In today’s episode Helene speaks to Farah Egby and Cigdem Saka-Jackson about Agile. They talk about:

• Agile as a set of working practices that prioritises people over processes and tools;

• Farah and Cigdem’s previous work and journeys into Agile facilitation;

• The roles and functions that the “Scrum Master” and “Kanban” play in Agile;

• Roles and techniques in Agile facilitation and tips on how to do it;

"I think you need to care. You have to be a caring person. I definitely don't believe it is, it is a rule book and just a set of applicable guidelines. You have to care about the people you work with and the team you're working with”.

• How Agile can be applied in different contexts including personally.

“There are things that you can also apply to your own life individually, you can stop and have a moment to reflect, even if you don't do it with a formal process”.

Links

Today’s guests:

Farah Egby:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/farah-egby/

farah@tuntara.co.uk

Cigdem Saka-Jackson:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/%C3%A7i%C4%9Fdem-saka-jackson-7885a111/

cigdemsaka@gmail.com

To find out more about Facilitation Stories and the IAF and the England and Wales Chapter:

Facilitation Stories website: https://facilitationstories.libsyn.com/

And to email us: podcast@iaf-englandwales.org

IAF England and Wales: https://www.iaf-world.org/site/chapters/england-wales

The Facilitation Stories Team

Helene Jewell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenejewell/

Nikki Wilson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolawilson2/

In this episode Helene talks to Andrww Spiteri, Regional Director of the IAF Europe and Middle East Region.

Andrew tells Helene about himself as a facilitator, the kind of work he does and his background with IAF.

He became regional director at the start of the year and shares a bit about the work he has been involved in so far, his roles and responsibilities as director, and what he would like to see in future for the region and beyond.

He tells us about the regional conference in Romania in November 2025 and about what he most loves about facilitation.

You can contact Andrew at: rep.europe@iaf-world.org

And Helene at helene@jewellfacilitation.com

To contact the podcast team: podcast@iaf-englandwales.org

In this episode Helene talks to Bianca Jones - Award Winning Mental Health & Anti-Racism Training Provider, MHFA England Associate and Founder & Managing Director of EDP Training, Paul Brand- Facilitator and Management Consultant, Director at Risk Solutions and IAF England and Wales board member and Cat Duncan-Rees- Facilitator and founder of Curators of Change and also an IAF England and Wales board member.

She starts by asking Bianca to talk a bit about the work she does and what led her to develop EDP and the Race Ahead training

She asks Cat and Paul about what led the IAF England and Wales Leadership Team to ask Bianca to deliver this training course online in October and about their key takeaways.

Cat and Paul talk about the RA4F special thread at the IAF England and Wales conference Facilitate 2025 this year and where the idea came from?

Bianca shares some examples of specific impact or changes she's seen in a facilitator’s approach after attending Race Ahead

Bianca gives some more details her session at the conference and the training course she is offering the day before.

All the guests then talk about why a focus around racial equality at the conference is important and why active race awareness matters in facilitation and what anti-racism might look like for facilitators.

The guests also talk about their hopes for longer term initiatives in teh facilitation communicty around anti-racism.

To book onto the RA4F course on 24th April 2025:

To book onto the Facilitate 2025 conference

To contact Bianca - bianca@edptraining.co.uk

To contact Cat - cat@curatorsofchange.com

To contact Paul - paul.brand@risksol.co.uk

To contact Helee: Helene@jewellfacilitation.com

To contact the conference team: conference@iaf-englandwales.org