Douglas Ferguson
Douglas is a thought leader and master facilitator of Design Sprints, Innovation Acceleration, Team Alignment, Meeting Systems, Culture Transitions, and Change Transformations.
Douglas Ferguson is an entrepreneur and human-centered technologist. He is the founder and president of Voltage Control, an Austin-based facilitation academy that develops leaders through certifications, workshops, and organizational coaching focused on facilitation mastery, innovation, and play. Today's leaders are confronted with unprecedented uncertainty and complex change. Navigating this uncertainty requires a systemic facilitative approach to gain clarity and chart pathways forward. We prepare today's leaders for now and what's next.
Douglas is a thought leader and master facilitator of Design Sprints, Innovation Acceleration, Team Alignment, Meeting Systems, Culture Transitions, and Change Transformations. He is also the author of four books: Magical Meetings, Beyond the Prototype, How to Remix Anything, and Start Within. He has been published in Forbes, Fast Company, Innovation Leader, and is a regular contributor to The Future Shapers. He publishes a weekly podcast called Control the Room.
Motivated by a mission to rid the world of horrible meetings and offer meaningful magical meetings in their place, Voltage Control is calling upon fellow facilitators to transform meeting and innovation culture. From free weekly community meetups to Control the Room–the annual facilitator summit, Voltage Control is building a community of facilitators to change the world.
Douglas is active in the Austin startup community where he serves on the board of several non-profits, mentors startups, and advises early-stage ventures. Prior to founding Voltage Control, Douglas held CTO positions at numerous Austin startups where he led product and engineering teams.
When not facilitating or coaching facilitators you might find Douglas patching up his Modular Synth, boxing, or doing pilates.
Douglas Ferguson is an entrepreneur and human-centered technologist. He is the founder and president of Voltage Control, an Austin-based facilitation academy that develops leaders through certifications, workshops, and organizational coaching focused on facilitation mastery, innovation, and play. Today's leaders are confronted with unprecedented uncertainty and complex change. Navigating this uncertainty requires a systemic facilitative approach to gain clarity and chart pathways forward. We prepare today's leaders for now and what's next.
Douglas is a thought leader and master facilitator of Design Sprints, Innovation Acceleration, Team Alignment, Meeting Systems, Culture Transitions, and Change Transformations. He is also the author of four books: Magical Meetings, Beyond the Prototype, How to Remix Anything, and Start Within. He has been published in Forbes, Fast Company, Innovation Leader, and is a regular contributor to The Future Shapers. He publishes a weekly podcast called Control the Room.
Motivated by a mission to rid the world of horrible meetings and offer meaningful magical meetings in their place, Voltage Control is calling upon fellow facilitators to transform meeting and innovation culture. From free weekly community meetups to Control the Room–the annual facilitator summit, Voltage Control is building a community of facilitators to change the world.
Douglas is active in the Austin startup community where he serves on the board of several non-profits, mentors startups, and advises early-stage ventures. Prior to founding Voltage Control, Douglas held CTO positions at numerous Austin startups where he led product and engineering teams.
When not facilitating or coaching facilitators you might find Douglas patching up his Modular Synth, boxing, or doing pilates.
Magical Meetings
Format: 20-60 min talk or 90+ min workshop, Workshop or Keynote
Poorly run & unorganized meetings cost businesses both financially and culturally, and participants don’t reach their creative potential. It’s possible for your work environment to produce more meaningful and fruitful outcomes. Prevent terrible meetings from happening by implementing pro-level meeting mantras and frameworks before, during and after your meetings.
Human-Centered Change
Format: 20-60 min talk, 90+ min workshop
There are countless stories of organizational change efforts stagnating or failing to deliver the business outcomes originally anticipated. Quite often the focus on operational excellence, technology, and logistics leaves out the most critical element of change: the people.
When people are seen, heard, and included they become co-authors of the change. It is through this authorship that they...
Design Sprint Essentials
Format: 20-60 min talk, 90+ min workshop
It’s hard to solve difficult business challenges when your team is unaligned and you lack an effective problem-solving process. Being stuck is as frustrating as it is unproductive for business. A Design Sprint helps answer your most important business challenges in just five days.
The Design Sprint was invented at Google and perfected at Google Ventures by our friend and collaborator Jake...
