Lauren Green: Born Into Facilitation

“So the hypothesis is if facilitation were a wider skillset for more people, would we have better meetings, better, more intentional meetings, and better conferences and events? And I think it's a good hypothesis, but it's making a lot of assumptions. Because it makes the assumption that people actually know that they have a gap, which means you have to make them consciously incompetent to go back to that. And how do you do that? How do you say, "Hey, this conference kind of sucks? Can we make it better for you?" So I find myself in that situation all the time. How do you kind of awkwardly slip in there that they're not doing it right?” -Lauren Green

In this episode of Control the Room, I had the pleasure of speaking with Lauren Green about her facilitation journey.  She shares how Organizational Development has changed over the past few decades, how dance has influenced her practice, and how to incorporate more movement into your meetings.  We then discuss why a wider range of leaders need facilitation training and the importance of strong participant communication before and after meetings.  Listen in for practical tips to improve your hybrid meetings.