SOLWorld

Sharing and building Solution Focused practice in organisations

About Solution Focus

Solution Focused practice is transforming coaching, consulting, managing and leading in organisations all over the world. The approach values simplicity in philosophy and language and aims to discover "what works" in a given situation, simply and practically. The focus on what's wanted (not what's wrong), what's going well (rather than what's gone badly) and practical progress (rather than explanatory theory) leads to a positive and pragmatic way to work with organisations and individuals. SF has its roots in the therapeutic approach devised by Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer at BFTC Milwaukee and others.

This group was formed in 2002 and has held international conferences evry year since, attracting participants from over 20 countries. We have also held three summer universities and events in Japan (J-SOL) and North America. Read about the SOLWorld charter, past SOLWorld events, the Steering Group and the innovative and effective way that SOLWorld operates. To find out more about the Solution Focused approach, Jumpstart into SF. To start finding your way around, read about making the most of SOLWorld.

Events

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Matthew Gibson

Applying a Solution Focused Approach to Politics - Anyone want to help? 6 Replies

Hi,I have been looking at how to apply a solution focused approach to politics to see what it can offer the political process/policy/help improve people's lives. I started this project and I have no…

Tagged: Politics

Started by Matthew Gibson in SF applications. Last reply by Werner Winkler Aug 30.

Bart van Loon

Positive Thinking - Barbara Ehrenreich

Hi everybody, great visualisation on the downfalls of positive thinking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWR  Bart  

Started by Bart van Loon in Uncategorized Jun 15.

Lilian Ing

Topics for discussion at 3rd Asia Pacific Solution Focused Approach Conference in Bali 3 Replies

Dear All As some of you might know, we are holding the "3rd Asia Pacific Solution Focused Approach Conference" in Bali, Indonesia on 11 - 12 June 2010,  at the Melia Bali and Spa Resort (www.meliab…

Started by Lilian Ing in Conferences and events. Last reply by Katalin Hankovszky May 29.

Ramu Iyer

Simplifying SF Questions for Large Group Workshop 1 Reply

I recently read that there is an upcoming workshop, organized by the BerkanaInstitute (http://www.berkana.org), that may be of interest to the members ofthis group:   The Art of Humans Being -- Repat…

Started by Ramu Iyer in Conferences and events. Last reply by Ramu Iyer May 27.

Judy Rees

Fast Company article 12 Replies

Hi all, I wondered if you'd seen this piece in Fast Company magazine http://bit.ly/dAtiaV. A lovely little introduction, or so it seems to me.

Started by Judy Rees in SF practice. Last reply by Paul Z Jackson May 3.

Latest Activity

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Welcome Them!
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Madi Hanekom commented on Svea van der Hoorn's group 'SOLWorld - Africa'
Good morning everybody, as a newbee SF'er, I'm excited to join this group. Thanks Svea for alerting me to this. Greetings Madi
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SOLWorld - Africa
Seeking contributions from those interested in Solution-focused Brief Thought and Practice in the context of Africa. Africa is considered an emerging market - characterised by complexity, diversity and uncertainty. How does/might SFBT&P show up here?
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Paul Z Jackson added a blog post
Anton Stellamans led a sparkling session, in which he took us on a quest for a different kind of philosophy, suggesting that perhaps SF itself is a different kind of philosophy. I’m not sure I understood all of what was said, but here are my more or…
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Alan Kay commented on Paul Z Jackson's blog post 'Stories from behind the mirror. Recollections of SFBT’s early days, by the founders of brief therapy.'
Wonderful to be reminded of the origins and to think of the great outcomes since. And, the journey has just begun!
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Mark McKergow commented on netti kutsche-roch's blog post 'EBTA 2010 – Crossing the bridge. An sf coach´s glimpses from a sf brief therapy conference'
Hi Netti, Thanks for these reflections - it was excellent meeting you at the conference.
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Per Hedberg joined Kamila Novakova's group
SF Body Of Knowledge
A place for those who are interested in development of web-based thesaurus of SF related topics.
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Per Hedberg joined Paul Z Jackson's group
SOL Trainers Network
A network for anyone who trains people in solution-focused approaches
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Books by SOLWorld members on amazon.co.uk

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Blog Posts

Paul Z Jackson

EBTA Malmo, what else was useful and interesting?

Posted by Paul Z Jackson on September 8, 2010 at 7:36am

Coert Visser

Solution-focused interaction matrix

Posted by Coert Visser on September 7, 2010 at 7:44am

netti kutsche-roch

EBTA 2010 – Crossing the bridge. An sf coach´s glimpses from a sf brief therapy conference

Posted by netti kutsche-roch on September 6, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Paul Z Jackson

Stories from behind the mirror. Recollections of SFBT’s early days, by the founders of brief therapy.

Posted by Paul Z Jackson on September 5, 2010 at 9:00am — 8 Comments

Alan Kay

SF applications success - working for the client organization.

Posted by Alan Kay on September 2, 2010 at 11:54pm

Anton Stellamans

The retreat goes on

Posted by Anton Stellamans on August 30, 2010 at 8:30am — 5 Comments

Hennie Beelen

photosSOLretreat2010

Posted by Hennie Beelen on August 28, 2010 at 8:18pm — 1 Comment

Alan Kay

SFCT annual general meeting, 2010

Posted by Alan Kay on August 28, 2010 at 6:01pm

Hennie Beelen

Thanks to the group of six!

Posted by Hennie Beelen on August 24, 2010 at 9:40pm — 4 Comments

Liselotte Baeijaert

Strong Summer Retreat Ripple...

Posted by Liselotte Baeijaert on August 22, 2010 at 12:48pm — 13 Comments

Notes

Jumpstart into Solution Focus

You want to learn more about "Solution Focus"?
You prefer a "step by step" introduction instead to start with reading some voluminous books?
You would appreciate to have a complete "helicopter view" on SF after the first step already?… Continue

Created by Hans-Peter Korn Dec 25, 2009 at 10:25am. Last updated by Hans-Peter Korn May 28.

Making the most of SOLWorld.ning.com

If you’ve just arrived at SOLWorld.org (the SOLWorld ning group), you may be looking at all the features and wondering where to start.  This note might be helpful…

 

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Created by Mark McKergow Jun 3, 2008 at 4:55pm. Last updated by Katalin Hankovszky Jul 20.

SOLWorld Resources

Welcome to the SOLWorld Resources section.  This part of the site features information about the SOLWorld network, our past events and materials from our previous website.  It will take some time to update all the information, so thanks for your patience. 

Information in this part of the site is 'read-only'.  If you want to start discussions, please go to the Forum or Groups. 

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Created by Mark McKergow May 12, 2008 at 4:08pm. Last updated by Hans-Peter Korn Dec. 25, 2009.

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