Ben Crothers - Earning the right to strategic work
How do we earn the right to facilitate strategic conversations? What does it look like to actually get ourselves in that room?
In this video converation I'm joined by Ben Crothers, well known author, Good Design Awards jury member and Principal Facilitator at Bright Pilots. We tackle into thorny questions about the relevance of sketching in an age of AI tools, ways to earn trust from senior leaders and how to avoid common pitfalls when facilitating strategic work.
This is a conversation that challenged my assumptions and left me inspired.
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