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J.D. Solomon
- May 9
How Young Professionals Can Build a Facilitation Team and Empower Their Careers
Young professionals bring the knowledge and insights needed for any organization to succeed. By 2025, half of the global workforce will...
J.D. Solomon
- Apr 3
My Top 5 Tips for Facilitating Large Groups versus Small Groups
Facilitating large groups can be intimidating. As always, successful facilitation starts with doing the basics well. Special attention in...
J.D. Solomon
- Mar 7
Great Facilitation Agendas: What Little League Baseball Taught Me
Baseball coaches and facilitators often share the common problem of developing an agenda. And if one meaning of facilitation is to make...
J.D. Solomon
- Jan 18
Why an Old School Dashboard is Effective for a Facilitated Strategic Plan
I was recently wandering around the lobby at Grand Strand Medical Center when I suddenly ran into an oversized bulletin board. I expected...
J.D. Solomon
- Jan 10
How To Improve Communication & Facilitation with the FINESSE Mental Model
After a guest lecture at a major US university, I recently had a follow-up conversation with a graduate student. The discussion centered...
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 30, 2022
How to Improve Strategic Plan Facilitation by Reviewing Dashboard Design
The Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) business leader was frustrated. Three years ago, the organization moved to a new...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 29, 2022
How to Improve Facilitation of Public Workshop and Comment Sessions
Facilitating public workshops and comment sessions are typically conducted by public-sector organizations. These sessions are intended to...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 9, 2022
Facilitation Lessons Learned: One Board, Four Board Retreats, and Four Formats
Facilitators seldom have the opportunity to use four formats with the same board of directors for four consecutive years. Blame it on...
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- Oct 9, 2022
SMRP, Fabulous Facilitation Workshop Coming to Raleigh on Oct 17
Facilitation is an essential skill for technical professionals working in group environments. Maintenance and reliability education does...
J.D. Solomon
- Oct 4, 2022
Trust Proven Approaches to Produce the Best Facilitated Sessions
The stakes are high. The problem is difficult. We search for the facilitation approach that rises to the level of the problem. Not so...
J.D. Solomon
- Aug 22, 2022
No Practical Difference Between Strategic Plan and Asset Management Policy
A common question is whether the Board of Directors should approve the Asset Management Policy. The short answer is yes. The longer...
J.D. Solomon
- Jul 19, 2022
Most Facilitators Miss This, And There Is One In Every Group
Greg Padgett and I were chatting four years ago, just before the start of the Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority annual board...
The Experts
- Jul 12, 2022
Ask the Experts Re-Visited: The Lost Art of Facilitation
Jeff Lineberger and Charles Wingard provided some great insights on all types of facilitation. I sat down with Jeff a few months ago to...
J.D. Solomon
- Apr 11, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Business Cases
The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to business cases because the analysis requires a group to establish the...
J.D. Solomon
- Apr 4, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Capital Program Prioritization
The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to capital programs because the analysis requires a group to establish the...
J.D. Solomon
- Mar 28, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Block Diagrams
This article discusses five ways to effectively facilitate block diagrams by conducting pre-session exchanges, asking powerful questions,...
J.D. Solomon
- Mar 21, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Tree Diagrams
This article discusses five ways to effectively facilitate tree diagrams by conducting pre-session exchanges, asking powerful questions,...
J.D. Solomon
- Mar 14, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA)
This article discusses five ways to facilitate failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) more effectively by conducting pre-session...
J.D. Solomon
- Mar 7, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Root Cause Analysis
This article discusses five ways to facilitate root cause analysis (RCA) more effectively through conducting pre-session exchanges,...
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