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As workshop facilitators, we impact the pulse of our sessions. We affect the energy level of the participants, the pace of the idea generation and iteration process. Also, we eventually...

A meeting is a valuable use of time when all participants contribute. Otherwise, an email would have done the job. Participants contribute when they are mentally present, focused on the...

It’s the beginning of a new year. It’s tempting to get back into daily routines instead of following through with last year’s resolutions. It is the time of year when...

Think of the last time you hosted a party. How much time did you spend “in the moment”? How often did you interrupt your conversation to welcome or serve a...

“We don’t do workshops!” a client once told me. Then, he agreed to a 90-minute version of my full day plan. Although he never became a fan, he now sees...

Since I got the idea of comparing brainstorms with parties, I tested this statement in a few conversations and faced similar reactions each time: A confederate smile implying memories of...

Great questions trigger great insights. That’s what leadership courses teach us and what coaches practice. What these techniques often ignore is the impact on the person who is supposed to...

When my friend asked me what I missed from my life in Vietnam, I thought of my motorcycle. We started a conversation about our learnings from driving in Ho Chi...

Last night, I talked to my friend with whom I once shared a house in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa). Our conversation about “good old times” made me think back...

I have proven my point and failed by example! Since I started my business and produced content around it, many of my friends, readers and followers have continuously asked why...

The person who taught me the value of networking without me even knowing the concept was my first boss: a charismatic entrepreneur who happened to be illiterate. In retrospect, I...

Lately, I was thinking back to my niece when she was taking her first steps. I remember how I felt the urge to help her stand up, keep the grip...

During a workshop that I attended earlier this year, I witnessed the immediate impact of a shift in mindset on my physical well-being.[1] On the screen in front of me,...

After having read an article on capsule wardrobes, I decided to downsize my stock of clothes and invited a professional stylist to help me perform an inventory of my belongings.[1]...

Why we struggle to receive well and what we can do about it Yesterday, I called my friend hoping for mental support, but instead, I received unexpected advice. It took...

The Monday after I participated in a clown workshop [1], I wrote a statement on our office-whiteboard: “Learn from the clown!” I hoped that my boss would ask me to...

If you could have one superpower, which one would you pick? For me, it is the ability to keep focused on whatever I do, and I believe that this would...

“Have you tried rebooting it?” is the default answer from any specialist you ask to fix a technology problem, and, in more than half of the cases it actually works....

Four months ago, I left a career to find my next professional endeavour that would value purpose over paycheck. While preparing for the first job interview, I recalled a situation...

Ironically, it was in the office that I was pushed to revise my approach to gift-giving when my team and I redesigned the gift-giving experience for a Design Thinking online...

Last year, I found my passion for swing dance (namely Lindy Hop) and, to my surprise, in 100+ hours of classes, I have learned more about leadership than I improved...