What People do Together in Interaction - SF as an Interactional Happening
Elfie Czerny & Dominik Godat
Room: Arendt - Sat. 9:30-11:00 am
Content
Traditionally SF is described from the perspective of the coach/therapist. With this perspective we see what the coach is doing or should be doing. With Microanalysis of face-to-face dialogue the perspective shifts from what one person is doing to what they are doing together moment-by-moment. With this perspective we start to value the contributions of both interlocutors and see how they co-construct meaning in dialogue together. Together we explore this perspective with Microanalysis sequences and our core model of interactions and derive what it could mean for our own SF practice.
Take aways
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Seeing SF conversations as interactional happenings that we do together.
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Seeing how both conversation partners co-construct meaning in a specific dialogue.
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Getting to know Microanalysis of face-to-face dialogue as a way to improve your SF skills.
Workshop Format
Presentation, group activities, sharing, mingling.
As an experienced coach, trainer, and mentor, Elfie specializes in microanalysis of conversations, exploring how meaning is co-constructed in interactions. Co-director of The Interactionalists, Elfie teaches the solution-focused approach and the interactional view at the University of Applied Sciences Lucerne and trains coaches at SolutionsAcademy. She co-hosts the Simply Focus Podcast, co-edits Persönlichkeit! and has co-authored Faszination Lösungsfokus, along with innovative card sets designed to inspire impactful leadership practices.
Dominik Godat is co-director of The Interactionalists and the Centre for Solution Focused Conversation and Leadership. Along with his partner Elfie and their daughter, they spent 2 1/2 years traveling in their solution-focused motorhome throughout Europe and North America with "SF on Tour." In the SIMPLY FOCUS Podcast, they share their enthusiasm for the diversity of solution-focused practice. Dominik is program manager of CAS Leadership at the University of Applied Sciences Lucerne and the Fachkurs for Solution-Focused Leadership. He co-created several solution-focused online programs (www.sfontour.com/courses/), is the co-editor of the monthly magazine “Persönlichkeit!” and author of “Lösungen auf der Spur: Wirkungsvoll führen dank Lösungsfokus”.