# For Facilitators --- title: For Facilitators author: Bas den Uijl date: 2026-05-23 tags: - owlery - path - facilitation source-type: path summary: A practical Owlery route for facilitators designing participation, sensemaking, learning, feedback, tension processing, and useful group movement. confidence: high last-updated: 2026-05-23 --- ## Summary This route is for facilitators who want to use Owlery without reading the whole garden first. Start with the situation. Run one tool. Then follow the journey if the pattern keeps returning. ## Common situations ### When the room is stuck in alignment language Run [[Problem-First Route Review (10 min)]]. Then explore [[Problem-First Navigation Map]]. ### When participation is uneven Run [[Learning Safety Scan (10 min)]]. Then explore [[Safety as Sensing Infrastructure Map]]. ### When conflict becomes positional Run [[Tension to Proposal Canvas]]. Then explore [[When Feedback or Conflict Is Being Avoided]]. ### When a method is becoming the argument Run [[Work Domain Diagnostic]]. Then explore [[When Methods Are Becoming the Argument]]. ### When learning feels like content delivery Run [[Dialogue-Based Learning Design]]. Then explore [[When Learning Feels Like Content Delivery]]. ## Useful maps - [[Practice Environment Design Map]] - [[Learning Mechanisms and Adult Practice Design Map]] - [[Feedback Conflict and Tension as Learning Signals Map]] - [[Context Before Method Map]] - [[Field Notes as Teaching Cases Map]] ## Good first rule Design the conditions for useful participation before expecting useful participation. ## See also - [[Start Here by Role]] - [[For Coaches]] - [[What Hurts Today]]