Tag Archives: facilitation

Who’s us?

Posted on 2024/11/07 by Lelie Jan

Robert Reich asked “who are we?” is a substack about the election results in the US. Here are are ome of my notes: https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/who-are-we-anyway?r=p0rqa&utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=75987848 Implications for facilitating groups

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Narrational thinking

Posted on 2023/12/07 by Lelie Jan

commenting on https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-gops-integrity-death-cycle/ Actually, the cyclical nature of nature is …. life –> death –> life –> death —> … You cannot have the one without the other AND they seem to deny each other. It’s the paradox of life: … Continue reading →

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Mind your body

Posted on 2022/05/06 by Lelie Jan

Brains actually “add information” to reality. Brains are organs necessary for moving around: sensing and judging. One needs limbs to move, off course, and limbs required guidance. The fact that the left part of the brain is connected with the … Continue reading →

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Beginners mind – stay confused

Posted on 2021/07/02 by Lelie Jan

“Beginners mind”, in facilitating systemic – self-sustaining – changes you will need more than an open mind, you need “Beginners mind”. The ability to stay confused enables Eigenorganisation to emerge. We’ll talk about in this event: https://tinyurl.com/d49vrbj Ed van Winden … Continue reading →

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Introducing Creating Paths of Change

Posted on 2021/04/23 by Jan Lelie

The book “(Creating) Paths of Change” by Will McWhinney PhD has been labelled “the most important and original theory of social change to appear in over a generation“. And then nothing happened. Why might that be? The most important reason … Continue reading →

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Provocation for Inquiry: what can you do to facilitate hierarchical systems?

Posted on 2021/02/22 by Lelie Jan

I’ve been asked (as a Provocation for Inquiry): with my desire to explore paradoxes and inquiry, would appreciate your assistance in framing the following as a paradox: Hierarchical systems are built from lower levels but do not serve them I … Continue reading →

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Models muddling models

Posted on 2021/01/06 by Lelie Jan

For the man with a model, every problem can be solved. Be aware of problems the model cannot solve. Ignore the model, not the man. Harish Jose notes that any model will stop being a model, because it’s no longer … Continue reading →

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Real information confuses

Posted on 2020/12/01 by Lelie Jan

I got a message from one of my dear friends, who didn’t grasp the previous post completely. Understandable. Here I share my reply to her (stop reading when you feel confused), which I extend some what here. You’re not the … Continue reading →

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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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