Announcing a book: Connected Facilitation

<p>This version includes the introduction and Part I: Meetings. It includes two scripts and 19 techniques you can use for your everyday meetings. It&rsquo;s still a bit rough, and I&rsquo;d really value some feedback if you give the scripts a try in your work.</p> <h1>Why this book now?</h1> <p>Plenty has been written on facilitation. My mentor Jean Tabaka wrote a great book,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Collaboration-Explained-Facilitation-Software-Project/dp/0321268776/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WBQKGRS4CDTX&amp;keywords=collaboration+explained&amp;qid=1682154557&amp;sprefix=collabora%2Caps%2C665&amp;sr=8-1&amp;ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Collaboration Explained</a>, that created a generation of facilitators. But in the 15 years since, the world has changed. We&rsquo;re much more online than we were, and sadly Jean&rsquo;s not around to write the next version.</p> <p>I feel a bit strange writing this book today. I&rsquo;m a product leader, and facilitation is not at the top of the list of skills executives look for when they&rsquo;re trying to decide who should lead their product team. But as I sat down to write this summer between jobs, this was the book I had in me.</p> <p>And frankly, Marty Cagan and Melissa Perri have written great books on product management already. And I have no hope of catching up with John Cutler&rsquo;s volume of insightful product articles.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@alexjp/announcing-a-book-connected-facilitation-27e05412cf27"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>