Paul McGregor - Work that Matters

Facilitation is Leadership

What does it mean to lead by facilitation? Leadership and facilitation are like two magnets, repelling each other when they're close together but attracting each other when they're far apart.

As the world becomes increasingly complex and uncertain, you may find your well-thought-out plans keep being tossed out of the window. We need a more enabling and adaptive leadership style today than ever before. Facilitation offers leaders a practice for effecting change, built on the wisdom and power of groups. Today I'm excited (and mildly terrified) to announce I'm writing a book about all that and more!

Can you teach codesign without talking about power and privilege?

Can you teach people about codesign without talking about power and privilege? The short answer is 'no' - but why?

Is your team toxic, tolerable or thriving?

Team culture is critical to achieving your purpose, yet many teams are toxic, tapped out, or tolerable at best. In this article, I explain a model for identifying where your team culture is right now and where it could be.

Virtual Methods Toolkit

Virtual meetings throw up a raft of new challenges. Deeply connecting with people can be tough when you're behind a screen. And reading the room? Bah - forget it. This toolkit shares 11 methods to make your virtual introductions and discussions more valuable and vibrant.

The Codesign Continuum - What if the main barrier to good codesign is your organisation?

When people first discover the practice of codesign, they often get excited about its potential. But the reality can sometimes be disheartening because codesign requires us to share power - something many organisations are not used to doing. I've developed The Codesign Continuum to help you understand how your organisation can grow and develop its codesign practice.

3 secrets to engaging people in online meetings

Are you tired of feeling drained after online meetings? Do you want to be your best self in virtual conversations? The CANDOR research database has uncovered three fascinating secrets to help you shine in your next video meeting.

Bring your content "alive" through connection

You have important things to say and share that will serve communities well. All good ideas need something to bring them to life... but what could that be? 🤔

Subjects, Consumers and Citizens

The story of "the consumer" invades so much of what we all believe, think, do and say. But it's a dangerous story, and we need a new one. Instead, we need to shift to "the citizen" story if we are to make progress on the issues of our times. But how?

Introducing "Lab Notes"

Many of us are conditioned to view experiments as something done in a lab, under controlled conditions. But experimentation is critical for our organisations, communities and societies. We need to combine the best of analytical planning with the curiosity of experimentation. And that's a core belief behind Lab Notes, my new newsletter.