Facilitation Archives

Valerie Weaver on the Confidence to Lead, and the Wisdom to Listen

by Maida Majeed | Apr 21, 2025 | Facilitation, Other, PDRI

With decades of experience and a passion for front end planning, Valerie Weaver guides teams through capital project assurance with clarity and thoughtful leadership. As part of Valency’s Facilitator Spotlight series, we’re showcasing the experiences of our Senior...

Choose the Right Project—and Do It Right”: A Conversation with Tim Podesta

by Maida Majeed | Apr 3, 2025 | Facilitation, Other, PDRI

From oil & gas to decarbonization, Tim Podesta shares insights on front end planning, risk, and how to guide teams toward better project outcomes. As part of Valency’s Facilitator Spotlight series, we’re showcasing our Senior Consultants and their experience in...

Facilitating Capital Project Workshops: Leveraging Diversity in Project Teams

by Eve Koch Nichol | Mar 20, 2023 | Other, Facilitation

In the construction industry, project teams are incredibly diverse and include a wide range of project stakeholders. These stakeholders represent a variety of knowledge areas with different levels of expertise. Apart from this cognitive and epistemic diversity,...

Collaborative Decision Making – Facilitating Productive Project Workshops

by Sandra MacGillivray | May 10, 2022 | Other, Facilitation

How frequently do you leave a collaborative workshop or meeting feeling frustrated that nothing was really accomplished? There may have been a lot of great discussions, but people kept going off on tangents. Maybe too many ideas were proposed, and it was impossible...

Guidelines for Collaborative Hybrid Meetings

by Sandra MacGillivray | Mar 29, 2022 | Other, Facilitation

As businesses transition back to in-office work, a shift to hybrid meetings is underway, where some people attend in person and others attend virtually. For larger and more complex facilitated workshops that require strong participant engagement and collaboration such...

Key Facilitation Techniques for Leading Capital Project Workshops

by Sandra MacGillivray | Mar 10, 2022 | Other, Facilitation

A common misconception around strong facilitators is that they were born with the skills necessary to facilitate productive workshops. The ability to guide a group to reach a conclusion is ultimately achieved through the understanding and practice of core facilitation...