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Clean in Toronto

Master the art of asking questions that unlock clarity, transform team dynamics, and reveal hidden patterns in your organization.

Whether you're facilitating agile teams, coaching executives, or navigating organizational complexity, Clean Language gives you a powerful methodology for helping others think more clearly without imposing your own agenda.

Join us in Toronto and learn directly from Dr. Caitlin Walker, the pioneer who's been refining these tools for over 25 years across some of the world's most challenging environments.

What Is "Clean"?

Clean Language is a precision questioning technique that helps people think more clearly without your assumptions getting in the way. Originally developed for therapeutic work, it's now used by coaches, facilitators, and leaders worldwide to:

Facilitate breakthrough conversations

Uncover what people actually mean (not what you think they mean)

Navigate complexity without imposing your own solutions

Build shared understanding across diverse teams

If you've ever wished you could ask better questions, facilitate more effective meetings, or help teams solve their own problems, this is for you.

Who this event serves

✔ Agile Coaches & Scrum Masters seeking advanced facilitation tools
✔ Executives & Senior Leaders who need strategic clarity in complex environments
✔ Team Facilitators wanting to run better retrospectives and planning sessions
✔ Professional Coaches looking to add systems coaching credentials
✔ Organizational Development Professionals working on culture and change
✔ Anyone who asks questions for a living and wants to ask better ones

Why "Clean in Toronto" Is Different

• Neurodiversity-Informed
  Designed with cognitive inclusion at its core, recognizing that diverse thinking styles are organizational assets, not challenges to manage.
• Immediately Applicable
  Walk away with specific questions and techniques you'll use in your very next meeting, coaching session, or strategic conversation.
• Systems-Level Impact
  Move beyond individual behavior change to understand and influence organizational patterns, culture, and complexity.
• Intimate Learning Environment
  Small cohort sizes ensure personalized attention and deep practice opportunities.
• Proven Methodology
  Learn directly from Dr. Caitlin Walker, whose work has been tested and refined across award-winning programs, organizational transformations, and academic research.
• Academic Rigor Meets Practical Application
  This isn't just theory. It's a methodology developed through decades of real-world practice and validated through doctoral-level research.

Two-Day Intensive Program

Day 1: Intro to Clean & Systemic Modelling

February 24, 2026

Learn the fundamentals of Clean Language and how to apply systems thinking to organizational challenges.
 

What You'll Master:

• Core Clean Language questions – The precise syntax that keeps your biases out
• Systemic Modelling fundamentals – Understanding patterns across teams and organizations
• Metaphor exploration – How the language people use reveals their mental models
• Practical facilitation skills – Techniques you can use immediately in meetings and coaching sessions
• Sensemaking in complexity – Tools for navigating ambiguous organizational challenges
   

Who Should Attend:

Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Team Facilitators, Organizational Development Professionals, Coaches, Consultants, Leaders who facilitate group conversations

Day 2: Clean for Teams
 

February 25, 2026

Apply Clean Language to team facilitation, retrospectives, planning, and building neurodiverse, inclusive cultures.
 

What You'll Experience:

• Clean retrospectives & planning sessions – Facilitate team meetings that actually move things forward
• Inclusive facilitation practices – Engage neurodiverse thinking styles and create psychological safety
• Pattern recognition in team dynamics – Spot and shift unhelpful organizational patterns
• Conflict navigation – Help teams disagree productively without imposing solutions
• Executive conversations – Ask strategic questions that unlock clarity at senior levels
   

Who Should Attend:

Agile Leaders, Executives, VPs, Senior Leaders, Anyone responsible for team performance, culture, or organizational change

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