Niklas-Tiger & Shakya Kumara
Introduction to audio by Shakya Kumara Hi5 is an exciting, innovative IT Consultancy, based in Umeå, in the north of Sweden.
In 2012, I had the privilege of training everyone at Hi5 in Solution Focus. I was delighted by the way they ran with it, adding a twist of SF to almost everything they do, and getting some great results.
But initial enthusiasm can easily wane, life can intervene, and today’s hot new innovation can easily become last years’ management fad.
Niklas-Tiger SFiO - Solution Focus in Organisations · Niklas Tiger - Taking Solution Focus Into A Larger Organisation Introduced by John Brooker Niklas Tiger was the MD of Hi5, an IT services company in which he embedded a culture of using the Solution Focus approach, a process he started in 2011. When he implemented SF in Hi5, he did not expect that one of the most successful outcomes would be the use they made of it with customers. They used it to obtain information from customers that enabled them to improve the outcomes of projects and increase customer satisfaction while adding very little time to the project. They used it internally too - as he says, it became part of the company DNA, - including in systems development, where SF matches well with Agile development methods.
Sofie Geisler and Jonas Wells
Unusually we have not written an introduction or commissioned a review for the following article.
The introduction to the article introduces it perfectly, and the editorial team thought we would experiment with a new idea: to let you the contributors discuss and review the ideas in the article on the [LinkedIn group].( https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13507275/).
We would like to give grateful thanks to Jonas Wells from Sweden, for kindly contributing and reviewing in the article, the description of his work within the Swedish context. The article has been changed and extended from the original version.
Jonas Wells
On all channels: Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook the current ‘trending recording’ is an illuminating history of SF, compellingly told by Jonas Wells.
Jonas gave a talk for the SFiO Global Online Chapter on 30 June 2019. Through his excellent research and timeline, he took the 27 participants back in history from the early works of Milton Erikson in the 50’s, through the eighties and nineties, with a cast of characters, some well known and others less so.
Jonas Wells, Susanne Burgstaller, Marika Tammeaid, Mark McKergow,Jesper Hankovszky Christiansen & Dominik Godat
Watch video Introduced by John Brooker We are delighted to feature this case study on the use of SF within inter-organisation collaboration, a collaboration that has been working for 15 years. You can view the video above or download / listen to the audio on Soundcloud below. As well we have added an associated article by Marika Tammeaid below.
Tara Gretton Katalin Hankovszky
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Introduced by Tara Gretton Whether you work in schools or not, reading this interview will fill your heart and mind with joy, hope and possibilities! Also, I presuppose you will deeply respect Karstorpskolan Norra’s State School Principal, Cornelia Malm!
How wonderful for a leader to tell her colleagues when she first joins the school, “I don’t want to change things here. You are the professionals. I will immerse myself in meetings and conversations to figure out what is important to you here”.
This article is a summary of ideas for stimulating the quality of training that we have collected from personal experiences, from our colleagues and associates and especially from all the skilful trainers at the SFCT trainers conference in Frankfurt in October 2011. We were fascinated by the rich variety of peda- gogical and ingenious activities!
Book reviewed by John Teager A guiding principle of Solution Focus (SF) is to find what works and do more of it. In the 2024 World Happiness Report , the Nordic countries are the happiest in the world (Finland 1st; Denmark 2nd; Iceland 3rd; Sweden 4th and Norway 7th) and they have maintained these high positions for many years. Each year, Nordic leaders appear to be doing more of what works. Notably though, change is happening, as it always does. In all these countries except Iceland and particularly in Norway and Sweden, the old are now much happier than the young, which is a concern. So, what needs to happen?
Wendy Van den Bulck & Julia Kalenberg Jan Marklund and Sandra Rosa-Collins
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Introduced by John Brooker Welcome to this enlightening exploration of the Solution Focus Support Group, a remarkable collaboration among Wendy Van den Bulck, Jan Marklund, Sandra Rosa-Collin, and Julia Kallenberg, affectionately known as the “four-leaf clover.” They share their journey of mutual support, personal growth, and professional achievement, offering guidance on how you might establish your own SF Support Group. This support group emerged organically at a retreat in Switzerland, originally aimed at helping members enhance their online visibility. Over five years, their meetings evolved from a sole focus on professional projects to fostering deeper personal connections. The group adopted a structure inspired by the success teams of Business and Professional Women (BPW). Each session follows a clear and effective format, making it easy for others to replicate:
Björn Johansson (1966-2014). Founding member of SFCT and member of SOLWorld steering group since 2003, founder of SolutionCLUES, www.clues.se, trainer for Solutionsurfers, ICF accredited coach trainings in Sweden. A dear colleague who will always be with us and remain a great source of inspiration.