Facilitation for Group Coherence

WINfinity is a Practice

for greater Belonging, Agency and Flow

HOW WINfinity gets to Coherence Across Interests is Unique

What we’ve learned — after 15+ years — Is that getting “from me to we” has everything to do with the SEQUENCE of how we’ve being doing things traditionally, getting re-ordered.

Basically we’ve learned:

1) That the WHAT needs to be moved further down the sequence of “Orientation / Onboarding / Onshoring” practices.

2) That how an Invitation is crafted MAKES A DIFFERENCE, and that includes giving attention to HOW someone is welcomed BEFORE he/she/they even arrives into the environment to participate.

3) And most essentially, that the Welcome INCLUDES the group collectively setting the context for interaction FIRST, BEFORE even arriving… And how doing so sets the stage for seeing the value of each person in front of you as a person FIRST, BEFORE we look at the person’s knowledge, talents, desires, intentions, contacts etc.; and even BEFORE their history or their work or projects.

We’re not saying those things aren’t important, they are - But they come LATER.

This heatmap (the coloured boxes to the right) shows our results: A consistent experience shifting from ‘me’ to ‘we’ across all four groups of Inquiry Clusters

NOTE - these are people who not only did they not know each other ahead of time, they were - in most cases, from opposite ends of the world, and often different disciplines or schools of thought.

  • Developmental Evaluations were formally completed and analyzed by a 3rd party with 4 facilitated cohorts of participants. (data from Autumn 2022)

  • The heat map you see here, emerges through each participant independently answering the same questions every week (without consultation or conversation with other participants), in order to codify the shift in mind-set and being - regarding everything from decision making, to conflict resolution, to identity and purpose, to self-governance, and more…

  • Red squares are for 'Me’ answers; green for ‘We’ answers; and time moves from left to right.

In other words what you see here, is how quickly we not only get to Coherence; but also how walking the talk of WHO IS IN THE ROOM MATTERS FIRST (the person, not the work the person has done or is doing) and even more importantly, collectively coming to mutuality and agreement on the PATTERN of HOW we agreeing to interact in integrity with each other, and get clearer on the values we commonly hold BEFORE getting to task; IS the missing link that causes groups to typically “spin”, where we don’t.

Our Pillars speak more to how WINfinity is amplifying these concepts

WINfinity's pattern integrity is an environment amplifier. A practice for greater belonging, agency and flow.

It's a way to be together that creates a rapid shift from "me” to “we” in a way that “sticks” and creates long-term behaviour change.

WINfinity is about HOW to Be Together, as an initially Facilitated Practice that:

1) Models Cultures of Inquiry and Impermanence;

2) Matrixes for Critical Paths based on Values; and

3) Mixes across silos of Thought, Knowledge, and Wisdom

WINfinity prioritizes:

  • being in uncertainty together, and coming into a curated environment, “empty”

  • putting knowledge, ideas, agendas and egos aside

  • making the time to BE first, and counter old conditioning

  • finding common ground across the range of views

  • making group decision-making fair and values-based (instead of task or topic based)

So, participants (re)learn:

  • to simply “be” together by listening deeply and truly receiving each other

  • to hold a number of views simultaneously

  • what it takes to have groups not only gather together, but also come apart

  • to compost the learning cycles, and how to move with them into something different.

  • to allow the group dynamic to BREATHE, to be in FLOW

  • to learn something new together

And learning how to do that, how to BE with that, is everything.

A Way to Be Together
That Creates a Shift From "Me” to “We”

What does it take to stop us from assuming that just because there is a task to be done; or a training to be learned; or processes to apply; that those things are actually what create cohesion or collaboration across people or groups?

Because they don’t - at least not in any way that is thrivable, let alone sustainable, or in any way that “sticks” and creates behaviour change.

WINfinity's Inquiry Clusters are spaces of integrity, where we practice being in the unknown together, for extended lengths of time.

Where we learn how to embody what we call our “pattern integrity” a tetrahedron of intentions which raise up all of us as facets of Collective Intelligence.

Here we get to experience what it means to tap into the magic and the flow of life that sustains, and by which small groups can take values-based action in full faith of the perfect next step.

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Expanding this Practice through an Environment of Integrity

Receiving and innovating what the world needs most
by letting “the field” lead us

"Beyond right or wrong, there is a field, I'll meet you there." ~Rumi

Why WINfinity Works

WINfinity works because the participants learn about prioritizing environment rather than a proprietary process, idea, or model. It’s a pattern integrity.

And when “what works” is applied and the pattern is replicated back out in “the field”, it acts as an amplifier … it enhances and magnifies the creative and innovative potential within whatever facilitative discipline or methodology is already in place.

It’s something, that once you experience it for yourself and truly see it, you can’t unsee it. The patterning initiates a re-patterning that takes everything you’ve already learned and everything you want for yourself and the world, and moves the possible to the probable.

WINfinity Encourages Experimentation

WINfinity is a placeholder. An environment in which to experience what it means for humans to return to interacting with each other AS humans. To ask questions and to remain in regenerative inquiry for as long as possible.

WINfinity is constantly listening to “the field,” to teach us what is necessary for humanity to thrive through transition, and to tackle the challenges of our time.

In addition to Inquiry Clusters, Sentiment Polling is another way we ‘listen.’

WINfinity Recognizes the Importance of Curating an Environment

WINfinity chooses not to begin the way we have been taught to do so inside organizations, corporations or large-scale initiatives, but rather gives attention to how we start BEFORE WE GATHER TOGETHER. How the convening starts BEFORE we start.

WINfinity emphasizes Values-Based Decision-Making

WINfinity avoids the excessive amount of noise, bias and conflict that typically thwarts group decisions by instead, nurturing values-based discussions, codifying values-based questions, and providing Matrixing guidance for values-based ratings that guides inclusive action. The Flint App has emerged from international engagement and from decades of practice as a tool to support this very piece.


Let’s bring more of us into that rhythm of practice that turns 'me' into ’we’ !

WINfinity’s approach is gaining momentum.

WINfinity has been working internationally and voluntarily since 1993.

With a time-banking history (now exceeding over 15,000 Hours) going back to 2009. 

Experimenting since 1998, and

Codifying the Experience since 2009

We continue to learn more and more with each individual and collective step we take :

Here’s what we have learned so far . . .

  • A Cry for Decentralized Self-Governance >>>

    Unfortunately, leaders don’t know how to work together, largely because we’re taught to prioritize “ideation” and dream big solutions.

    Instead, what if we were to cultivate the skills to “pause” and to “listen” FIRST; and THEN to “respond ably” to signals we receive from each other and from the wider field?

    How would that make a difference for our sovereignty and our collaborative efforts?

  • Investment of Time - What’s in it for me? >>>

    It doesn’t matter if you see the patterns we're seeing too. Or how “cool” our mutually beneficial projects are.  How do we give priority to what wants to emerge collectively BETWEEN us?

    The challenge is, no matter how much we desire working together, we ultimately butt up against :

    How do I make time for this against my other competing obligations and interests?

    How can I maximize benefit to “my own mission / organization”?

    Both of these resolve when we focus on the common ground of “what values do we share, and how do we agree those values look like in action?”. We need to be willing to make the time, to get to those values, first.

    WINfinity amplifies the good that people are already doing, by recognizing that time contributed is an asset in and of itself, not simply a means to an end.

  • Lessons in Collaboration >>>

    It’s one thing to express ourselves individually. It’s wholly another to receive others as they are. And then another to learn to work with them.

    We need to give ourselves a specially curated environment to practice BEING with each other differently. And then to channel that fresh way of "being" into “doing”.

    Much like the human body where each organ and system has its unique role, as a human group we all have unique value to contribute to the whole.

    What connects us is a spine of agreed upon ways of interacting and for making decisions together. Then we step into collective action, owning our “piece”. And finally, we shift the baseline of human effectiveness and flourishing.

    The conditions we need are real. And are being uncovered through the science of group flow, and in our capacity as a species to tap into primordial wisdom.

  • Topics don’t get sh*t done; people do >>>

    Yes, making time to get to shared values takes time. Yes, it starts out slow. But ultimately, this is about how going slow (at first) enables us to go faster eventually.

    Because what holds us together for the long haul isn’t solving a problem, discussing a topic, creating a schedule or setting up big, audacious goals. 

    What holds us together through shifts in the landscape and any obstacles we will inevitably face, is how we explicitly agree to BE and interact with each other.  That’s what it takes to help the dreams “land,” in each and every practical way. This is what it takes for something brand new to emerge.

    There isn’t any other path. So if there isn't any other way, how soon do we want to get started?

  • Experiment - As a verb, not a noun >>>  

    We keep running experiments to prove a hypotheses, instead of experimenting with a sense of curiosity, wonder, exploration, and discovery.

    WINfinity has been experimenting out in the field in a focused way for over 20 years. And the field has taught us well what works and what doesn't.

    Experimenting is messy, but then so are humans, and so is life. Getting into effective action as quickly as possible is not the answer for creating or for innovating. Instead, getting reacquainted with the unknown and uncertainty is where emergence can happen.

    Trying again, and going through these experiences, over and over, moves us from "me" to "we".

  • Entrainment - Getting in sync with each other >>>

    When we see and appreciate each other for who we are, as we are. we find common ground across interests and an opportunity to collectively listen for emergence.

    Giving ourselves the "Cause to Pause" to express ourselves is the key. Practicing what it takes to simply and profoundly give attention to what we appreciate in others, allows our natural curiosity to re-emerge.

    That brings us into a rhythm of seeing what's possible within and among the group, then of noticing how the possible becomes probable, and then of witnessing its evolution.

    Acknowledging the spiral of this phenomenon as a natural cycle of knowledge generation and renewal is crucial.

    It assists us to eventually avoid common pitfalls and encourages us to step into our rightful places, in quicker succession each time.

  • Emergence - Makes a difference >>>

    When “something else” emerges other than what we planned, how can we BE with that, so that instead of a hindrance it’s an asset to our progress?

    We are just beginning to pattern and model this, and the results are magical! With over 15,000 hours of practicing together, more and more people are learning what it takes to move traditional brainstorming and ideating further down the sequence of group formation in favor of cultivating the individual and collective “muscle” for emergence.

    Then listening for emergence isn’t a step backwards, it is a step forwards, and empowers humanity to Pioneer differently - more responsively.

    Let's open up to what lies beyond our “knowledge”. Let's allow the spark of wonder and excitement to grow in us, to call us forward into alignment with evolution.  

  • Healing - Through collective learning >>>

    Every outcome is a teacher and together we are composting the conditioning that holds us back.

    We heal the trauma, discerning the lines between boundaries and limits.

    And we come into greater understanding for what co-creates an unconditional YES! for life, and for what serves life.

    Celebrating the small wins that, when repeated, bring us into more comfort with the unknown. And being in uncertainty together for extended lengths of time, supporting each other there....

    We witness each other, we heal, and are better prepared for the next round of experience. And the next, and the next.

  • The Gift - Facilitation for Emergence >>>

    The current leaders of our world need to humble themselves.

    Legions of Facilitators, Weavers, Engagement Practitioners and Convenors stand ready. We are the selfless midwives of our collective future.

    Together with you, we hold the key: a fresh way of being together in brave spaces for human-to-human interactions, free from ego and agenda.

    Environments guided by a pattern integrity that prioritize decision-making from values, not from topics or tasks.

    This is how we ground ourselves in what is important. It's how we link arms and move forward, collectively aligned.

    And this is how we scale systems change for greater human potential beyond our imagining.

Please check out the NARRATIVE which evolved in 2022.

Emerged from our Participants

through their engagement and momentum of just the last 2 years alone

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