Ep 134: IAF Chair, Gerardo de Luzenberger on Future of Facilitation

SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar

A passionate and pragmatic facilitator and trainer with a dynamic personality, a great sense of humour and the warmth of real humanity – that’s Gerardo de Luzenberger, our guest on today’s episode, in a nutshell. This Certified Professional Facilitator | Master is the current Global Chair of IAF (International Association of Facilitators) – before this, he served on the IAF Board from 2018 till 2022 as Director of Professional Development.
Gerardo’s journey in facilitation dates to the 90s – he was one of the first to bring facilitation to Italy, and he founded the Scuola di Facilitazione, the first Italian initiative aiming at training facilitators and team leaders, in partnership with Bureau Frank Little (the Netherlands). His consulting firm, Gerardo de Luzenberger sas specializes in stakeholders’ engagement, participatory planning, deliberative democracy, conflict and change management, organizational development.
Vinay traces Gerardo’s journey so far and his vision for the future of IAF and the global facilitation community. Hit play!
[04:30s] Journey into facilitation
[11:36s] Facilitation in Italy – Insights
[17: 40s] Journey into IAF (International Association of Facilitators)
[22: 00s] Spreading the power of facilitation
[28: 43s] Gerardo’s vision for IAF as it turns 30
[36: 10s] Gerardo’s top tip for facilitators and the larger global community
[41:18s] RWL: Harrison Owen’s works on the ‘Open Space Movement’; ‘Ten Principles for Leading Meetings That Matter’ by Marvin R. Weisbord & Sandra Janoff
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