 2019 gaan Godard van Randwijck en Jan Lelie weer verder als vennootschap onder firma. Naast het faciliteren en katalyseren van groepsbesluitvormingsprocessen, gaan we weer software ontwikkeling doen voor zowel onszelf als … Continue reading →

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mind@work training op zee

Posted on 2019/06/18 by Lelie Jan

mind@work biedt een unieke benadering voor het faciliteren van groepen en katalyseren van veranderingen. Ga met ons in zee! Dat kan voor de eerste keer van vrijdag 30 augustus t/m zondag 1 september. We varen op het schip Nova Cura, … Continue reading →

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Tell what you’re talking about

Posted on 2019/04/23 by Lelie Jan

The biggest challenge in communicating consists of using the “tool maker metaphor” in conversations. All too easy we assume that using the right words implies knowledge of the things spoken about. In facilitating conversations ALWAYS ask people to tell about … Continue reading →

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Welke toekomst zie je voor faciliteren?

Posted on 2019/01/14 by Lelie Jan

Op vrijdag 18 januari aanstaande organiseer ik – op eigen initiatief – een Open Space over de toekomst van het faciliteren – in Rijswijk, (en daarmee bedoel ik de plaats van samenkomst). De belangrijkste stappen van faciliteren zijn voorbereiden, voorbereiden … Continue reading →

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