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Episode 52: Creative facilitation (and why doing gives you the greatest learning) with Dr Cathryn Lloyd

Dr Cathryn Lloyd is a facilitator, educator, researcher, arts practitioner, and creative development coach. She describes herself as a ‘bricoleur’ in the way she brings together different methodologies and processes to help people work well with one another. Dr. Cathryn brings in ‘Artful Inquiry’ processes and facilitation to move creativity into action and to create positive change.

Listen to this episode from First Time Facilitator on Spotify. Dr Cathryn Lloyd is a facilitator, educator, researcher, arts practitioner, and creative development coach. She describes herself as a 'bricoleur' in the way she brings together different methodologies and processes to help people work well with one another.

Dr Cathryn Lloyd is a facilitator, educator, researcher, arts practitioner, and creative development coach. She describes herself as a ‘bricoleur’ in the way she brings together different methodologies and processes to help people work well with one another. Dr. Cathryn brings in ‘Artful Inquiry’ processes and facilitation to move creativity into action and to create positive change.

She loves working with others to develop collaborative, experiential and reflective learning environments and her clients include Govt agencies, academic institutes, corporate, and arts organisations.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • How 'being', 'doing' and 'reflecting' help grow your skills and experience as a facilitator

  • Techniques on how to help create a shared group environment (and why it's important to understand that each group has their own energy)

  • Why it’s important to be sensitive to the environment, and how you can gauge the environment by using questions

  • Key questions to ask when you reflect on your practice at the end of a workshop

  • Why being creative helps you become a better leader (and facilitator!)

About our guest: Dr Cathryn Lloyd

Dr. Cathryn Lloyd is a facilitator, researcher, creativity coach and educator. She is Australia's first certified creativity coach with the Creativity Coaching Association. She is the Founder and Director of Maverick Minds Pty Ltd. Maverick Minds specialises in creative learning experiences designed to shift your thinking, gain new perspectives and create positive change.

Dr. Cathryn’s experience across design and business offers an eclectic approach to her facilitation and workshops. She loves working with others to develop collaborative, experiential and reflective learning environments.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Attend one of Cathryn's upcoming events in Brisbane (co-hosted with Andrew Rixon)

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Quotes of the episode

  • “As a facilitator and or a person working with people, it's really about being sort of sensitive to the environment and trying to gauge and understand where people are at; rather than sometimes assuming things.”

  • “I think first and foremost, you have to be doing; and it's in the doing that is the greatest learning, ultimately.”

  • “I think time spent in building relationships is really important; and people often don't realise that. If you spend time doing all the other stuff, it will probably happen a lot more easily because those relationships are there and you've built community and a sense of ownership.”

  • “You've got to have creativity and you need to have people thinking creatively and owning the idea of creativity if we want innovation to actually happen. Innovation won't happen without creativity.”

  • “If you do want people to think differently or to be differently, then we have to be doing different things in order for that to actually happen.”

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Episode 41: Unleash your inner intrapreneur: How facilitators can liberate innovation and creativity in organisations with Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw

Today's guest is on a mission to liberate innovation, creativity and leadership within organisations.On this episode, you’ll hear how Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw transitioned from a high school teacher to become Australia’s leading expert on creativity and innovation.

Listen to this episode from First Time Facilitator on Spotify. Today's guest is on a mission to liberate innovation, creativity and leadership within organisations. On this episode, you'll hear how Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw transitioned from a high school teacher to become Australia's leading expert on creativity and innovation.

Today's guest is on a mission to liberate innovation, creativity and leadership within organisations.On this episode, you’ll hear how Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw transitioned from a high school teacher to become Australia’s leading expert on creativity and innovation.  Listen in when she discusses the strategies she uses to facilitate knowledge retention and behaviour change in the workshops. We also talk about the role of Intrapreneurs in organisations, and how they’re the future of organisations.If you’ve ever heard anyone say they’re not creative, or you think you’re not creative, it’s also worth taking note of Irena’s response to that statement,.If you want to stay connected to First a Time Facilitator when the show's over, join our community on Facebook called ‘The Flipchart’.  In the group, we have 50+ other listeners  around the world, who are all sharing tools, tips, techniques to help each other deliver killer content and workshops.

On this episode you’ll learn:

  • How she transitioned from a high school teacher to become Australia’s leading expert on creativity and innovation

  • The differences she observed from teaching high school students, to adults in corporate life (and why it’s important to give adults an immediate benefit from attending a workshop)

  • The pre-work she asks participants to do before attending

  • What an intrapreneur is; and why they’re so the future of organisations

  • How intrapreneurs can push through perceived bureaucratic barriers to add value to their organisations

  • How she developed her presence as a powerful presenter and communicator

  • Her response when people say the words, ‘I’m not creative’

  • How she recharges her energy to deliver day workshops

  • Her advice for subject matter experts who are asked to share their knowledge with others

About our guest

Dr. Irena Yashin-Shaw, PhD. is an innovation, creativity and communication specialist with a Doctorate in creative problem-solving and a Masters Degree in Adult Education. Prior to starting her consultancy in the private sector she was a Senior Research Fellow and academic at Griffith University.  Here, she worked on a number of university-wide strategic improvement initiatives while lecturing in various academic programs.A sought after speaker and educator Dr. Irena has delivered keynote presentations and workshops in the UK, Russia, China, India, New Zealand, Malaysia and Australia.  She has authored and co-authored numerous publications locally and internationally. Recognising that innovation and creativity are the key drivers of the Twenty-First Century global economy, she has developed a suite of programs designed to assist organisations to increase their innovation capacity by developing a culture of innovation and creative leadership.

Resources

A gift for the First Time Facilitator audience

Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw is offering an incredible for First Time Facilitator listeners - a 50% off discount to The Australian Intrapreneurs Summit . Simply use the code AISDISC50 when purchasing your ticket.

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Episode transcript

Click here to read my conversation with Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw on the First Time Facilitator podcast.

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