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Train yourself or your teams in collective intelligence thanks to the various certifying courses offered by Big Bloom Academy.
Our trainers
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Barbara Staebell
Coach, consultant, trainer
Barbara was HR director for 20 years in industrial and transport companies before becoming a coach. She works as a coach, consultant, trainer, mainly in the Grand Est region but also in Senegal.
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Florence Hale
Coach, facilitator, trainer
With over 20 years of experience in France, Germany, Switzerland and the United States, Florence is passionate about supporting the inner transformation of individuals and organizations who want to have a positive impact on the world.
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Laura Montagna
Project manager, coach
Laura is Italian. She lives in Paris. She worked for 15 years in events as a project manager. After a transition, she is now project manager for the Big Bloom solidarity hackathons in France and Italy.
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Scott Drummond
Coach, facilitator
Scott started his career in marketing and social media in Australia and Great Britain. After training in coaching, he specialized in facilitating groups of all sizes. He is also a podcast author. It is based in south London.
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Stella Riggi
Trainer, consultant
Stella has been HR manager in the audiovisual sector and in a large international firm for nearly 35 years. After retraining, she became a collective intelligence coach and consultant specializing in diversity, equity and inclusion. It is based in Montreal.
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Yael Collet
Coach, trainer, customer manager
Yael is based in Singapore. After several experiences, including at the Red Cross and the Chamber of Commerce, she is now in charge of the development of a company specialized in coaching for managers throughout Asia.
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Yvan Gatignon
Coach, Academy Director
Yvan is the founder of Big Bloom. He is the author of several books including “52 leadership lessons inspired by true stories” and “Hackathon - 8 hours to solve a solidarity challenge in teams”. He designed and led +300 collective intelligence training courses.
Our training catalog
Facilitate an IT Collective group
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Using the IT Collective to generate ideas
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Using the IT Collective to drive change
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Use the IT Collective to collaborate and decide together
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Using the IT Collective to create participatory leadership
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Find your position as a facilitator to unite a group
Facilitating a group means putting yourself at its service to help it give the best of itself. This training will allow you to find the posture that suits you.
Why register?
- The training Finding your position as a facilitator will allow you to strengthen your skills as a facilitator
- You will work on your posture in all situations, from the simplest to the most complicated
- You will master 12 really effective methods for bringing a group together, and you will learn how to use them in a seminar of 5 to 50 people
- You will receive personalized feedback to make profound and lasting progress
The program:
Week 1 - Preparation (1h)
- Self-positioning questionnaire: “My natural posture when facing a group”
Week 2 - Day 1 Discovering methodologies (7h)
- Know how to promote the inclusion of a group
- Understanding the facilitator's posture
- Mastering to let go/ hold
- Practice animating 3 methods to welcome a group (photo language, the ball game, the Chifoumi World Championship)
- Welcoming objections with the CRAC method
- Preventing and managing conflicts with non-violent communication (NVC)
- Understand the differences between face-to-face facilitation vs distance facilitation
Week 2 - Day 2 Putting it into practice: 3 methods to get to know each other (2 hours)
- The speed-meeting
- Combining actions with words
- The weather
Week 2 - Day 3 Practical implementation: 3 methods to (re) energize a group (2 hours)
- The conductor
- The screenshot challenge
- The musical quiz
Week 2 - Day 4 Putting it into practice: 3 methods to sustainably strengthen the ties of a collective (2 hours)
- Me in 10 years
- The postcard
- The gift
Week 2 - Day 5 Group debriefing (2 hours)
- The lessons of the week in groups and then individually
- The way I want to use it in my daily life
- Writing my action plan
Week 3 - Personal Reflections (4h)
- Personal reading and video viewing
- One-to-one work between apprentices
- Coaching with the trainer
Using Collective Intelligence to generate ideas
Explore the most used innovation method in the world: Design Thinking.
Why register?
- The training Using collective intelligence to generate ideas will allow you to learn and practice Design Thinking
- You will discover the history of this method, what it allows to do and its limitations.
- You will learn to generate ideas and to support a creative process
- You will understand the 4 phases Empathy - Ideation - Prototyping - Pitchs
- You will practice by leading a team of a real Big Bloom solidarity hackathon!
- You will receive personalized feedback to make profound and lasting progress
The program:
Week 1 - Preparation (1h)
- Self-positioning questionnaire: “My knowledge of Design Thinking”
Week 2 - Day 1 Discovering methodologies (7h)
- Discover the 4 phases of Design Thinking
- Understand and practice Empathy
- Understand and practice Ideation
- Understand and practice prototyping
- Understand and practice the Pitch
- Briefing: discover the hackathon that you will be hosting this week
Week 2 - Day 2 Putting it into practice: hosting a Big Bloom solidarity hackathon (2 hours)
- Group inclusion
- Interview with the “witnesses”
- Summary of the problem
Week 2 - Day 3 Putting it into practice: hosting a Big Bloom solidarity hackathon (2 hours)
- Inspiration: benchmarking inspiring examples
- Divergence: production of a large number of ideas
- Convergence: choosing an idea to prototype
Week 2 - Day 4 Putting it into practice: hosting a Big Bloom solidarity hackathon (2 hours)
- Feedback Loop
- Team work to produce the solution
Week 2 - Day 5 Putting it into practice: hosting a Big Bloom solidarity hackathon (2 hours)
- Presentation of the solutions before a jury
- Feedback from the jury and announcement of the winning solution
- Team debriefing and then with the trainer
Week 3 - Personal Reflections (4h)
- Personal reading and video viewing
- One-to-one work between apprentices
- Coaching with the trainer
Using Collective Intelligence to drive change
Collective intelligence makes it possible to create adherence and to stimulate change. You will learn how to involve stakeholders, overcome resistance, and create consensus around your goals.
Why register?
- The training Using collective intelligence to support change will allow you to understand the drivers of change and to know how to guide a group to help it transform
- You will discover the psycho-sociological and systemic obstacles to change
- You will learn methods to generate group buy-in and enable them to lead change in their own way.
- You will receive personalized feedback to make profound and lasting progress
The program:
Week 1 - Preparation (1h)
- Self-positioning questionnaire: “Change and me”
Week 2 - Day 1 Discovering methodologies (7h)
- Discover to systemic analysis
- Understand the contributions of the psycho-sociology of organizations
- Analyze and then share your change situations
- Put into practice: Bono hats
- Identification of the main obstacles to change
- Possibilities and limits of collective intelligence to lead change (supporting without manipulating)
Week 2 - Day 2 Putting it into practice: the World Café (2 hours)
- To discuss a topic in a structured way
- Challenge “how to reduce our carbon footprint”
Week 2 - Day 3 Putting it into practice: the empathetic map (2 hours)
- To learn how to look at a problem from different perspectives
- Challenge “how to encourage employees to use alternative modes of transport”
Week 2 - Day 4 Putting it into practice: the court (2 hours)
- To overcome objections and practice presenting a project in front of your colleagues
- Challenge “how to strengthen the inclusiveness of our business”
Week 2 - Day 5 Group debriefing (2 hours)
- Sharing the lessons of the week
- Transposition into your daily professional lives
Week 3 - Personal Reflections (4h)
- Personal reading and video viewing
- One-to-one work between learners
- Coaching with the trainer
Using Collective Intelligence to learn and progress together
Learn how collective intelligence can be harnessed to create a culture of continuous improvement within your organization.
Why register?
- The training Using collective intelligence to learn and progress will allow you to make every day a learning experience for you and your team.
- You will discover the best methods to make progress on a daily basis (deliberate practice, feedback, peer-coaching, etc.)
- You will learn how to develop a feedback culture
- You will receive personalized advice to make profound and lasting progress
The program:
Week 1 - Preparation (1h)
- Self-positioning questionnaire: “How do I learn? ”
J1 Discovery of methodologies (7h)
- Feedback training
- E=MC2 - Understand the importance of and obstacles to learning
- Know the keys to self-discipline
- Going from unknown incompetence to known competence
- Know how to create a climate of cooperation and psychological security
- Growth mindset: the mindset that makes the difference
Week 2 - Day 2 Putting it into practice: CODEV (2 hours)
- To take a step back and find solutions together
- Challenges selected from learners' situations
Week 2 - Day 3 Putting it into practice: peer coaching (2 hours)
- To confront the group and take advantage of each person's uniqueness
- Challenges selected from learners' situations
Week 2 - Day 4 Putting it into practice: deliberate practice (2 hours)
- To master the most effective method to make radical progress
- “Introduce yourself to a potential customer” challenge
Week 2 - Day 5 Group debriefing (2 hours)
- Sharing the lessons of the week
- Transposition into your daily professional lives
Week 3 - Personal Reflections (4h)
- Personal reading and video viewing
- One-to-one work between apprentices
- Coaching with the trainer
Selling your expertise
This module focuses on developing the specific business skills needed to effectively sell your collective intelligence expertise. Learn how to present your services convincingly, identify customer needs, and adapt your offer accordingly. Explore negotiation and communication techniques that will help you build lasting relationships with your customers while valuing your expertise.
Why register?
- The training Selling your coaching expertise will allow you to develop your business whether within your organization or as a freelancer
- You will discover the best methods to be known, consulted... and chosen!
- We will provide you with commercial materials and you will learn how to use them
- You will receive personalized feedback to make profound and lasting progress
The program:
Week 1 - Preparation (1h)
- Self-positioning questionnaire: “What kind of salesperson do I want to be”
Week 2 - Day 1 Discovering methodologies (7h)
- Why are so many freelancers unable to sell?
- Choose a sales position that suits me
- Be known: discover the keys to self-marketing
- Use social networks to make yourself known
- Be consulted: converting a network into a prospect base
- Selling, a winning mindset - winning
- Preparing for and conducting a sales interview: “The challenger sale - Teach, Taylor and Take Control”
- Workout
Week 2 - Day 2 Putting it into practice: being known (2 hours)
- Building and maintaining a CRM database
- Put into practice
Week 2 - Day 3 Putting it into practice: being consulted (2 hours)
- B2B and B2C: what are the differences?
- Put into practice
Week 2 - Day 4 Putting it into practice: being chosen (2 hours)
- Know how to deal with an objection (CRAC)
- Put into practice
Week 2 - Day 5 Group debriefing (2 hours)
- Sharing the lessons of the week
- Transposition into your daily professional lives
Week 3 - Personal Reflections (4h)
- Personal reading and video viewing
- One-to-one work between apprentices
- Coaching with the trainer
Using Collective Intelligence to create shared leadership
Do you think that power is not a solitary exercise? This module will allow you to find the leadership style that suits you. You will learn to distribute responsibilities and encourage initiative.
Why register?
- The training Using collective intelligence to implement shared leadership will allow you to understand the principles of cooperation and to find a management method that suits you
- You will discover the best horizontal management methods (opal organization, holacracy, distributed leadership, etc.)
- You will learn tools that will help you make multi-party decisions
- You will receive personalized feedback to make profound and lasting progress
The program:
Week 1 - Preparation (1h)
- Self-positioning questionnaire: “Who are my inspirational leaders”
Week 2 - Day 1 Discovering methodologies (7h)
- Understand the different models of shared leadership
- Feedback based on participants' experiences
- Deciding how to decide
- Multi-person decision-making exercise
- (Re) discover the main cognitive biases
- Shared leadership: models that work, their strengths and their limitations
Week 2 - Day 2 Putting the diamond into practice (2 hours)
- To diverge and converge
- Challenge “choosing an action to reduce our carbon footprint (or other topic)”
Week 2 - Day 3 Putting it into practice: Holacracy/distributed leadership (2 hours)
- To reduce the manager's mental load and get the team on board
- Challenge “prepare for the implementation of the action decided yesterday”
Week 2 - Day 4 Putting it into practice: the election without a candidate (2 hours)
- To overcome biases in the allocation of roles
- Challenge “choosing a pilot, an ambassador, a facilitator from among us”
Week 2 - Day 5 Group debriefing (2 hours)
- Sharing the lessons of the week
- Transposition into your daily professional lives
Week 3 - Personal Reflections (4h)
- Personal reading and video viewing
- One-to-one work between apprentices
- Coaching with the trainer
Our next trainings
Module
1
Find your position as a facilitator to unite a group
Module
2
Using Collective Intelligence to generate ideas
Module
3
Using Collective Intelligence to drive change
Module
4
Using Collective Intelligence to learn and progress together
Module
5
Using Collective Intelligence to create shared leadership
Module
6
Selling your expertise
Each module lasts 20hr
Preparation - 1h
Training week - 15:00
Post training - 4 hours
One-to-one work between learners
Our courses are certified!
Since September 2023, our programs have been recognized by the international Qualiopi certification
They took the next step,
Why not you?
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Angélique Fromantin
Freelance coach
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Kevin Liebart
Project manager, BIC Entreprise Plein Sud
Are you interested in one of our courses?
Make an appointment with our team to organize your participation in the training
Do you have a question?
Our FAQ is there to answer any questions you may have.
Absolutely! Big Bloom Academy is a Qualiopi certified training organization. At the end of each session, you will have the opportunity to support your work in front of a jury. Once successful, we will issue you with the Big Bloom Academy certification.
We made the choice of distance learning! Why? Because we believe in an inclusive format, where everyone, no matter where they come from, can fully participate. Our distance approach promotes the diversity of participants and allows us to offer training rich in interactions and practical cases. Are you worried about losing the human connection? We thought of everything! We organize one-on-one sessions between peers and even face-to-face afterworks.
Big Bloom Academy is Qualiopi certified, which opens the door to OPCO funding. There are a variety of funding methods available so that our courses are accessible to everyone. To find out which financing solutions are best for you, make an appointment with Elodie.
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Career path
Become a collective intelligence coach by following our six specialized modules in a complete course.
Introductory training
Develop your facilitation skills, whether you're just starting out or looking to improve your techniques.
Qualiopi certification
Since September 2023, our courses have received from the Qualiopi certification, a guarantee of quality that we are proud of at Arboré
There have been more than 15 participants since the Qualiopi certification
Record satisfaction due to a high quality of teaching
Many people are already recommending BBA
To date, we have not had any dropouts from our courses.
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