Abstract
The facilitation approach described here, though developed in artistic contexts, can easily be adapted to tackle serious organisational issues like team relationships, collaborative working and strategic planning. In a nutshell, it involves combining movement, material and words to create an emotionally safe, trusting landscape that is conducive to honest, brave exchange. Our reflections are based on two particular events, separated by a couple of years, in two different oriental locations. We begin by describing a visit to Taiwan, where we worked with a group of older people to prepare them rapidly for a live collaborative performance featuring ice and ribbon. The other (earlier) event took place in Cambodia and, though it was based on similar principles, the context was quite different: a group of staff from all levels of an NGO managed to develop a draft strategic plan by writing on fruit and teapots. In both cases, a playful and creative way of working enabled those involved to bond rapidly and achieve something useful and positive.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 51-58 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of the Association for Management Education and Development |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Apr 2018 |
Keywords
- facilitating
- groups
- movement
- materials
- verbal communication
- writing
- human relationships
- strategic planning
- playfulness
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Alice Fox
- School of Art and Media - Principal Lecturer
- Centre for Arts and Wellbeing
- Performance and Communities Research and Enterprise Group
Person: Academic