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Facilitating Team Learning - so you can CONNECT with your customers and within your organization; CR

09/14/2026

Facilitation tip: When working with a team, setting group agreements (or rules / guidelines) helps everyone to align on how they will work together... and then hold each other to those agreements when things go off track.

One of our favorites is to Build on each other's Ideas - Saying "Yes!... and" then adding the build. This helps keep everyone in a generative idea space vs. falling into the oh so easy critique mode about all the ten thousand reasons why we can't / won't / shouldn't do something. Those "Yes, but" or flat out "No" or "We tried that already so... " will erode trust and shut down further contributions from team members. - You know, you've been in those meetings.

Even better, take a few minutes to practice how it feels to say "Yes! .. and" to get everyone warmed up and building on each other's ideas - which is the whole point of getting together. (otherwise, it's a meeting that could have been an email!)

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09/10/2026

Facilitative Leadership tip: Ask more questions. Be curious. Seek to understand.

Of course, these all must be from a genuine place of wanting to know, to support your people and be shared with authenticity.

What are you curious about? What are the ways you've used questions to build a team, to build momentum, to shift perspectives?

09/09/2026

Facilitation tip: Have a plan AND be flexible. We always have a plan (with many options for creative activities ) and our most important job isn't to stick to that plan, but to read the room, with their outcomes in mind, and adjust as needed.

Our tools: We love the time timer. It's a visual timer - when the red is gone the time is up - that acts as a visual cue to keep us and the team on track. When they can "see time", they help self correct - going faster to finish an activity or slowing down and going deeper when time allows.

Also pictured - a rough agenda with activity blocks, our trusty Ah Ha! sharpie, a chime to call the group back together and white, low tack artist tape (less distracting than blue tape and won't harm paint on walls) to make the group's thinking visible on big paper.

What's your facilitation approach - time boxing or go with the flow? There's advantages to both for sure.

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09/07/2026

Life's a journey - what are you discovering along the path?

Following up on the post about staying grounded... being in nature, walking along the ground and among the trees and flowing water is one of our favorite ways to stay grounded and connected. And taking time to breathe! (I actually can forget briefly when I get going!)

09/03/2026

Reflecting on powerful work from last year...

When we get to do what we love and it more than meets the clients' (high) expectations. We loved working with this high energy team and bringing out the best in them - and generating a bunch of ideas in the Turkey Think Tank! To get a testimonial like this is an extra bonus! Thanks

"Butterball recently tapped Ah Ha! to lead an innovation ideation session. Turns out it was much more than that. We generated over 100 new ideas for the brand and business – exactly what we needed to refill our pipeline. The ideas are creative, smart, strategic, incremental, exciting—just what we asked for. What makes Ah Ha! special is how we got there and who they are.

In an age of Teams/Zoom and big AI promises with mixed delivery; their unique process taps into human connection and creativity. It is a process with people at the center that is tactile and deeply connecting. We left with tons of ideas, yes, but as importantly with a powerfully united team that included Butterballers from many different functions with decade distances of experience. Special thanks to Wayne and Susannah who helped us design and execute the whole project. It is rare to find such blue-chip marketing and consulting talent paired with equal measures of bright creativity, the ability to walk in our shoes and understand our opportunities and a magnetic warm personality. These two are very special and what they offer is too. "

Kyle Lock - Vice President, Retail Marketing Butterball LLC

09/02/2026

What sparks creative solutions for you? Movement, reflection, connections, quiet...?

Like a fire - the right combination of conditions need to be present to get things moving. What provides the fuel, oxygen and heat source for your innovation sessions?

Share your tips in the comments - or reach out for a chat and we can see what sparks we can create.

08/31/2026

Facilitative Leadership Tip: As we wind down this summer season (here in the Northern Hemisphere) we are reminded that to grow requires us to take time to nurture what we have planted.

In what ways are you nurturing yourself? Your team?
How might you continue to grow in this next season?

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08/27/2026

What's next on your journey?

The path always stretches in front of us - sometimes without clarity about what is around that next corner. A practice successful leaders share is that taking time to reflect is a powerful tool for their leadership journey. So here's a few reflection prompts for you as we end the week and get ready to flip the calendar to a new month:

What are your intentions about what you want to create?
What is working well?
What might need to be adjusted?
What are you proud of?
What are you grateful for?

08/26/2026

Facilitative Leadership Tip: Begin with the end in mind.

As a leader, it is essential that you provide a sense of direction - so that your team knows that you are heading somewhere, even if it's not perfect and might change along the way.

In a meeting or workshop, this looks like clear objectives or outcomes and an agenda sharing the key steps along the path.

We'd love to hear your stories of times when you led or facilitated and how you began with the end in mind... Comment below👇️

08/24/2026

Facilitation Tip: Visual Thinking Tool

One of our favorite ways to develop an idea or plan is to use the "Top of the Mountain" template. Here's a quick demo video of how you might use this. (either in person with sticky notes, or on a digital white board like )

Share the idea.
Start with all that's good about it (on the Top of the mountain).
Surface any questions
Share any concerns or challenges
Think about what might solve those challenges - so that you can improve the idea.

Curious to know more - let's chat.

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