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NDB 2021 - The Perfect 'Facilitation' Storm with Diana Ying Liu & Kandis O'Brien

3 Nov 2021 · 2 min

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In this introductory segment of the Never Been Done Before 2021 conference, Diana Liu and Candace O'Brien, co‑founders of the boutique innovation firm The Six, present their 90‑minute interactive workshop titled “The Perfect Facilitation Storm.” They frame the session around the worst‑case workshop facilitation scenario—when everything that can go wrong does—and promise practical ways to survive such a storm. The speakers outline their professional backgrounds, emphasizing nonlinear thinking, leadership, and human‑centered design. The session will focus on two core learning areas: (1) not taking facilitation challenges personally, and (2) recognizing and operating within one’s span of control, while also providing concrete actions to navigate the crisis moment.

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Welcome to The Perfect Facilitation Storm. Imagine your worst workshop facilitation experience ever. When everything that could possibly go wrong does go wrong. What do you do? What can you do? It is, after all, the perfect facilitation storm. We are so excited about being part of Never Done Before 2021. But first, a little bit about us. I'm Diana Liu, co-founder of The Six, a boutique innovation and strategy firm. I pride myself on being a nonlinear thinker and connecting the dots where most think there are none. I have over 20+ years of leadership, management consulting, and innovation experience. I love helping leaders and their teams get their groove on and get their groove back.
And I'm Candace O'Brien, Diana's partner and co-founder of The Six. My goal is to empower enterprises to ideate, collaborate, and execute quickly and efficiently for sustainable growth. I'm especially passionate when helping organizations build better products, services, and organizational cultures leveraging human-centered approaches including design and vision sprints. So a little bit about our Never Been Done Before session. The Perfect Facilitation Storm is an interactive 90-minute session where we will share and discuss all the possible worst-case scenarios in any given engagement project, or workshop and share some ways to make it out alive. The 2 areas we'll focus in on are learning how not to take things personally and understand what is in your span of control. And while in the eye of the storm, what are the actions you can take to survive?
Looking forward to seeing you all soon.