Facilitation

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Facilitation for collectives

I support self-managed collectives in clarifying their governance, strengthening their cooperation, and moving forward together toward a shared vision.

My goal: to help groups collaborate more smoothly and joyfully, while relying on a clear and supportive structure.

• Who is it for? Why?
• Tools & Methods
• A few testimonials
• My background & experience
• How to work with me

Who is it for?

Cohousing projects, eco-communities, small organizations, cooperatives, and other collectives looking for:

• Aligned vision (clarity of intention, a unifying purpose, shared values)
• Shared governance (distribution of power, roles and responsibilities, circles, decision-making, meeting formats)
• Relational harmony (living well together, managing human tensions, communication, emotional work)

Why?

Doing things together in an alternative paradigm is a fascinating human adventure. Unlike conventional models, these approaches offer inspiring ways to collaborate, make decisions, and create — putting people and common sense back at the center. More details in images:

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Tools & Methods

My approach combines proven frameworks (Holacracy, Sociocracy, Gouvernance Partagée) with tailor-made tools that meet each organization’s needs:

• Decision-making: consent-based group decisions, advice process, iterative approaches.
• Relational dynamics: handling interpersonal tensions, nonviolent communication, space holding, collective intelligence.
• Meeting facilitation: pedagogy, process holding, meta perspective, service posture, reframing, reading the group’s energy, managing speaking turns, constant adaptation.
• Education & transmission: graphic facilitation, visual metaphors, learning by doing.
• Inner work: personal development, deconstructing limiting patterns, systemic vision.

Want me to come facilitate your collective?

I offer tailor-made support to help you move forward. Let’s take the time to talk about it:

-> Contact me for a free, no-obligation call.

Book a free 30-min call

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A few testimonials

Anna

« Working with Tom was a transformative experience for our group. In just three days, he guided us from scattered ideas to a clear, shared direction—something we had never achieved before despite doing similar work. He has a remarkable ability to unite diverse individuals under one aligned vision while keeping everyone engaged. (...) With his gift for making complex concepts simple and usable, Tom helped us move from feeling stuck and demotivated to great momentum and energy. »

FABBA

« Tom is probably the best facilitator I have ever encountered.
He's hyper-competent, honest and authentic in his facilitation style.
It was a pleasure to spend this week with him. »

NIK

« Tom facilitates with integrity and clarity.
I felt his passion and knowledge of what he's sharing, which made it easy and enjoyable to understand and integrate. »

CYRIELLE

« Tom is an excellent facilitator — tuned into the group’s energy, clear in his instructions, and perfectly balanced between seriousness and playfulness, theory and practice. He’s clearly aligned with his role and fully at the service of the group, creating a rich and meaningful learning experience. Thank you! »

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My background as a facilitator

I’ve been supporting the transformation of collectives for several years.
As a former consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), I first facilitated Agile transformations in large international corporations before choosing to redirect my skills toward smaller groups committed to social, environmental, and inner transition.

I then joined the Ceebios cooperative, where I experienced the shift to shared governance from the inside and took on the role of lead facilitator and internal trainer for 4 years.
Trained among others by the French Université du Nous (UdN), I cultivate an approach that’s both structured and sensitive, pragmatic and creative.

I’m also actively involved in facilitating men’s circles within the Mankind Project, whose tools for personal development and emotional work enrich my support of collectives in transition.

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How to work with me (long formats)

So you would like me to support your organization? I mainly offer multi-day, on-site facilitation programs. Here’s how it works:

• Link: you identify one person in your collective who will be the point of contact with me for pre-session discussions.
• Call: we start with a short free call (max 1 h) to get to know each other, clarify your needs, and identify the right approach.
• Quote: my prices depend on your means. Based on my price grid, we identify your pricing level, and I send you a quote.
• Facilitation: once everything’s agreed, we’re ready to go!

Note: Before coming on site, I like to send a short diagnostic questionnaire to quickly assess where the collective stands in terms of purpose, structure, and posture. Based on that, we co-design the week’s program together.

Follow-up & shorter formats

After a longer engagement (a few days together), I offer à-la-carte follow-up — often online — depending on your needs:

• Individual coaching / supervision: especially for facilitation roles within the collective, to help build confidence and skills (e.g. meeting prep, debriefing, tips, specific trainings such as “consent-based decision process”).
• Group Q&A: gather your questions and we’ll do a video call to go through them.

I can also facilitate one-off sessions (for example a key meeting or decision-making process), though I usually reserve this for groups I’ve already worked with on foundations or that are already well-versed in shared governance — simply ask me if you’re unsure!

Graphic facilitation

If you’re specifically looking to bring me in as a graphic facilitator, please check out the following link:

Graphic services

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