The Workshop Rescue Kit

Emergency tools for when your session goes sideways.

Ever been in a workshop where…

• Nobody speaks up

• One person talks the whole time

• You run out of time before the real decision gets made

• The energy dips, the focus slips, and you’re left with “next steps” no one owns?

If you're nodding: this kit is for you.

Why this exists

You were probably never taught how to facilitate.

Yet here you are, leading sessions, guiding teams, and expected to create clarity and alignment without a clear structure to follow.

This kit gives you practical tools for the moments no one prepares you for. And unlike most templates, it doesn’t assume you already feel confident. It helps you get there.

What’s inside:

• 5 real facilitation challenges
  (quiet rooms, derailers, power dynamics, agenda drift, time pressure)

• My actual phrases and moves I use in live sessions

• Space to write your own version, so you can build language that feels like you

Made for:

• Designers, researchers, PMs, and team leads

• Anyone expected to lead the room without being the boss

• People who care about guiding meaningful conversations, but feel stuck in chaotic or passive group dynamics