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EBTA Malmo, what else was useful and interesting?
Anton Stellamans led a sparkling session, in which he took us on a quest for a different kind of philosophy, suggesting that perhaps SF itself is a different kind of philosophy.
I’m not sure I understood all of what was said, but here are my more or less useful misunders
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Solution-focused interaction matrix
Added by Coert Visser on September 7, 2010 at 7:44am — No Comments
EBTA 2010 – Crossing the bridge. An sf coach´s glimpses from a sf brief therapy conference
The solution focused brief therapy annual conference 2010 “bridges” walks the talk and builds bridges! - Obviously this was not a therapeutical only conference. Even more, as the SFCT –
… ContinueAdded by netti kutsche-roch on September 6, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
Stories from behind the mirror. Recollections of SFBT’s early days, by the founders of brief therapy.
Notes from a session at EBTA conference, Malmo, 5 September 2010
Brian Cade with Gale Miller, Eve Lipchick, John Walter and Wally Gingerich.
Eve: The difference now is that the dream has come true. From six people with no money in a think tank – and it happened. Here we are at an international meeting of people with the ideas we developed and trained.
The prevailing Milan model was to c
… ContinueAdded by Paul Z Jackson on September 5, 2010 at 9:00am — 8 Comments
SF applications success - working for the client organization.
Added by Alan Kay on September 2, 2010 at 11:54pm — No Comments
The retreat goes on
Savouring my recollections of the SOL Summer Retreat, one of the phrases that lingers in my mind is Paul Z's: "I could live like this". "Me too!", I thought, "yet, the retreat will be over soon." It was Friday afterno
… ContinueAdded by Anton Stellamans on August 30, 2010 at 8:30am — 5 Comments
photosSOLretreat2010
As you all can see the title under the potos is not correct. Never the less the pictures give a good impression of the great atmosphere.
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SFCT annual general meeting, 2010
Added by Alan Kay on August 28, 2010 at 6:01pm — No Comments
Thanks to the group of six!
Dear Eva, Bjorn, Liselotte, Anton, Kati and Jesper,
Thank you all for the fantastic way you organized this retreat. We enjoyed it very much and still have a lot of nice and warm flashbacks. We learned a lot and were also very pleased by the humouris atmosphere.
Overall the high quality of all the participants.
We are sure this will not be the first and only summerretreat. Looking forward to the next meeting.
warm greetings from Hennie and Bert
ContinueAdded by Hennie Beelen on August 24, 2010 at 9:40pm — 4 Comments
Strong Summer Retreat Ripple...
Added by Liselotte Baeijaert on August 22, 2010 at 12:48pm — 13 Comments
The most important thing you need to know if your workshop isn’t working. What to do when you are facilitating or training with an SF approach.
Report of group discussion at SOL summer retreat, Switzerland.
We shared stories of times it was not going so well – from trainings that went slightly off track to open rebellions from individuals or from the whole group.
… ContinueAdded by Paul Z Jackson on August 20, 2010 at 12:12pm — 1 Comment
The Solution Focus applications movement – beyond the theory:
Solutions focus (SF) has been around for 30 years, possibly longer. First, in the world of family therapy and more recently in
organizations. Deeply researched it is an approach to help people find ways to
move beyond things they believe are preventing them from making progress, i.e.,
when they are stuck. One of the unique aspects of SF is that the client is in
charge of the change – the changes they want to make.
Added by Alan Kay on August 20, 2010 at 11:40am — No Comments
Emergent swarm activity in the mountains
I'm seriously impressed with how the Summer Retreat is unfolding. The Group of Six have created such a fabulous platform as our starting point. The setting is unbelievable, the service great, and the 30-ish community members are co-creating an amazing experience.
So what is contributing to
Added by Sue Lickorish on August 20, 2010 at 11:30am — 5 Comments
Solution-focused planning
Two circles
Hang a flip-over sheet on your wall and draw two circles on it, an outer circle and an inner circle. The outer represents what you have yet to do. The inner circle represents what you have completed. So, write everything you have to do, this day, on small post it note… Continue
Added by Coert Visser on August 19, 2010 at 10:00pm — 10 Comments
Making SF more visible in the world - SOL summer report
Alan Kay – SF Applications
Session with Alan Kay facilitating group discussion at SOL summer, Aug 2010
How to expand the reach of SF
How to get stuff out there. Martin Seligman – only talk to the senior people. He succeeds with this, even though one might say that PP has few applications. And many of those are written for research. Sf is strong in applications.
… ContinueAdded by Paul Z Jackson on August 19, 2010 at 9:50am — 2 Comments
Are conversations emergent? Are ALL conversations emergent?
Discussion at the 1st International Workshop on Complexity and Real World Applications, Botleigh Grange Hotel, Southampton, 21-23 July 2010
Present: Mark McKergow, Ed Olsen, Eileen Conn, Stefanos Michiotis, Martin Reynolds and ot
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Competence without comprehension - doing what works without understanding why it works
Added by Coert Visser on August 16, 2010 at 9:37pm — No Comments
Bottomless wonders...
"Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules...repeated without end" Benoit Mandelbrot
Reminds me of a lot of things we do (e.g. simple questions over and over again, If… Continue
Added by Dominik Godat on July 15, 2010 at 10:37am — 4 Comments
SOL-SA1 for 2011 gained momentum today
The aspiration to have a Sol event for South Africa in July 2011 gained some momentum today. Nine people got together for two hours in Centurion, Pretoria, to discuss what would make this event worthwhile f
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Solution focused conversation with a student
The University of Groningen regurlary asks me to assist them in conducting solution focused conversations with students. Here is an example of a solution conversation between an University coach and a student:
Coach Hallo, welcome. It is good to see you.
Student Yes, I am quite curious; it’s nice that this is being offered.
Coach That’s good to hear. Shall I tell you a bit about the reason why we offer you this appointment?
Student Yes, that’s OK
Added by Gwenda Schlundt Bodien on June 29, 2010 at 10:43pm — 3 Comments
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EBTA Malmo, what else was useful and interesting?
Posted by Paul Z Jackson on September 8, 2010 at 7:36am
Solution-focused interaction matrix
Posted by Coert Visser on September 7, 2010 at 7:44am
EBTA 2010 – Crossing the bridge. An sf coach´s glimpses from a sf brief therapy conference
Posted by netti kutsche-roch on September 6, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
Stories from behind the mirror. Recollections of SFBT’s early days, by the founders of brief therapy.
Posted by Paul Z Jackson on September 5, 2010 at 9:00am — 8 Comments
SF applications success - working for the client organization.
Posted by Alan Kay on September 2, 2010 at 11:54pm
The retreat goes on
Posted by Anton Stellamans on August 30, 2010 at 8:30am — 5 Comments
photosSOLretreat2010
Posted by Hennie Beelen on August 28, 2010 at 8:18pm — 1 Comment
SFCT annual general meeting, 2010
Posted by Alan Kay on August 28, 2010 at 6:01pm
Thanks to the group of six!
Posted by Hennie Beelen on August 24, 2010 at 9:40pm — 4 Comments
Strong Summer Retreat Ripple...
Posted by Liselotte Baeijaert on August 22, 2010 at 12:48pm — 13 Comments
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Jumpstart into Solution Focus
You want to learn more about "Solution Focus"?
You prefer a "step by step" introduction instead to start with reading some voluminous books?
You would appreciate to have a complete "helicopter view" on SF after the first step already?… Continue
Created by Hans-Peter Korn Dec 25, 2009 at 10:25am. Last updated by Hans-Peter Korn May 28.
Making the most of SOLWorld.ning.com
If you’ve just arrived at SOLWorld.org (the SOLWorld ning group), you may be looking at all the features and wondering where to start. This note might be helpful…
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Created by Mark McKergow Jun 3, 2008 at 4:55pm. Last updated by Katalin Hankovszky Jul 20.
SOLWorld Resources
Welcome to the SOLWorld Resources section. This part of the site features information about the SOLWorld network, our past events and materials from our previous website. It will take some time to update all the information, so thanks for your patience.
Information in this part of the site is 'read-only'. If you want to start discussions, please go to the Forum or Groups.
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