From Assumptions to Action without Discussion

This workshop introduces a facilitation approach that helps groups move from discussion (and little or no action) to collaborative action, especially in complex challenge areas they jointly care about.
It is designed around neuroscience insights showing that discussing assumptions often narrows thinking, while turning assumptions into questions and shared experiments opens curiosity, learning, and new possibilities.

Core Principle: “When people discuss assumptions, they defend what they already know. When they turn assumptions into questions, they open space for discovery and action.”

To bring this point to life and further minimise discussion, facilitators Claudia Arena and Joost Visser will introduce exercises that encourage participants to express themselves non-verbally, opening our brains even more.

About the facilitators

Claudia Arena - Founder and owner of EPSILOC, Claudia facilitates art therapy and self-development through ceramics in group workshops and individual sessions. She integrates the rational and emotional approaches, based on her Life experiences, including a PhD in Physics, a Coaching and facilitation license, Arts of Fire – Ceramics, a C1 qualification, a Focusing facilitator's license, and an Art Therapy Practitioner certificate.
Joost Visser is the CEO and co-founder of TIAO, a Brussels based service provider that is revolutionising the way businesses, networks and civic society communities, connect, collaborate, and create value in the digital age. TIAO stands for ‘Trust Is An Outcome’. Before TIAO, Joost worked more than 20 years as a marketing, sales and strategy expert in senior executive roles and as a consultant for multinational businesses in Europe and the Americas.