List of Trained Facilitators

Facilitators & *Senior Facilitators Abhishek Sahay  Ayesha Khan  Edwin Jansen*   Emily Schmidt*  Jebas Christadoss  Kelsey DeGraaf  Loree Bennett*  Matt McKenna* (practice steward)  Meaghan Nowicki*  Rakesh Maskara  Sagar Chatterjee*  Shannon Telepanich*  Tiffany Bell  Tim Masson*   Vishnu Mohan 

Recruit to Hire

RECRUIT-TO-HIRE V2.0 The Default hiring practice for the RaiseOS CONTENTS PART 1 – PREP (STRUCTURING THE OPPORTUNITY) Consent to Hire Approval (For Full-Time Employees) Recruit-to-Hire Intake Call with Corporate Recruiter PART 2 – BUILD (BUILDING THE OPPORTUNITY)  Creating a position profile Creating a job ad and application Hiring tool selection PART 3 – OUTREACH (TAKING […]

Liberating Structures

Liberating Structures Credit where credit is due! All material comes from this site: http://www.liberatingstructures.com/ and was created by Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless.  Liberating Structures are a meeting design tool used at Ian Martin to build and create conversations and discussions that provoke original thought and meaningful dialogue. There are 33 tools in the suite and as an example, one of the more commonly used tools at IMG is listed below.  Visit the […]

Teaming Practice

Teaming Practice Stewards: John Breininger and Edwin Jansen The Teaming Practice offers support for self organizing teams. Some teams have recently been using the P2P Liberating Structure instead of the Teaming Practice. Both achieve the same general purpose – offering a structured approach to norming team practices. Setup The first step of the teaming practice is work […]

The History of Teal OS at Raise

The History of “Teal” for the RaiseOS *This document was originally created as a part of an application for the NextGen Enterprise Awards in the winter of 2020. (We won an award!)*  Raise, formerly the Ian Martin Group, is a 60+ year old, 3rd generation family-owned staffing company, with 400 employees in Canada, the US, […]

Work Adjustment Advice Process (WAAP)

Work Adjustment Advice Process (WAAP) Steward: Haroon Alvi When self-interest is involved in a decision, we need to have a bias towards responsibility in the freedom/responsibility polarity. If the business is impacted by the individual’s work adjustment, then it’s the individual’s responsibility to take care of the business’ needs. The WAAP template is designed to […]

Six Hats

The Six Thinking Hats Edward de Bono developed the Six Thinking Hats as simple and effective way to facilitate more productive meetings by utilizing different perspectives. The Six Hats method is a simple technique based on the brain’s different modes of thinking. The intelligence, experience and information of everyone is harnessed to reach the right conclusions quickly. […]

Foundational Skills

Foundational skills The foundational skillsets required for the Teal O/S to be functional fall into 3 categories:  Self – Knowledge Psychological Safety (Generous Listening & Equal Talking Time) Polarity Management  Articles, presentations and documentation that support the above learning:  Generous Listening – This is a training session offered to new hires and sporadically through the organization as there is interest. If […]