Facilitated Workshops | Operation Ninjas

Facilitated Workshops

Get a room unstuck, together.

Facilitator-led workshops where a small group works through real problems together. Below is the format we run most. We can design other workshops on request, when we're able and when there's a fit.

One example

Critical thinking & situational problem-solving.

A one-hour session where the group works through each other's real challenges. The room solves the problem; the facilitator guides the thinking and supplies the frameworks.

Those frameworks come from the same operating lens as our Field Notes. See The Theory of Whole and Complete Work, Part 1 and Part 2, or Four Stops to Success, for the kind of thinking a session runs on.

60 minutes  ·  up to 7 participants  ·  facilitator-led  ·  remote

01Welcome & intros. Who you are and what you do. ~8 min
02Work the problems. Everyone names a current challenge, then the group takes them one at a time. 10 min × 4
  • Peer feedback. The room responds from experience, not commands
  • Framework lens. The facilitator reframes it with a relevant model
  • Participant build. The group adds new concepts and angles
  • Facilitator's take. A read on the strongest path forward
  • Next problem. Repeat the loop for the next challenge
03Close. One takeaway each, next steps, and out. ~5 min

Phase 2 repeats for each problem, roughly four in the hour.

On request

Other workshops.

The session above is one format. If you have a different workshop in mind, tell us. We take them on request, when it's something we can run well and when there's a genuine fit. If it's not, we'll say so.

Ground rule 1

Experience, not commands.

Peers share what they've seen work and not work, not orders. The facilitator supplies the frameworks and keeps time. You leave owning the decision.

Ground rule 2

Be willing to hold up the mirror.

Many solutions are introspective. You have to see, understand, and accept the real problem before you can solve it. You have far more control over your own actions, thoughts, and mind than anyone else's, so that's where a changed perspective, and the real critical thinking, starts.

Ground rule 3

Show up from a distraction-free space.

This is not a call to take while driving, at a cafe, or at a park. A quiet, distraction-free place lets you tap into your own critical thinking and stay a present, active listener for everyone else. Others may be opening up about something they feel vulnerable about, and they deserve a respectful space to be heard, understood, and resolved. A quick "hold on" breaks the flow of thought and the trust those conversations depend on.

Who it's for: Founders, leaders, and peer teams who want to solve, not just vent.

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