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COMPLEX FACILITATION INTENSIVE
theory and practice

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Course Outline

Viv Read is the author of the chapter on complex facilitation entitled ‘Facilitation Can Be Complex (and It Certainly Should Be)’  in the 2020 CYNEFIN® weaving sense-making into the fabric of our world publication by Dave Snowden & Friends.  Viv Read and Julie Cunningham are authorised Cognitive Edge Facilitators.

Please note, participants numbers on this program are deliberately limited to enable maximum engagement and a customised experience.

COMPLEX FACILITATION INTENSIVE - may 2025

$4,400.00 incl GST

This course is available for in-house delivery.

Join highly experienced and skilled practitioners to explore the implications and practical application of complex facilitation methodologies.

*Discounts are available for 3 or more participants from the same organisation (or practitioner with clients)

Some scholarships may be available. Please apply directly here

Contact Julie or Viv HERE

DESCRIPTION

Explore the practical application of complex facilitation methodologies and the implications for clients, facilitators and participants.  

Please Note:

Some scholarships may be available. Please apply directly here

This course is available for in-house delivery.

Please contact…. Viv Read or Julie Cunningham

Upcoming Course Availability

Starting

6 May 2025

4.00 pm - 6.30 pm

Australian Eastern Standard Time (Brisbane)

COMPLETION

8 July 2025

4.00 pm - 6.30 pm

Australian Eastern Standard Time (Brisbane)

Participants will be expected to:

  • Attend a 2.5-hour session every two weeks, for seven weeks, which will be a mixture of theory and practice
  • This program uses a combination of Zoom (for breakout rooms) and Conceptboard (for content capture and monitoring) If you are unsure that your current devices or software will be able to engage using this combination, our technical support consultant is available to have a conversation with you once you have registered.
  • Work together with 2 other (minimum) participants in between to undertake practical applications
  • Meet with one of the Complexability facilitators for an hour with their team for peer coaching
  • Assist their team member to ‘catch up’ if there is an unavoidable absence.
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Participants will receive:

  • 5 sessions of 2.5 hours of theory (odd weeks)
  • 5 sessions of peer group practice (even weeks) including coaching by facilitators during each practice session
  • 6 hours of mentoring for individual activities
  • Resource materials.

Complex facilitation processes and methods are disruptive. Expectations and experiences are challenging for facilitators and participants.

Can you spot the difference…a situation where facilitators shift from being an expert in the process and driving to outcomes to one where the facilitator designs and uses methods and processes that enables meaning to emerge from participants.  Complex facilitation mirrors the principles of complexity and therefore facilitation principles include:

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  • Light footprint faciliation versus controlling direction and problem solving
  • Operating at the whole of system level versus individual participant level
  • Information is shared and socialised versus report-backs
  • Enough agreement to take action versus concensus.

Explore the practical application of complex facilitation methodologies and the implications for clients, facilitators and participants.

Using the Cynefin® complexity framework as the foundation, the program is designed to explore the theory as the basis for practice in participant’s own contexts.  You will develop an understanding of the characteristics of different facilitation approaches, and specifically related to complex facilitation:

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  • How and where you start matters (bounded applicability)
  • Role and mandate of the facilitator and the impact on participants
  • Practice the design and application of core complex facilitation methods
  • How to design an end-to-end process that encompasses discovering, sensemaking/meaning making and insights to action.

COMPLEX FACILITATION INTENSIVE - MAY 2025

$4,400.00 incl GST

This course is available for in-house delivery.

Join highly experienced and skilled practitioners to explore the implications and practical application of complex facilitation methodologies.

*Discounts are available for 3 or more participants from the same organisation (or practitioner with clients)
Contact Julie or Viv HERE

WHO ARE WE

OUR FACILITATORS

co-facilitator

VIV READ

Viv is acknowledged as a leading practitioner in the design and implementation of complexity based tools and methods in a wide range of organisations and contexts in Australia 

and South East Asia.  She has been involved in over 30 narrative research projects in systems change, stakeholder engagement, culture change and strategy and innovation.   She has an international reputation in the delivery of complex facilitation.

co-facilitator

Julie Cunningham

Julie works closely with organisations to help lift performance through capability cultivation. She leads the application of a growing body of work assisting 

organisations to work with and understand complexity, develop curiosity, explore disruption and identify blind spots through a brain savvy lens. This is aligned with growing emphasis to drive innovation, think differently and build sustainable capability.

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+61 409 773 291

Viv Read
+61 414 294 339

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