I Just Showed 950 People How to Fix Broken Collaboration

I Just Showed 950 People How to Fix Broken Collaboration

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9 Video Views·Dec 11, 2025  #Facilitation #workshops #AJSmart

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Most teams don’t realize why their meetings feel chaotic or why collaboration breaks down. In this keynote at the Y Oslo conference, AJ&Smart CEO Jonathan Courtney explains the real reason work feels messy and shows an audience 950 people the simple framework that instantly improves team decision-making, alignment, and outcomes.

If you want to run better workshops, lead clearer meetings, or help your team get unstuck faster, this talk will give you the foundation.

Video Timestamps

00:00 – Why This Talk Matters
01:16 – Worst Meeting Exercise
05:49 – Why Hating Meetings Can Hurt Us
08:02 – How Meetings Actually Unfold
13:05 – The Universal Meeting Problem
15:44 – Discovering Facilitation as the Solution
18:28 – The Classic Collaboration Model (and Why It Fails)
20:39 – Accepting the Natural Chaos of Teams
22:18 – Emergent Facilitation: A New Way to Work
23:54 – From “Meetings Suck” to “I Love Meetings”
25:18 – Norwegian Snack Review
27:45 – Best Meeting Ever Exercise
31:00 – What Great Meetings Have in Common
33:18 – The 4Cs: A Simple Structure for Any Meeting
43:48 – Main Takeaway
47:01 – Become the Person Who Improves Meetings
48:53 – Next Steps

Thanks for watching!

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