SFCT Full Member Reviews
Research Review
Oct 5, 2024
Abstract
Already the heading of John Wheeler’s piece of work sounds very typical: an SF consultant thrown into an unclear situ- ation where people want many different things and are probably not extremely happy to be in a workshop with a consultant. Participants in service B had been marshalled by their organi- sation to be taught the SF approach. Clients of service A and service B had been very happy with service A’s use of the SF approach and now they wanted service B to use it, too. In the workshop John expected an eager-to-learn group mainly of service B members. However, as it turned out, most were from service A. John had also not been informed that service B prac- titioners might feel somewhat mandated to work with him. They also worked mainly with mandated clients whereas service A mainly worked with voluntary clients.
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John Wheeler
SFiO Reviewed Practitioner
SFiO Contributor
John is an experienced and reputable solution-focused practitioner who again demonstrated in this piece of work his mastery of the art of solutions focus. Throughout this work he showecased an sf teaching and learning philosophy and “walked the talk“ with his clients. In a difficult situation he showed great awareness of the needs of the participants and adapted to the challenge by becoming a “tourist“ in their working environment and building a solid platform with them. His non-defensive and co-operative stance won them over. He succeeded in co-constructing the training content with them and involved the participants as co-trainers with great success.(Stanus Cloete)