Adam Kahane
Canadian writer
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Why they matter for gatherings
Adam Kahane is a Canadian writer and founder of Reos Partners. He develops and trains others in methods for addressing complex social challenges through collaborative processes.
Facilitators and event designers should study his work to understand approaches for fostering transformative dialogue and scenario planning in diverse stakeholder settings.
His methods include Change Lab/Social Lab, Scenario Planning, and Scenario-Axes Workshop (GBN Eight Steps) for anticipatory governance and collaborative problem-solving.
Here is where those methods trace back to.
Where the methods came from
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Those roots feed the methods below.
The methods, ready to run
Named methods, and the exercises in our library that put them to work.
Conversational Leadership / Cafe to Action
Anticipatory Governance / Foresight Bricolage
And here is where you can watch them run.
Where you can see them practiced
Gold-set agendas that visibly put these methods to work.
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