Presentation at the IAF (International Association of Facilitators) Asia Conference in Bangalore in September 2011. An interactive thinktank to explore how we create space to guide people in thinking together and explore the emerging concept of "future centers"

1. Creating a facilitative environment: A think tank on designing facilitation spaces and future centers Mark Pixley LEADERSHIP INC

2. Mark Pixley LEADERSHIP INC Based in China. Facilitating for 15 years, working with corporate & management groups. Interests: Strategic Planning, LSC process, technology, KM, Societal Innovation. 2 © LEADERSHIP INC

3. Introduce Yourself Name What you do... Facilitation Experience... Draw what type of learning animal you are... 3 © LEADERSHIP INC

4. Intentions Have a greater awareness of how the space effects the facilitation experience. Developed ideas about how to create a facilitation space... including imagery and tools. Learn about some efforts being done worldwide to create facilitative spaces including future centers. 4 © LEADERSHIP INC

5. Program What is the ideal environment for facilitation? If you were to create a special space to guide people in thinking together, what would it look like? How would you structure it? What tools would you provide? This interactive think tank will explore the emerging concept of "Future Centers" and create an opportunity for us to explore what we would put into a center 5 © LEADERSHIP INC

6. Agenda Introductions Discussion of Facilitation Environment Case Studies: Some active Future Centers Group Design Work: How would you design an ideal facilitation space? Imagery? Tools? Report back and integration Application discussion 6 © LEADERSHIP INC

7. Facilitative Environments 7 © LEADERSHIP INC

8. Space makes a difference 8 © LEADERSHIP INC

9. Modern Meetings 9 © LEADERSHIP INC

10. Innovative Meetings 10 © LEADERSHIP INC

11. Facilitative Environments Groups of three... Speaker, interviewer, observer Three rounds When you have facilitated… What was the most challenging space? What was the most interesting space? Discuss & write three insights about the use of space in facilitation... 11 © LEADERSHIP INC

12. SYS Univ., GZ, China 12 © LEADERSHIP INC

13. Ikea Future Search, SH, CN 13 © LEADERSHIP INC

14. Facilitator as ARCHITECT You are responsible for the space... You do that in every meeting... You do that what you choose a location... More people are designing custom spaces... 14 © LEADERSHIP INC

15. Not a new idea 15 © LEADERSHIP INC

16. Case studies 16 © LEADERSHIP INC

17. Some Histories 17 ICA © LEADERSHIP INC

18. ICA, Chicago 18 © LEADERSHIP INC

19. Woodside, Hong Kong 19 © LEADERSHIP INC

20. LI Creativity Center, China 20 © LEADERSHIP INC

21. Very flexible… 21 © LEADERSHIP INC

22. Yeah… a white wall… 22 © LEADERSHIP INC

23. Some Histories 23 MG Taylor © LEADERSHIP INC

24. MG Taylor, Davo 24 © LEADERSHIP INC

25. CapGemini 25 © LEADERSHIP INC

26. Starfish, Bangkok 26 © LEADERSHIP INC

27. Some Histories 27 Future Centers © LEADERSHIP INC

28. Future Centers Future Centers are… Special working environments that help organizations and people break out of patterns and routines, see issues from multiple perspective, and choose effective courses of action. Facilitated work environments, collaborative workplaces where learning and insights from past and future, and from diverse participant perspectives, are applied to solve real world problems in the present. Collaborative workspaces for creating, developing and applying knowledge, practicing innovation and working with an orientation to the future. 28 © LEADERSHIP INC

29. Skandia, Sweden 29 © LEADERSHIP INC

30. MindLab is a cross-ministerial innovation unit which involves citizens and businesses in creating new solutions for society. We are also a physical space – a neutral zone for inspiring creativity, innovation and collaboration. We work with the civil servants in our three parent ministries: the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, the Ministry of Taxation and the Ministry of Employment. These three ministries cover broad policy areas that affect the daily lives of virtually all Danes. Entrepreneurship, climate change, digital self-service, citizen’s rights, emplyment services and workplace safety are some of the areas they address. MindLab is instrumental in helping the ministry’s key decision-makers and employees view their efforts from the outside-in, to see them from a citizen’s perspective. We use this approach as a platform for co-creating better ideas. Mindlab, Denmark 30 © LEADERSHIP INC

31. Fuji Xerox KDI, Japan 31 © LEADERSHIP INC

32. Mind Tree, Bangalore 32 © LEADERSHIP INC

33. Some Histories 33 Design Tech © LEADERSHIP INC

34. Google 34 © LEADERSHIP INC

35. Stanford Design School 35 © LEADERSHIP INC

36. Stanford Design School 36 © LEADERSHIP INC

37. Creating a center 37 © LEADERSHIP INC

38. Aspects… 38 In each aspect, what would you want to have in your center? © LEADERSHIP INC

39. Creating a Center Create a Future Center Plan Consider... Vision & Purpose – Why of the center? Process – What is the model? Metaphor – Image to describe what we are doing Space/Layout – What is the space and how do we use? People – Who is involved in the center and what do they do? Methods – What are the facilitation tools and methods used? Technology – What technology support could be used? Others... 39 © LEADERSHIP INC

40. Idea to Action How Future Centers develop over time... 40 © LEADERSHIP INC

41. Future Possibilities… 41 © LEADERSHIP INC

42. The Nest, ShanghaiShanghai Social Innovation Park 42 © LEADERSHIP INC

43. Thank you for your Insights… Leave your contact information and we will send you copy of program results... 43 © LEADERSHIP INC

44. LEADERSHIP INC For more information about creating facilitative spaces, please contact us at... 86-755-82111366 mark@leadershipinc.com.cn www.leadershipinc.com.cn 44 © LEADERSHIP INC