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Episode 272

June 5th, 2024

Creative Leadership Means Facilitation with Arne van Oosterom

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    Intro

    Arne van Oosterom shapeshifted from the creative coal face of consultancy life, selling beautiful shiny ideas, into the problem-oriented domain of design thinking, as a creative facilitator, leadership coach, trainer, and community architect.

    But swapping aesthetic idea generation, for meaningful problem-solving that helps people to cultivate growth, demands a special duty of care for the most human things of all: for feelings, emotions, connections – and all that good stuff.

    This episode is a gorgeous exploration into the creativity of being human, of fine-tuning your feelings in leadership, embodiment, and most importantly, why all leaders must be facilitators – else risk failing to lead at all.

    Find out about

    • The importance of embodiment in leadership to foster greater emotional intelligence
    • And, why we must tune into our bodies to ensure we align with the right work and clients
    • The intrinsic relationship between facilitation and leadership
    • The oxygen mask of leadership: why good leaders should create space for their own feelings first
    • The role that design thinking plays in facilitation
    • Why facilitators must be cognisant of different levels of group energy.
    • The importance of proactive energy creation vs. waiting for clients to find you

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