Strategy and decision sessions
Groups that need to get to a real decision, with the awkward parts surfaced rather than politely avoided.
Workshop facilitation services
WORKSHOP FACILITATION THAT EARNS THE ROOM'S TIME.
When a session matters too much to wing, I'm brought in to run it. We design it together, agree what it has to achieve, plan the delivery — then I stand up and run the event.
Developed facilitators who work with teams at
- Airbnb
- EF Education First
The problem
SOMETIMES THE ROOM NEEDS SOMEONE WHO ISN'T IN IT.
Most sessions are better run internally. Some aren't. The person who'd normally facilitate is also a stakeholder in the outcome. The conversation is sensitive enough that neutrality changes what people say. Or the capability simply isn't there yet and the session is too important to be a first attempt. That's when an external facilitator earns their place.
If it's a recurring meeting rather than a one-off structured session, see meeting facilitation.
- The natural facilitator is also a participant in the decision.
- High-stakes or sensitive — neutrality matters.
- No internal facilitation capacity yet.
- Too important to risk on a first attempt.
How workshop facilitation services work here
DESIGN → OUTCOMES → DELIVERY → RUN THE EVENT
Four real stages, all of them collaborative until the last one — where I take the room.
01
DESIGN
We design the session together — shape, flow, interaction and where the hard parts sit.
02
OUTCOMES
We agree exactly what the session has to achieve, and how you'll know it did.
03
DELIVERY
We plan delivery together — roles, materials, timings, contributors and contingencies.
04
RUN THE EVENT
I run it on the day. You're in the room as a participant, not the person holding it together.
The same craft sits underneath it as everything else here — see how we work.
What I'm brought in for
SESSIONS WHERE THE OUTCOME IS THE POINT.
Team and leadership workshops
Sessions where the dynamic in the room is part of the work, and an independent facilitator changes what gets said.
Large-scale events and kick-offs
Rooms of dozens to hundreds, virtual or in person, where participation has to be engineered rather than hoped for.
A professional facilitator isn't there to run your agenda. They're there to make sure the room actually gets somewhere.
Which one do you need?
DELIVERED FOR YOU, OR BUILT INTO YOUR TEAM.
This page is for people who want the session delivered for them — an external facilitator who designs it with you and runs it on the day. If you're looking to build this capability in-house instead, that's facilitation training, where the goal is your own people running rooms like this without me. Plenty of organisations start with one and move to the other — see for organisations.
Proof
BUILT IN REAL ROOMS.
5,000+
people trained and facilitated
Virtual + in person
small cohorts to large-scale enterprise rooms
Shane's sessions were a real pleasure. He makes complex ideas feel accessible and actually usable. You leave with things you want to put into practice — not just slides you'll ignore.
What sets Shane apart is that he doesn't just deliver training, he builds capability. The sessions changed how our team thinks about conversations, not just what they say in them.
Questions
WORKSHOP FACILITATION, ANSWERED.
TELL ME ABOUT THE SESSION.
What's the event, who's in the room and what has to be true when they leave? Send that over and I'll come back with how I'd approach it.