5 insights that led me to storytelling and narrative research
How can we use storytelling to better learn from best practices in the field of youth? A personal quest for stories as an indispensable source of knowledge for everyone working with and for children and young people.
Researching a complex issue? Stop ‘collecting’ data
Research and surveys often collect experiences, stories and data. But what do you give back to the people you surveyed? By involving participants in interpreting the results, you get a better view of what is going on.
Book tip: Mapping Dialogue: Essential tools for Social Change
Book tip by Manal Sayid: This book is a collaboration project. Mapping Dialogue: Essential Tools for Social Change, was written by three women and one man who met, in the summer of 2005, to talk about supporting the Nelson Mandela Foundation's Dialogue work in...
Which recipe should we follow for today’s complexity?
When we face complexity, we dive straight into the ‘cookbooks’ we already have. But unfortunately, old recipes tend to fail when applied in new complex situations. Other ingredients should be sourced.
The balancing act of organizing self-management
What are the little tricks of facilitating a large group? Let it go! But that’s not so easy…
The beauty of resistance
We often tend to ignore resistance, to pretend it’s not there. But that’s a missed opportunity, especially for a facilitator. Resistance has wisdom and potential in it.
Why wicked problems? It’s about complexity!
Nowadays, all kinds of issues are labelled ‘wicked problems’. However, this term stands in the way of an effective approach.
What your organisation can learn from the Eurovision Song Contest about diversity
Blog by Anne van Marwijk In the wake of the protests of last summer and the efforts of activists, many companies are asking themselves how to become more inclusive. They are asking themselves how to change their inclusive ideals into practical reality and how they can...
Serious Gaming and Higher Education
Let us not only teach the facts but also teach the experiences that bound these facts to our memories. The case of Perspectivity Climate Change Challenge in higher education.