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Hans-Peter Korn Retrospectives as Perspectives

(although the visual pun works better in German).

At last Wednesday's Scrum Breakfast in Zürich, I presented an approach to conducting Retrospectives based on the
Solutions Focus Method (which Adrian Cockburn translated in to the
Delta Method). The idea is that a retrospective is like prospecting for
gold: Building on your strength
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Added by Hans-Peter Korn on March 6, 2010 at 3:12pm — 2 Comments

Anton Stellamans On the difference between SFT and MT & CBT

At the 2009 EBTA conference in Helsinki Janet Bavelas, Harry Korman and Peter de Jong presented their micro analysis research on the different ways in which Motivational, Cognitive Behavioral and Solution Focused Brief therapists co-construct the therapeutic reality.

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Added by Anton Stellamans on March 2, 2010 at 8:13am — 3 Comments

Hans-Peter Korn The Complex Manifesto

Just now I found this:

The Complex Manifesto for Software Development
http://www.noop.nl/2009/03/the-complex-manifesto.html

which - IMHO - is not useful for SW-Development only but for all kinds of work and projects.

The messages are quite near to SF:

Each Problem Has Multiple Solutions
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Added by Hans-Peter Korn on February 17, 2010 at 12:59pm — No Comments

Coert Visser Pathways to solutions (2010)

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Added by Coert Visser on February 13, 2010 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Coert Visser SFC CUBE: three dimensions of solution-focused change

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Added by Coert Visser on January 30, 2010 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

Paolo Terni Visualization, the "preferred future" & Solution-Focused practice

In Solution-Focused practice we ask clients to visualize their perfect future, usually by asking the “Miracle Question”. Research has demonstrated that visualization does not work to help people change. Doesn’t this result invalidate a very important tool of SF practitioners? This is the question that we are going to answer in this post. Read more here Continue

Added by Paolo Terni on January 19, 2010 at 5:14pm — 9 Comments

Jesper Christiansen What makes it fun to work with SF?

For instance creating stuff like this. Giving new perspectives in a short time. The inspiration came among other things from Michael Hjerths MicroTools an… Continue

Added by Jesper Christiansen on January 16, 2010 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

Shakya We Fear Change - But a Future Perfect Helps!

A good friend, fellow Buddhist and fellow coach, by the name of Jñānagarbha, came on an SF-Coaching Course I was running. When asked to summarise the Future Perfect, he made a very interesting point, even drawing on the film "Wayne's World"! Apparently in the film, Wayne's friend Garth says "We Fear Change" - and anyone who's ever been involved in a change management programme can testify to that! But.... when we imagine the future perfect in vivid detail, we make our desired change more famili… Continue

Added by Shakya on January 13, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Mark McKergow Meeting with Agile software pioneer Alistair Cockburn

UPDATE January 2010 - Alistair has posted his comments on SF and how to use punchier language at http://alistair.cockburn.us/Solutions+Focus+aka+Delta+Method. Go and check it out, and see my comments there.

As you will probably know, I enjoy meeting people who have led developments in other field which seem to have some resonance or connection with SF practice. (See the Karlstad Group section of the site for mo

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Added by Mark McKergow on January 3, 2010 at 3:22pm — 5 Comments

Coert Visser Supporting Clients’ Solution Building Process by Subtly Eliciting Positive Behaviour Descriptions and Expectations of Beneficial Change

By Coert Visser & Gwenda Schlundt Bodien
SF co-developer Steve de Shazer wrote, in his classic publications Keys to Solution in Brief Therapy (1985) and Clues: Investigating Solutions in Brief Therapy (1988), that SF practit
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Added by Coert Visser on December 23, 2009 at 5:49pm — 1 Comment

Hans-Peter Korn SF conqueres Software Development

At the XP Day Benelux, which is an international conference about agile software development, intended for software development and business people from all walks of life, Pierluigi Pugliese offered a well-received workshop "Solution Focused Agile Coaching" Here is his ==>… Continue

Added by Hans-Peter Korn on December 11, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Coert Visser How do organizational consultants benefit from the solution-focused approach?

The solution-focused approach was developed in psychotherapy in the 1980's at the Brief Familty T
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Added by Coert Visser on December 7, 2009 at 5:40pm — 3 Comments

Judy Rees Clean Language and SF

Hi, great to discover this site! Following a couple of conversations with Mark McKergow recently, I'm becoming increasingly curious about the relationship between Clean Language and Solutions Focus. The two approaches seem to share a philosophy, and may have even more in common than that. Like SF, Clean Language comes from the world of therapy and is moving into the business world. It was devised by the late David Grove, who was working with trauma victims, and turned into a teachable model by… Continue

Added by Judy Rees on November 25, 2009 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

Coert Visser The Thinktank That Created The Solution-Focused Approach - Interview with Eve Lipchik

By Coert Visser Eve Lipchik was one of the original core members of the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, which created solution-focused th
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Added by Coert Visser on November 17, 2009 at 7:35pm — No Comments

Hans-Peter Korn Lean Development - Synergetic with SF?

In the last months I recognized an increasing popularity of "Lean Development" especially in the area of software development. A closer look will show, that "Agile Development" (which is discussed in SOLWorld since a longer time, see http://www.solworld.org/group/karlstadgroup/forum/topics/solution-focused-agility-in ) is very overlapping with "Lean Development", which has a better… Continue

Added by Hans-Peter Korn on November 7, 2009 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments

Coert Visser 20 Solution Focused techniques

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Added by Coert Visser on November 4, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Mark McKergow SF gets a warm welcome at the British Wittgenstein Society

Yesterday was marked by the Autumn lecture of the British Wittgenstein Society, and Kirsten Dierolf and I were very pleased not only to be invited to the lecture, but also to be included in a special dinner following the event. The lecturer was Prof Rom Harré (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Romano_Harr%C3%A9) who has added Chair of the LSE’s Centre for the Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences to his large collection of… Continue

Added by Mark McKergow on November 3, 2009 at 3:54pm — 2 Comments

Coert Visser Presupposing Agency and Responsilbility

In their wonderful book Becoming Solution-Focused in Brief Therapy, John Walter and Jane Peller describe the usefulness of using question to our clients which contain presuppositions which form invitations to clients to enter a different way of thinking. These questions reflect that we see them as capable, responsible people who want to and can make sensible decision
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Added by Coert Visser on November 1, 2009 at 10:23am — 1 Comment

Mark McKergow Art of Hosting - interesting meta-method of emergent change approaches

As a practicing consultant, coach and facilitator I always try to keep developing myself by attending trainings and other events from time to time. Within the SF world this is not always easy – after 17 years I feel as if I’ve seen quite a lot. Some of you will know of my recent work on developing the idea of Leader as Host, and part of my research led me to the Art of Hosting group (www.artofhosting.org). Art of Hosting (AoH) is a movement that started… Continue

Added by Mark McKergow on October 5, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Coert Visser Solution-Focused Assumptions

In many books, if not all, onthe solution-focused approach a list of basic assumptions, underlying the approach can be found. These lists of assumptions overlap of course but also vary to some extent and have some unique features each time. Here are a few lists I found in some books on the solution-focused approach. I hope you'll like them and I am curious what you think a… Continue

Added by Coert Visser on October 5, 2009 at 10:30am — 9 Comments

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Hans-Peter Korn

Retrospectives as Perspectives

Posted by Hans-Peter Korn on March 6, 2010 at 3:12pm — 2 Comments

Anton Stellamans

On the difference between SFT and MT & CBT

Posted by Anton Stellamans on March 2, 2010 at 8:13am — 3 Comments

Hans-Peter Korn

The Complex Manifesto

Posted by Hans-Peter Korn on February 17, 2010 at 12:59pm

Coert Visser

Pathways to solutions (2010)

Posted by Coert Visser on February 13, 2010 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Coert Visser

SFC CUBE: three dimensions of solution-focused change

Posted by Coert Visser on January 30, 2010 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

Paolo Terni

Visualization, the "preferred future" & Solution-Focused practice

Posted by Paolo Terni on January 19, 2010 at 5:14pm — 9 Comments

Jesper Christiansen

What makes it fun to work with SF?

Posted by Jesper Christiansen on January 16, 2010 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

Shakya

We Fear Change - But a Future Perfect Helps!

Posted by Shakya on January 13, 2010 at 3:00pm

Mark McKergow

Meeting with Agile software pioneer Alistair Cockburn

Posted by Mark McKergow on January 3, 2010 at 3:22pm — 5 Comments

Coert Visser

Supporting Clients’ Solution Building Process by Subtly Eliciting Positive Behaviour Descriptions and Expectations of Beneficial Change

Posted by Coert Visser on December 23, 2009 at 5:49pm — 1 Comment

Notes

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 compete "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 Dec. 25, 2009.

Making the most of SOLWorld.ning.com

If you’ve just arrived at 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 Mark McKergow Dec. 25, 2009.

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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