Myriam HadnesFounder and CEO, workshops.work · Behavioural Economist | workshops.work | Host of the Unprofessionalism & workshops work Podcasts

000 - Introduction of the workshops work podcast

29 Feb 2024 · 2 min

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In this introductory episode of the Workshops Work podcast, host Myriam Hadnes—a behavioral economist with a PhD studying human behavior in economic contexts—explains the show's purpose: to help team leaders, managers, and facilitators improve workshop facilitation by learning practical tricks from professional facilitators. She outlines the weekly interview format featuring other facilitators, coaches, or trainers, and previews the range of topics to be discussed, including artistic intelligence, storytelling, neurolinguistic programming, office politics, personality types, hierarchies, and favorite exercises that listeners can apply immediately. The episode emphasizes the critical role of skilled facilitation in achieving workshop results, invites listeners to subscribe, join a community of facilitators, and access one-page episode summaries on workshops.work.

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Hey, thank you for checking out Workshops Work. This podcast is for you if you're tired of meaningless workshops that don't lead to results, if you believe in the impact of professional facilitation on workshop results, and if you want to learn from professional facilitators the little tricks that make workshops work. My name is Myriam Hadnes, and I'm a behavioral economist. I got my PhD for studying human behavior in the economic context, and I have always tried to find out what drives our choices, behaviors, communication patterns, and reactions. This is why I'm fascinated by the dynamics of human interaction and how they can change depending on just a few factors. Since then, I'm always on the search for those details that will make workshops work. With this show, I aim to help team leaders, managers, and fellow facilitators to improve their facilitation skills. Therefore, every week you can follow an interview between myself and another facilitator, coach, or trainer, and we talk about our experiences and practices. You will learn about things like artistic intelligence, storytelling, and neurolinguistic programming, and what all of those have to do with workshop facilitation and can help you to improve your skills. We talk about our best practices and about lessons learned. We talk about challenges such as office politics, personality types and how to deal with them. We talk about hierarchies and most of all we share our favorite exercises so that you can apply them immediately. If you believe that workshops work and that the facilitator plays a crucial role in getting the group to deliver results, Then this podcast is for you. Subscribe to the show and get in touch to join the community of facilitators who care for their participants. On the webshop— on the webpage workshops.work, you can download the one-page summary of each show with the main takeaways. So thank you again for listening, and I'm looking forward to seeing you back on episode 1. Talk to you soon. I wish you a fruitful day. Bye-bye.