Liminal Facilitation: Using the Gateway to the Unconsciousness to Increase Collaboration and Creativity

Liminal Coaching uses a series of techniques and protocols from a variety of sources, including Solutions Focused Brief Therapy, modern studies in the use of daydream and REM states, Clean Language, cognitive science and the impact of metaphor. Liminal Facilitation is an emerging discipline which is applying principles and techniques successfully used in 121 coaching, to group facilitation. I'm grateful for the opportunity to present this developing approach and would welcome feedback and tips from this community. 

We will cover:

• Left and Right hemispheres. “If it can't be drawn, it can't be done”
  
• Primitive Brain/Higher Brain. When new ideas or information trigger the threat response
  
• What's been good? Priming for positive outcomes
  
• Disruption, suggestion, learning and discovery. The Default Mode of the brain.
  
• The treasure of unknowing. Preparing a team to discover new perspectives
  
• Metaphor workshop and narrative development 

Presenter:

Mike Parker has over 30 years of experience in global systems and over 10 years helping clients to innovate, overcome challenges and improve performance across a wide range of business domains.

He is as comfortable at the director level in a global consulting company as he is sitting in the chair across from you and helping you overcome your blocks and anxieties.

Mike’s interests are deep and broad, ranging across psychology, anthropology, philosophy, math, business, music and economic systems. All of this is supplemented by culture studies and a life devoted to Systems Thinking. Mike has an MBA in innovation, finance, and strategy and has supplemented this with further post-graduate studies in Systems Thinking and Governance. He is a qualified Solutions Focused Therapist and a Research Fellow at the Schumacher Institute.

Additional Information:

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