THE LAB
The practice behind the work.
The Lab is where our ideas meet practice. It brings together a facilitation philosophy and a range of methods for working with the conversations beneath organisational life.
Method follows the question.
We pay attention to the conditions in which a conversation takes place: who is in the room, what can be said, what is difficult to name, and what people may need in order to participate. The method serves the inquiry. It is not a performance or a shortcut to a predetermined answer.
Dialogue
Facilitated conversation that helps people listen across perspectives and find language for what is difficult to express.
Storytelling
Stories that make experience visible, create perspective and invite reflection.
Experiential methods
Theatre, games, role-play and live polling when they help a group explore a pattern or question.
Explore the practice.
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The Unsaid Process
Notice, Surface, Name, Hold, Understand, Integrate: six movements that help turn hidden pressure into shared understanding and action.
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Storytelling
Use narrative to make experience visible, create perspective and invite reflection.
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Theatre and Experiential Methods
Use participatory methods to explore patterns, choices and possibilities in the room.
Making room, not forcing disclosure.
People should not be pushed to reveal more than they choose. Our intention is to create a thoughtful container in which complexity can be acknowledged, different perspectives can be heard and the group can decide what to do next.