In the Room

Below is a curated sampler— not the whole warehouse— of the facilitation instruments we bring to client engagements. To see these tools in action, browse our growing library of real‑world case studies where they’ve moved the needle on strategy, culture and performance.

Strategy & Goal‑Setting

“Help us point everyone in the same direction.”

These tools help teams clarify purpose, align around what matters most, and turn lofty vision into tangible action:

OKRs – A simple but powerful framework that translates big-picture vision into quarterly, measurable outcomes that individuals and teams can own.
“Start with Why” Workshop – Based on Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle model, this session helps teams articulate a shared purpose that inspires action and aligns decisions.
Playing to Win Canvas – A structured conversation based on Lafley & Martin’s strategy framework, guiding teams through where to play and how to win in their space.
Individual Goal‑Setting (Self‑Authoring) – Adapted from the Self‑Authoring Suite, this exercise prompts each person to write a “future-self” narrative—turning personal clarity into intrinsic motivation.
Bringing Down the Vision – A guided visualization that treats your organization as a living being. What does it eat, breathe, need? Surfaces deep insights into purpose and reveals blind spots in strategy.
Force‑Field Analysis – A classic tool for mapping the forces helping and hindering a particular decision. Ideal when a team is stuck or needs to get buy‑in for change.

Team Formation & Working Agreements

“We’re a new or re-shuffled team—let’s set ourselves up right.”

New‑Team Kick‑off – A fast-paced facilitation that gets alignment on purpose, norms, roles, and a few quick wins to build momentum.
Check-in: High‑Dream / Low‑Dream – A light structure for surfacing individual hopes and fears, so the team can name shared aspirations and concerns together.
DTA / DCA (Designed Team & Coaching Alliances) – A process for co-creating the team’s “rules of engagement,” including how you’ll handle conflict, decisions, and change.
Working Agreements Micro‑course – A free, research-backed tool we helped developed—perfect for teams seeking to upgrade their culture.
String Exercise – A visceral group activity that demonstrates interdependence and the reality of invisible connections in systems. Great for Day 1 energy.

Communication & Conflict Skills

“We talk past each other—or not at all.”

Team Toxins Grid + Conflict Protocol – Helps teams name toxic patterns (blame, defensiveness, stonewalling, contempt) and build a shared agreement for handling tough conversations.
Alignment Coaching – A facilitated process that transforms polarized stances into shared problem-solving.
Deep Democracy – A set of methods for surfacing and honoring marginalized perspectives before a decision is made.
Team Toxins Workshops – Highly interactive sessions where teams unpack how and why they use each toxin—and what’s possible when they stop.
Org Lands – An empathy-building experience that explores “where” different people or departments are coming from, literally and figuratively.
2% Truth / Partner-as-Mirror – A lightweight but powerful way for people to give each other honest feedback in a non-threatening way.

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Roles, Structure & Clarity

“Who’s doing what? We keep stepping on toes.”

Outer / Inner Roles Mapping – Helps teams differentiate between visible, task-oriented roles and the emotional/relational roles people often play unconsciously.
Secret Selves / Ghost Roles – Reveals unspoken identities or “invisible players” that are shaping team behavior—like past leaders, founders, or internalized roles.
Paper or Human Constellations – Spatial, visual exercises that reveal overlaps, gaps, tensions, or alliances that might be hard to articulate with words alone.

Large-Group Collaboration & Visioning

“We need whole-system buy-in.”

Open Space Technology – Ideal when passion and self-organization matter more than top-down structure. Great for innovation, retrospectives, or complex challenges.
World Café – A lightly structured, highly social process that gets people from different groups into meaningful dialogue and cross-pollination.
Human Constellations – A quick, embodied method to gauge how the room feels about an issue, where the center of gravity is, and what needs attention.
Appreciative Inquiry Summit – A whole-system event that builds on what’s already working to design what’s next—used for strategy, culture change, or reorgs.
Polarity Mapping – Helps teams move beyond either/or debates by showing how to manage the tension between two values or approaches over time.

Change‑Readiness & Culture Shifts

“We’re in flux—help us move without losing our soul.”

Leapers, Road-Builders & Tradition-Holders – A fast, insightful exercise that helps people self-identify their natural response to change—and understand each other's styles.
Manage Change Workshop – We combine multiple ORSC tools here (like Force‑Field Analysis, Edge Work, and MetaSkills) to help teams move through transition consciously.
Edge Work & Double‑Signals Lab – Practical skill-building around how to notice and work with moments where mixed messages and ambivalence show up.
Myth → Myth‑Change Process – A facilitated rewrite of the team’s “origin story” or internal narrative, to support a new chapter in culture or identity.

Positivity & Engagement

“Energy is low—rekindle excitement.”

Appreciation Loop – A structured but fast activity where teammates express appreciation in a way that builds trust, resilience, and energy.
Relationship Myth – Brings people back to the origin story: what made us want to work together in the first place? Often reveals core values worth reawakening.
4 Abodes – A beautiful team exercise that invites compassion, joy, equanimity, and loving-kindness into the emotional field.
High‑Dream / Low‑Dream Reset – Reconnects people to their shared vision and explores how the team can behave in a way that’s congruent with it.
Quantum Flirts – A playful method for paying attention to small, strange moments—what the system might be trying to tell us beneath the surface.

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