WHAT WE COVER

A Lens for Understanding Group Dynamics

• Accessible metaphors and frameworks for understanding the psychology of groups.

• An understanding of how conflict emerges, tools for early detection, and strategies for preventing conflict escalation.

• Insights into communication habits that derail groups, and powerful antidotes

Skills for Making Lasting Decisions

• Tools for groups who get stuck trying to reach unanimity but don’t want to leave anyone behind.

• A simple 4-step method for facilitating deeper conversations that don’t bypass emotional reality.

• Decision-making that supports outcomes that people can trust and uphold

Tools for Engaging with Conflict

• Awareness of the neurobiology of conflict with practical somatic tools to address issues directly without increasing the level of threat in the room.

• Accessing the fruit of conflict and the wisdom that lies below the waterline.

WHO THIS IS FOR

• Facilitators, organizational leaders, people managers, social changemakers, educators, and others working to create relational spaces that are emotionally intelligent, strategic, and attuned to the challenges and possibilities of these times.

• You'll learn how to be with conflict in your own nervous system, and with others in the fractal web of relationships that make up our world.

• The tools are valuable in solo reflection (such as navigating a difficult personal decision), in one-on-one conversations, and in group settings.

• You’ll take away renewed connection to your body, your voice, and your capacity to stay present in the midst of tension and transformation.

This is not a course where you sit back and listen to lectures. It is a learning experience where you learn some theory and practice the skills by being in real conversations 1:1 and in small groups. There are no role plays, and you are always at choice with how you engage.