Welcome to “workshops work,” the podcast that transforms how professionals engage, inspire, and lead groups. Ranked among the top 5% most popular podcasts globally, it is hosted by Dr Myriam Hadnes, a behavioural economist and facilitation expert. Each episode delves into the techniques and mindsets that make workshops truly impactful. Join us every week as we sit down with world-renowned facilitators and uncover their secrets to creating psychological safety, fostering collaboration, and sp ...
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308 - Navigating the Emotional Landscape of Facilitation with Kerri Price
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1:04:27The journey of the facilitator is rarely linear. It’s often happily accidental, a little squiggly, and punctuated with moments of imposter as we take it from the side-hustle shadows, to big centre-stage business. And Kerri Price can attest to this - after facilitating for what felt like a lifetime, she found herself pressing pause - only to return …
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307 - From Sober Raves to Corporate Joy: Facilitating Connection Across Contexts with Jacques The Party Scientist
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1:16:34If joy was an episode, then it would be episode 307. Welcome back, for the third time, to Jacques The Party Scientist, sober rave host, and social norm disruptor! I’ve witnessed Jacques’ journey for quite some years now as he’s facilitated joy, spread his natural antidepressants, and created experiences that unite people through the hedonism of hum…
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306 - Creating Psychological Safety in Psychedelic Work with Kacey Cardin
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1:09:53This week we take a hiatus from the ‘usual’ facilitation content, to journey into the wonders of the psychedelic with Kacey Cardin, as she introduces us to its sacred, healing powers. Working with LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and Ketamine as her co-facilitators, Kacey safely guides people - from public figures to leaders - into a state of therapeutic self…
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305 - From Limiting Beliefs to Inclusive Leadership with Aim-on Wongsaparn
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1:08:58How often do you tell yourself that you can’t do something? We all have a habit of collecting self-fulfilling prophecies in our pockets, that’s just human nature - but what might happen if we dared to say ‘I can’? Joining us for a beautiful, inward-facing episode about the self, the power of the mind, and how to lead in more inclusive ways, is Aim-…
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304 - Authenticity and Creativity: Elevating Workshops with Visual Techniques with Patti Dobrowolski
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1:13:19From Broadway actor, to drama therapist for county jails, a four-times Tedx speaker and now a Live Illustrator, Patti Dobrowolski is a rare, creative talent that has befriended reinvention… And she now helps others to do the same, designing memorable, interactive workshops using illustration to visualise new realities, aspirations and futures. Beca…
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303 - Nonviolent Communication in Practice with Ranjitha Jeurkar
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1:02:31When we tell someone how we feel, we expect to feel understood, don’t we? But as Ranjitha Jeurkar will tell you - it’s often not that simple. Empathy can be a complex tapestry: there’s needs to be met, paradigms at play, forefeelings that can stir confusion, and words that can all too easily get lost, heated, or misinterpreted. So how do we make se…
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302 - Facilitating the Future: Architecture, Collaboration, and Innovation with Benjamin Nott
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1:10:22We live an incredible 80% of our lives indoors. In houses, workplaces, schools and vehicles - spaces that become the backdrop to our time on this earth. But behind the permanence of bricks and the mortar, the making of our interior worlds requires considered collaboration, innovation, and perhaps unexpectedly, facilitation! From the creative cement…
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301 - Facilitating High-Stakes Multi-Stakeholder Climate Conversations with Barbara Oliveira
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1:08:30When an island is sinking, whose responsibility is it to save? What approach do we take, and who foots the bill? Big, high-stakes climate conversations always share the same goal: to save the planet. But when a diverse group of stakeholders bring their own interests to the table, tensions naturally arise between the polarity of priorities - and tha…
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300 - 300 Episodes of Curiosity and Connection: Lessons from workshops work with Myriam Hadnes
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43:33Listeners, what an adventure it’s been! 300 episodes. 300 guests. 300 soulful, wise, curious, facilitation-affirming conversations - each one, a gift! To celebrate my podcast tercentenary, I sit down with my microphone for an introspective, behind-the-scenes episode, just me, myself and I, to reflect on the years as a podcast host and facilitator. …
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299 - Navigating our Edges Through Inclusion-Based and Trauma-Informed Facilitation with Maggie Coulter
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1:09:37What does it *really* mean to meet people where they’re at? What can happen when we surrender to the serendipity of life? And how do we become aware of our own edges? This episode is punctuated with some big, beautiful questions that Maggie Coulter so eruditely explores with me through the lens of trauma-informed, inclusion-based facilitation. Join…
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098: Chatting with Atlassian's Dominic Price
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1:14:16In this episode Dan sits down with Dominic Price. Dom is Atlassian's resident work futurist and 'team doctor.' His work focuses on enhancing the manner in which teams work together. You can find out more about Dom's work at https://domprice.me/ and via Linkedin. If you'd like to learn more about our work or the Habits of Leadership Academy, you can…
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298 - Unlocking Creativity Through Trust and Adaptability with Mark Tippin
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1:03:19What does it mean to unbuckle ourselves from certainty and step with both feet into the space between question and answer? It means to be a facilitator, of course! To trust in the process, to find structure in the spaciousness, and to shapeshift as new technologies emerge. It’s something Mark Tippin has learnt over years: the answers come when we a…
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297 - Breaking Down Complexity with the Co- Founder of Liberating Structures with Henri Lipmanowicz
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1:26:54The author of the indomitable Liberating Structures joins me in the podcast chair this week - a book that has offered wisdom to facilitators from all four corners of the world, and built organisations from the ground up - the one, the only Henri Lipmanowicz! So simple they feel alchemic, Henri’s 33 microstructures are a field guide for transformati…
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296 - The Power of Trauma Awareness in Design and Facilitation with Rachael Dietkus
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1:08:58Everyone who steps into our workshop room brings their own experience. An emotional backpack of mosaic stories, hardships and histories - some, more traumatic than others. But the weight of trauma demands a special kind of care: far beyond empathy, we must show up with a deep sensitivity and respect that fosters non-triggering, inclusive spaces. Ra…
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295 - Doing the Inner Work: Learnings from Vipassana Meditation with Myriam Hadnes
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32:01What can we learn about ourselves when we silence the world outside, quieten our voices, and make peace with discomfort, in the knowledge that everything in life is impermanent? At the end of October, I stepped into my fifth silent Vipassana retreat to ask myself that question once more. I left my voice, my phone, my negativities, and my niggling t…
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294 - Learning From Burning Man About Transformative Experience Design with Rob Blakemore
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1:10:08Burning Man is the ultimate expression of radical, creative trust. As 80,000 people from all over the world gather in the Nevada Desert, they join together on a blank canvas to co-create a utopia of art, community, culture and human spirit - leaving no trace that the event ever happened. In this sprawling temporary city of interactive installations…
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293 - Facilitation as Salesmanship: Building Trust and Buy-In with Alan Versteeg
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1:04:39Are facilitators just salespeople in disguise? We’re not on commission, we’re not driven by a desired outcome, we don’t have a product, and nor are we in a numbers game… and yet, the longer I spoke to Alan Versteeg this week, the more I realised just how much we have in common. And if you still don’t believe me, Alan is here to change your mind - a…
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292 - Facilitation Beyond Methodology: Healing, Connection, and Commitment with Jutta Weimar
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1:03:54What is your inner calling? For many facilitators, it’s to build spaces of deep, life-affirming connection. After all, facilitation is more than just its methodologies and its tools; it’s about doing the soul-searching inner work to understand ourselves better, for participants and facilitators alike! For Jutta Weimar, founder of the Berlin-based F…
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291 - Building Trust through Facilitation with Maria Arpa
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1:17:24There is great richness to be found in human connection - when we know how. To truly see others, to step into vulnerability and to find hidden reflections in ourselves. Maria Arpa is an absolute powerhouse of inspiration. From mediation to facilitation, she’s made it her life’s purpose to change the path of others for the better: working with peopl…
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290 - Facilitating Through Structure: From Gamestorming to Community Building with Dave Gray
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1:25:58How can you create the life of your dreams, where your work not only pays the bills, but brings you daily joy, creative fulfilment and purpose? Possibilitarian, artist and author Dave Gray joins me in this episode to introduce us to the art of the possible. He generously shares his life’s lessons in business and creativity; from building his $10 mi…
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289 - Unlocking Play: The Power of Presence and Letting Go with Minna Taylor
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1:06:59Have we forgotten how to play? Applied play theorist, strategist, and consultant Minna Taylor, certainly thinks so! As an actor and theatrical voice coach in a past life, Minna has made it her life’s purpose to invite creative expression, deliberate play, and the power of surrender into people’s lives. She now helps organisations to excel in the in…
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288 - How to Master the Art of Great Conversations with Myriam Hadnes
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29:13A conversation is a delicate dance between two people. From one to the other, stories slowly unravel, surprises are met, ideas come to life, and life is learnt as words flow freely between us. But to make a conversation great, we must relish the silences, the questions, and the spaces in between - because it is only with curiosity and presence that…
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287 - Here & Now is the Future of Learning with Simon Edwards and Ian Byrne
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1:16:03Corporate training doesn’t have to be boring. In fact, it can be playful, curious, a little bit magical, and dare I say it - fun. And this week I am joined by the creative magic of not one, but two brilliant guests who are here to tell you how: Simon Edwards and Ian Byrne. Hailing from the worlds of game design and facilitation, we delve deep into …
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286 - The Art of Slowing Down: Thoughtful Facilitation with Marike Groenewald & Clinton du Preez
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1:10:42Defiant slowness: it’s a salve, a rebellion, and a lifelong endeavour when we have been taught to live fast, 100mph lives. Because only when we turn down the speedometer, can we be present enough to think deeply, connect to ourselves, bond with others, and experience the joys of simply being. It’s why Marike and Clinton relish slowness in their fac…
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285 - Creating Safe Spaces for Conflict, Resilience and Recovery with Scott Winter
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1:20:35As the old adage goes, failing to prepare, is preparing to fail. But how do you prepare for something as catastrophic as a natural disaster? Scott Winter helps people, teams and organisations to struggle more effectively and step into their greatness. He’s done so for communities in California to recover from the devastation of wildfires, as well a…
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