Participative Designs provides annual, strategic planning, teambuilding and preferred future meeting facilitation.  We work with you to design and facilitate meetings that achieve your goals in a way that generates buy-in, commitment and shared ownership for the outcomes.  We focus throughout on the issues of implementation and sustainability.

Applications:

• Business and strategic planning off-site meetings
• Change communication and buy-in sessions
• Departmental action planning and teambuilding sessions
• Annual meetings and experiential learning events
• Large group meetings and action planning sessions.

• Alignment with your business and change implementation goals
• Full customization based on your needs and requirements
• Small and large group methods ranging from 6 to 600 people
• In-depth knowledge of change implementation dynamics and tools
• Program planning and design services to ensure maximum effectiveness
• The ability to involve people from all groups, levels and stakeholders
• A commitment to maximum participation and involvement
• A strong emphasis on concrete outputs and actions.
• A focus on follow-on implementation and Sustainment of the effort
• Integration with our Open Space, Appreciative Inquiry and Team Development programs

Case Examples:

1. An IT department needed to make a major strategic shift in its business.  The entire staff was brought together to assess the situation, identify challenges and generate action plans for moving forward.  Action teams were formed to continue the work under the guidance of a departmental steering committee.
2. A Human Resources department was looking for ways to enhance customer responsiveness and satisfaction.  The staff and managers came together using Open Space and identified specific priorities for taking action. 
3. An entire organization was struggling to implement a major change in their work structure, roles and culture.  The larger group met and went through a series of experiential learning exercises to help them understand the new direction.  Next they generated overall and specific group action plans for implementing the change.