2015

Client Enquiry: How much time should I allow for a review after using an experiential activity? RSVP Design Response Our rule of thumb when working with RSVP Design activities is to schedule a minimum of the same amount of time for the review as for the activity itself. So from a learning facilitation point of view run your activity until a ... Read more...

If you have a professional interest in Leadership Development, then sooner or later you will need to move away from exploring what leadership is, and focus on what leaders really do. Coming from a background in experiential learning this seems just so obvious, yet it’s becoming more and more frequent that I encounter leadership development ... Read more...

I see it in so many places, the company encourages you to be innovative, you want to be innovative, you think you're being innovative, but after a while it all just seems a little forced. The initial impetus has gone flat and, day-to-day, the obvious opportunities for innovation seem increasingly elusive. So what went wrong?   &... Read more...

  Client Enquiry: We are reviewing experiential activities that help a leader learn how to build a team, not a team building game for an existing team or group. We want to get something for a class of leaders to experience building the team best practices.  Any ideas? RSVP Design Response There are many management and leadership skills ... Read more...

Having worked in continuous improvement and systems management for many years, I know all about innovation. I have had many a senior team member come to me about how to “innovate” my systems for them to use.  Some have been un-useable suggestions, some ideas even contain anatomical implausibilities, while some have been highly amusing.  ... Read more...

Tasked with building a truly innovative team most professionals will measure their success in terms of creative output. Try thinking of the job as one of making innovation the new routine. Process not Product I’ve been working in the field of innovation for many years, and over that time I’ve gone through a profound change in the way that I ... Read more...

Client Enquiry: Two separate but related enquiries: 1. Can I use your material with senior managers? 2. Are you seeing certain age groups respond to the topic of Resilience more than others..for example...my work with millenials in Ireland/USA is showing a very superficial type of resilience compared to other groups. Any particular advice on ... Read more...

This posting has been supplied by one of our colleagues based in Queensland, Australia - Becky Paroz. Most training centres are just that.  They offer training, certification to a certain level, with a certificate or some sort of acknowledgement of completion at the end of the course.  The course is structured with listed, usually measurable, ... Read more...

Client Enquiry: I am trying to get a group of senior leaders to recognise the problems they face in our organisational structure and to consider how they should respond. Id like to use physical experiential learning materials but the client wants to use an electronic simulation. How do you suggest I respond? RSVP Design Response Whether its an ... Read more...

Client Enquiry: I am looking for some tools to help make my Communications programmes more interactive. How should I choose between buying Colourblind® or Colourblind® Plus?   RSVP Design Response Why choose? Buy both in the package and save money ;) Seriously though, there are some considerations that might help you choose when you might ... Read more...