
The Art of Clean Set Up
The Clean Set Up was devised by Caitlin Walker and Dee Berridge for their own use when they were training together and would often have different expectations of an event, which in turn led to misunderstandings and conflict. They realised if the shared their expectations before the event got going and kept these in mind throughout, a lot of the misunderstandings and conflicts could be averted.
It soon became apparent that this tool could have widespread application. It can be used at the start of anything from a training or coaching session to a business meeting or a new project. You can use it with your family to set up for a great holiday, a great Christmas or a great house move. Or ask yourself the questions to set up for the day ahead, a job interview or a medical appointment. Clean Set Up can also be used as the foundation of a whole coaching session. Whatever you are up to, you and everyone else involved can benefit from the kind of planning and forethought that doing a Clean Set Up encourages.
It consists of three basic questions:
- For this _ to go just the way you’d like, it will be like what?
- For it to go like that, you’d like to be like what?
- What support or resources do you need?
Someone’s response to any of these questions can be further expanded with clean questions such as:
- What kind of … ?
- Is there anything else about … ?
- Where / whereabouts is … ?
- Does … have a size or a shape?
- Then what happens?
- And so on (see longer list of clean questions here)
In this workshop you will have a chance to explore this approach in depth, to understand all the nuances it raises and how you can adapt it to fit your own context. As well as utilising Clean Set Up to establish shared outcomes for the workshop itself, you will also have the opportunity to practice facilitating with this tool and to set up for an event in your own life, taking time to think through how you’d like it to be, how you’d like to be and what support or resources you need for it to go just the way you’d like.
During the workshop, we will also talk about / demonstrate how Clean Set Up can be used as a negotiation tool and as a way to prevent drama.
Come and join us to learn this simple tool that has a multitude of practical uses.
Upcoming events
The Art of Clean Set Up
- Places available
- Tuesday 1 April 2025, 2pm to 6pm BST
- Online via Zoom
- With Marian Way