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Solve Problems More Easily (Or “A Tale of Two Meetings)

“Where a minute before a handful of tech guys could agree on almost nothing, it took us only five minutes to identify the future perfect on which we all agreed.” Niklas Tiger. Managing Director of Hi5, Sweden.

How many meetings have you been in where you have tried to tackle a problem in a team and it just kept going round in circles?

The following is a true story related by Niklas Tiger, Managing Director of Hi5, an IT organisation in Sweden that provides outsourced IT…

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Added by John Brooker on February 13, 2013 at 7:30 — No Comments

SF Future Perfect sequence with large group of approx. 400 people

Hi Community,

I am looking for some ideas / references for a future perfect sequence that I want to do with a large group of approx. 400 people. I have only a timeframe of one hour! So of course we will travel on the surface. But this can/should be a start of something that follows. Who has done such a thing, and has any ideas how to do it in a exciting, funny way?

Thx, Markus

Added by Markus Starecek on January 4, 2013 at 11:27 — 1 Comment

With SF the best is yet to come - interview with Janine and Paul about 10 years The Solutions Focus

A couple of weeks ago Paul Z Jackson posted the following message on Facebook: "champagne on ice for 10th anniversary celebrations of The Solutions Focus.... many small steps to get this far..."

To which I replied: "Won't ask what you are proud of, nor what you are grateful for, nor how you did this, nor who helped you and how you've made good use of it, let alone ask you what you will do more of (or keep doing), or what you will do differently. Nope won't do all of…

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Added by Hannes Couvreur on December 28, 2012 at 13:00 — 2 Comments

Mr Bear Wants to Be Loved and other SF-inspired stories, for children & their parents

My latest SF book, "Mr. Bear Wants to Be Loved: And Other Stories to Make Change Easier, for Children & their Parents" is now out and available for purchase on Amazon.

This book was born as a challenge: how to introduce Solution-Focus in terms so simple that even a

6-year-old would understand.

True to its objective, it…

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Added by Paolo Terni on December 3, 2012 at 18:09 — 1 Comment

Journée de travail pratique Solution Focus in Paris

Dear SOLutionists,

as most of you are aware of, France is not exactly the Promised Land when it comes to SF. We are about to change this. First contacts have been made, and our next step is an information day of practical work where we will brainstorm, get to know each other better and do, guess what, practical work.

If you happen to pass through Paris on december 12, you are very welcome to join us! Although the final objective is to get SF going in France and…

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Added by Rima Nouri on November 19, 2012 at 14:15 — 7 Comments

Solution Focused Leadership Survey 2013

Dear fellow SOLutionists
 

I am very happy to announce that I will conduct a Solution Focused Leadership Survey starting in January/February 2013. I will do that together with a specialized research institute that is closely connected to the University of Applied Sciences Lucerne. I sat together with them today and I am very much looking forward to see it emerge.

 
We are looking for 40-50 people who use SF in their leadership…
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Added by Dominik Godat on November 16, 2012 at 17:20 — No Comments

Can You Dance Your Name?



I've just translated an article that I've wrote for the Danish Ministry of Education into English. It's about a project involving teachers and their teaching and learning environments in general regarding working with innovation in the field of education.…

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Added by Jesper H Christiansen on November 11, 2012 at 22:32 — 4 Comments

Practicing Positive CBT. From Reducing Distress to Building Success.

Added by Fredrike Bannink on November 4, 2012 at 20:28 — No Comments

Great gatherings - workshop @ Oxford, next steps

As promised I bring you some writing from the Oxford workshop "a SF approach to working with large groups".

Or... to be honest I actually break my promise but for the better.

So many good conversations with great inputs followed during, inbetween and after the workshops (I ended up doing a Opens Space on same topic) so I've decided to put on whatever I write regarding working with large groups on:…

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Added by Jesper H Christiansen on September 20, 2012 at 22:30 — No Comments

Do you do SF(B) work in Africa?

Hi


I'd like to invite anyone who does SF(B) work in Africa to join the ning group SOLWorld-Africa. Please share your experiences and stories. Also, let us know whether you know of any national associations for SF practitioners and if so, in which particular African country. Thanks, Svea

Added by Svea van der Hoorn on September 18, 2012 at 19:36 — 1 Comment

Duplo dolls - figuring futures - a great workshop by Elke Gybels

Wow - Elke, your workshop was so motivating. I love the way you explained to us how you work. You instantly "translate" what your coachees says into a picture with duplo figures. You use all the SF elements like treasure chest (strengths), cup (preferred future), tiny pieces of paper (little steps) etc. I can imagine that your clients benefit a lot from the way you work with them. 

You really motivated me to try something new. Wow. Thanks a lot, cheers, Julia

Added by Julia Kalenberg on September 16, 2012 at 9:59 — 1 Comment

Keep the fire burning - burn the surveys

Dear Liselotte and dear Karolien

your workshop was great. You gave a very concrete and easy-to-apply example of how to apply SF in an organization. I will put the four steps of the conversation tables soon into practice

1. appreciation round "what is already there?"

2. future perfect "one step into future"

3. on which domains do we want to focus?

4. three little steps

Thanks for sharing! Your workshop was a great KISS example. Keep it short…

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Added by Julia Kalenberg on September 16, 2012 at 9:36 — No Comments

WOW to Jespers ability to move big groups

Dear Jesper

such a funny start into the conference. I loved the way you invited us to welcome all the countries.

And the way you made us share what "keeps us awake at night" - your questions really make curious and invite to join the experience. I also loved the idea of "No. 1 best hope" on the sheets of paper which were then thrown in the air. Would like to know more about your wonderful exercises :-)

Best regards, Julia

Added by Julia Kalenberg on September 16, 2012 at 9:27 — 2 Comments

Changing Organisations with SF - Aoki san's glasses

Dear Aoki san

your blinking glasses which make us see great things are a great idea to use in small and big groups. I will try it. Thanks. Deep bow, Julia

Added by Julia Kalenberg on September 16, 2012 at 9:22 — No Comments

Yellow brick road - use a marble as your preferred future

Dear Monica and Brenda

WOW!!! Your workshop was really interesting and very practical. I love the team-building exercise with the marble (great metaphor: marble = preferred future) and the plastic channels. See how people work together to get the marble (their preferred future) together in the basket.

I'm looking forward to try it out! Great stuff - your workshop.

Best regards, Julia

Added by Julia Kalenberg on September 16, 2012 at 9:12 — 1 Comment

Introducing SF into your organization - spreading the SF rumor

Dear Jenny and Shakya

your workshop gave me great ideas of how to do it. Before the workshop I thought that I have to explain to participants and clients what I do. Now I dare to explain less and just do! Funny, much more playful and effective.

My take away from your workshop was: do SF instead of talking about it. Little steps. Give example - even if I'm the only one.

Thanks for your great workshop!! Best regards, Julia

Added by Julia Kalenberg on September 16, 2012 at 9:06 — 1 Comment

The SOL never stopped shining

This summer has been full of busy, rewarding weeks, but the last couple have been particularly so. Last Monday I cheered myself hoarse at the Paralympics, and from the middle of the week onwards I was making final preparations for the SF evaluation workshop I was delivering at the SOL World 2012 Conference in Oxford. At the same time, both children were taking new buses to new schools – each of them excited,…

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Added by Ali Abington on September 14, 2012 at 13:01 — 2 Comments

all those at sol2012

I hope all of you at the conference are enjoying yourselves. My thoughts are with you all.

Owen Charnley

Added by Owen Charnley on September 7, 2012 at 15:27 — No Comments

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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…

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Created by Hans-Peter Korn Dec 25, 2009 at 10:25am. Last updated by Mark McKergow Nov 3, 2014.

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 Jesper H Christiansen Aug 22, 2017.

Open Space at SOLworld conferences

SOLworld Open Space instructions as it was used at the 2011 conference, by Mark McKergow

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Created by Katalin Hankovszky Dec 30, 2015 at 10:18pm. Last updated by Katalin Hankovszky Dec 30, 2015.

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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