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Facilitating deeply human spaces centered on connection and community for over 15 years now is the one and only Rangineh Azimzadeh Tehrani, the Principal and Founder of Solh Resolutions International. A Circle Practitioner and Certified Professional Facilitator©, Rangineh lives into her core values of empathy and self-awareness through her work with The Circle Way (TCW), a circle methodology that offers a counter-cultural, equity-centered approach to working with groups while shifting organizations from transactional places into relational spaces. Her early years rooted in Tehran where she lived with her family during the Iran/Iraq war, ultimately set the foundation for her commitment to peace and conflict transformation work.

Rangineh has worked with cross-sector organizations from community-based organizations to local governments. She was part of a global facilitation team that trained Saudi executive health care professionals in facilitation methods as part of the country’s 2030 Vision, for which the project won an IAF Gold Impact Award.

Hit play to listen to this fascinating conversation illustrating Rangineh’s brilliant work facilitating community engagements, conflict consciousness workshops, racial healing circles and more.

[05:25s] Genesis of her work in conflict resolution

[09:34s] Journey into facilitation

[16:29s] Facilitating community engagements

[19:01s] Conflict consciousness workshops

[44:54s] RWL: Read ‘Clarity & Connection’ by Yung Pueblo; ‘Emergent Strategy’ by Adrienne Maree Brown; ‘Holding Change’ by Adrienne Maree Brown; ‘Rest is Resistance’ by Tricia Hersey; ‘Hope for the Flowers’ by Trina Paulus; LISTEN to Damien Escobar

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Find out more about Rangineh’s work at https://www.solhresolutionsinternational.com/

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We know sustainability is good for business. But how can organizations really go about it, well beyond the green washing, to create lasting impact? Meet the experts from Institute for Management Development (IMD), Professor Julia Binder and Professor Knut Haanaes whose book ‘Leading the Sustainable Business Transformation: A Playbook from IMD’, brings together renowned IMD thought leaders to offer action-orientated, practical support to business leaders ready to move beyond understanding why sustainability is essential to tackling the critical question of how to achieve it.

Julia is Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation at IMD and Director of the IMD Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business. Meanwhile, Knut is IMD Professor of Strategy, Lundin Chair Professor of Sustainability and co-director of two programs: ‘Leading Sustainable Business Transformation’ and ‘Sustainability from the Boardroom’.

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[05:50s] Their journey into the study of business sustainability

[10:05s] Are organizations really getting business sustainability?

[14:07s] Key research findings in emerging business trends

[29:11s] ‘Not a single actor, but a movement’ for sustainability through leadership successions

[44:31s] Top tips for leaders

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Wishing you all a fabulous New Year! Welcome back and we are glad to kick off 2025 with our first guest of the year, Mirjami Sipponen-Damonte, the CEO of Finnish boutique facilitation agency Xpedio and an experienced facilitation professional. Mirjami has over two decades of experience in developing individuals and organizations across Europe and beyond. Currently, her focus as a facilitator is on supporting companies in strategic development, as well as helping leadership teams enhance their group dynamics and communication. She is also a long-term partner to select client organizations in developing their leadership culture.

Mirjami has previously served on the Board of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) and as Regional Director. She is a Certified Professional Facilitator | Master and has won two Facilitation Impact Awards. Mirjami is also author of Varmuutta fasilitointiin, which has become a key resource in universities and educational institutions across Finland.

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[03:54s] Journey into facilitation

[10:12s] Building the business – opportunities and challenges

[15:03s] Pure process facilitation versus training facilitation in Finland

[20:40s] Best practices to keep learning as a facilitator

[29:10s] Emergence of the next generation of facilitators

[44:45s] RWL: Watch ‘A Man Called Otto’ ; READ ‘Loving what is’ by Byron Katie

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Find more about Mirjami’s work at https://www.xpedio.eu/

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