The TQ Conversations Lab

Where we discover and uncover—in conversation—what we reach for when it gets real. And what becomes possible when we don't.

Bring one real conversation. No preparation required.

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WHAT A LAB IS

A lab is where you find something out. Not where you're told a thing and asked to believe it.

That's the whole reason for the word. Every Lab here runs a live question — about you, and about the framework underneath. You bring something real, you try something you wouldn't normally try, and you notice what actually happens in your own body. Sometimes it goes the way we expect. Sometimes it doesn't, and that is also a result. We'd rather have the honest one.

You don't need preparation, background, or vocabulary. There's a framework underneath all of this, but you'll meet it by doing — a conversation will go a certain way, and then a few words will name what just happened. The name arrives after the experience, which is the only order that's ever useful.

THREE KINDS OF WORK

Nav-level section. Three cards or three columns.

Labs — Live, with other people, in a room. This is where you first feel it.

Practices — What you take home. Done alone, most days, quietly.

Diagnostics — What you run on a team, when the question is bigger than one person.

Most people start with a Lab. The Practices are what make a Lab hold. The Diagnostics come later, if leading a system is the work you're actually carrying.

THE LABS

The Conversation Lab

The one you're not having

The TQ Conversation Lab has a cost, but not in dollars—in your willingness to contribute honestly to data collection.

When:  Weekly on Tuesdays at 11:00 am Eastern for 90 minutes.
Cost: Complete the 1 or 2 weekly lab logs and so contribute to our data collection on this work.
How: Register to get your own lab ID and meeting access information

You are invited for 6 sessions, and you are welcome to return any time you wish to refresh. We recommend six lab sessions to surface capacities you may not realize you have!

Hold the Gap

Staying open across a real disagreement

The TQ Conversation Lab has a cost, but not in dollars—in your willingness to contribute honestly to data collection.

When:  Weekly on Tuesdays at 11:00 am Eastern for 90 minutes.
Cost: Complete the 1 or 2 weekly lab logs and so contribute to our data collection on this work.
How: Register to get your own lab ID and meeting access information

You are invited for 6 sessions, and you are welcome to return any time you wish to refresh. We recommend six lab sessions to surface capacities you may not realize you have!

The Boundaries Lab

What you keep saying yes to

 

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Being Seen — a Lab

What you don't talk about

Shame Release

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What Disappeared

Reading absence in your team

Sailing Diagnostic

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We Also Provide Customized Hands-On Workshops & Training

Teams are the heart and soul of any great organization and they are our passion.
Every organization is unique and deserves customized approaches to training so as not to miss the mark or waste hard earned corporate dollars.