Capitalism and Racism
The successor to feudalism, capitalism rests on the past enslavement of Black people and ongoing globalized exploitation of Black people and people of color as the cogs of production
Conflict
Collaboration in conflict: Convergent Facilitation
From our training collective cousins, Navigate and Tripod: Finding Collaboration in Conflict: Exploring Convergent Facilitation as a process for making difficult decisions in groups Would you like to learn how to facilitate groups that are stuck in disagreement to move forwards? Do you want to better support groups to come up with decisions that work […]
De-stereotyping
The process of polarisation can lead to one person seeing another as being without humanity and complexity, flattened into a two-dimensional caricature. One American organisation that has worked hard on ways to reverse this is Essential Partners, which has grown out of the Public Conversations Project. This in turn started when a group of family […]
Facilitation masterclass – how to add zest to your meetings and discussions – London
Effective facilitation of meetings, decision‑making and discussions are a vital element of a team’s success. Good facilitation enables better planning, goal-setting, governance and communication. Sometimes meetings drain energy and tensions take control, particularly when the going gets tough. A good facilitator will be able to support increased participation and better communication when it matters most. This hands-on […]
Facilitation tools and techniques – new free resources to help you work with groups, teams and organisations
We are excited to share with you two resources to help you in the role of facilitator. They are part of the resources featured in our Facilitation Masterclass, a recent event we’ve just run with Cooperatives UK in Manchester and that will be organised in several other towns in the UK in the coming months […]
Worldwork facilitation and leadership, 12-17th October, London
This is a five day facilitator training that we can highly recommend from personal experience having participated in several. Worldwork is the application of Process Work to facilitating groups, organisations and communities, and working with conflict and hot spots in the issues that tear us apart. Rhizome uses Process Work concepts and approaches in much […]
Rhizome newsletter early summer 2018
Take a look at our newsletter, packed full of upcoming Rhizome workshops, what’s hot in our field, featured resources and more. Book on to our one-day workshops whilst there’s still spaces – a facilitation masterclass and managing conflict. There are also open workshops we’re offering at Block around the Clock, on building resilient groups, avoiding […]
Facilitating much needed community conversations
Rhizome has been busy facilitating community conversations around the country, using our facilitation skills and experience working with conflict. We’re interested in your experiences doing the same, so do please get in touch or comment below to share how it went. If you’d like us to come and hold a space for needed or challenging […]
Rhizome workshops at Block Around the Clock, against fracking
Rhizome likes both our action and our democracy direct, so we’re very happy to be supporting Reclaim the Power’s blockade against fracking at Preston New Road at the end of June. The Block around the Clock programme has a great line up of speakers, workshops and activities to get you inspired, informed and ready for […]
Managing Conflict in Cooperatives, Birmingham, 14th July 2018
In this one day training run by Rhizome coop, participants will: – develop a deeper understanding of the role of communication in working with conflict – explore and practise some of the co-operative skills and attitudes necessary for effectively managing conflict Through engaging exercises, drawing on participants’ own experiences and considering case studies, the workshop […]
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