Date & Time:
Module 1: Wed 20 May
Module 2: Tue 2 June
Module 3: Tue 9 June
Module 4: Tue 16 June
Afternoons 2-5 pm CET
Place:
Online (Zoom)
Fees*:
Euro 675 (exempt of VAT) for individuals
Euro 750 (exempt of VAT) for organisations
*Early bird and reduced fees available. See Reduced Fee section.
Trainers:
An on-the-job learning journey in essential facilitation skills
More than ever we need the wisdom of the whole group to deal with complex challenges. We need to learn to work with emergence, and to embrace and facilitate an appropriate leadership approach.
What are the roles and meta-skills of a facilitator? How do we foster common understanding, collective ownership and joint action? How do we support groups to make sense of insights and harvests? What type of process, work forms and dialogue methods are appropriate in different situations? How do we deal with tensions?
The training is based on and inspired by various complex-sensitive methodologies and approaches, such as complexity theory, Deep Democracy, Appreciative Inquiry, Theory U, Cynefin framework. In 4 modules you will be introduced to what is needed to facilitate complex, multi-stakeholder processes and strengthen your skills through experiential exercises.
Results
The training enables you to:
- Become aware of the complex aspects of your current challenge(s)
- Improve facilitation skills to enable transformation
- Gain insights in design principles for complex settings
- Enrich your toolkit of facilitation methods useful in complexity and complex group dynamics
- Experience and experiment with learned tools and methods in your own professional environment and peer learning group
Set-up
We offer this as an online training programme in which you can participate from anywhere in the world. The training consists of the following elements:
- Four online group sessions during which we will introduce theory, you will participate in experiential exercises, have a chance to ask and get answers to your questions, reflect on your experiences and practice together.
- A potential 4th live/hybrid training session in Amsterdam or London, depending on the participants.
- Selected learning materials to read and watch in advance.
- You will be invited to keep a journal and form peer learning groups to support your learning process, to grow as a facilitator, and to reflect on your insights and lessons throughout the training programme.
Learning principles
These key learning principles guide the design and delivery of the training:
- Focusing on key themes: complexity and system change, dealing with tensions, dialogue and facilitation
- Stacking: build on existing experience and knowledge
- Being sensory rich: fun and engaging
- Facilitating your learning flow
- Fostering diversity and co-learning
- Adaptive learning: practice and adapt over and over again
Modules
In four modules, we will touch upon various approaches and methods to navigate complexity, group dynamics, tensions, foster common ground and collective ownership and action, such as Deep Democracy, Theory U and complexity theory. We will work with practical cases participants bring in and organise offline peer-to-peer learning support.
We will cover the following through theory and practice:
- Module 1 – introduction to facilitating in complexity (guiding principles and methods)
- Kick-off and intention setting
- Complexity and systems change – is it complicated or complex?
- Meaningful participation
- Rooms of change
- Module 2 – Process design, resistance and dialogue
- Process design in complexity
- Levels of listening
- Introduction to resistance line/levels
- Dialogue exercise
- Module 3 – Meta skills
- Meta skills: neutrality, super listening, compassion
- Mirroring the system and archetypes
- Self-management
- Module 4 – Group dynamics and iterative approach
- Dealing with group dynamics and polarisation
- Case clinics for practical reflection on real case studies
- Reflection on learning journey
Peer learning groups are invited to meet and support each other in between sessions.
Module content is indicative and will be refined closer to date and based on participants’ needs.
This training is provided by senior trainer(s) with more than 15 years of experience in complexity and training.
For whom?
This training is for professionals and organisations with little to good experience in guiding or facilitating complex group processes. Whether you are a leader in social change, consultant, manager and facilitator from any field or sector, anyone involved in facilitating dialogue, chairing, leading meetings, supporting (learning) events, offering workshops etc., you will benefit from this training.
*Reduced Fees
- Early birds: receive a 10% discount if you sign up by 31 March 2026
- Reduced fee of €550 for independent professionals, second and third colleagues from the same organisation and special circumstances.
- Personal discount of €50 for bringing in another participant.
Free taster sessions
Would you like to know more? We have two free taster sessions planned in February and March. Get a feel of the training, ask all your questions and get a special discount when you sign up for the training.
- 24 February 9:30 – 11:00 CET
- 24 March 19:00 – 20:30 CET
Practical info
- Open training, number of participants: 8 to 18.
- The study load is approximately 20/24 hours spread out over 4 weeks
- The training fee includes digital copies of the Complexity Navigator and ‘A bundle of complexity‘
- For questions, please get in touch with Marjolein, Anna or Diana.
- Message marjolein.kok@perspectivity.org to sign up for the training or taster session.
- Training Cancellation Policy