What this is

Relational Field Lab is a facilitated practice lab for organizations working with collaboration, complexity, and ethical pressure.

The lab supports groups in noticing how conditions shape collective behavior before belief, intention, or individual skill. Rather than focusing on communication styles or personal values, the work operates at the level of situational conditions such as timing, visibility, coordination, and responsibility.

What this is not

Relational Field Lab is not:

• therapy or group processing

• leadership coaching or skills training

• facilitation aimed at consensus or alignment

• a values-based or moral framework

What participants do

Participants take part in a series of guided group experiments conducted live in person or on Zoom.

The experiments are intentionally simple and operate under clear constraints. Participants are asked to coordinate, wait, respond, or withhold action under changing conditions. Minimal discussion is used so attention remains on what is happening rather than why.

Participants are invited to notice:

• which behaviors are rewarded or discouraged

• how authority and responsibility emerge

• how participation reorganizes without instruction

• where effort increases or disappears

The emphasis is on shared observation, not performance or interpretation.

why organizations use this lab

Many organizational challenges persist even in groups with strong intentions, shared values, and high individual competence.

Relational Field Lab starts from the premise that these challenges are often procedural rather than personal.

When default conditions reward speed, clarity, and coherence, certain forms of participation become normalized while others quietly disappear. Over time, this can reproduce exhaustion, exclusion, or ethical drift without explicit decision-making.

The lab supports organizations in recognizing these dynamics as situational and relational, creating space for responsibility without blame.

Outcomes

Participants typically leave with:

• increased capacity to notice how conditions shape behavior

• reduced personalization of systemic dynamics

• a shared language for discussing participation without accusation

• greater tolerance for complexity and incomplete resolution

The lab does not prescribe solutions. Any changes that follow are left to the organization.

Who this lab is typically engaged by

Relational Field Lab is typically initiated by people responsible for learning conditions, group process, or ethical practice within an organization, such as:

• program or department leads

• pedagogy or learning design roles

• facilitation or training teams

• equity, ethics, or organizational development committees

The lab does not require prior alignment or consensus and can be proposed as a low-risk pilot.

Format and scope

• 2.5 hours (adaptable to 90 minutes or extended formats)

• 8–14 participants

• Live in person or on Zoom

• Closed group, organization-specific

The lab can be offered as:

• a standalone pilot session

• part of an internal program or retreat

• a complement to leadership, pedagogy, or equity-oriented initiatives

Facilitation

Relational Field Lab is facilitated by Laura Geiger, an educator and facilitator working with relational practice and group process. Her work focuses on how conditions shape participation and how attention to those conditions can reorganize what becomes possible in groups.

Fees

Institutional fees typically range from 18,000–30,000kr for a single 2.5-hour lab, depending on context and scope.

Reduced rates are reserved for open-enrollment and individual offerings.

Next steps

Relational Field Lab is designed as a low-risk pilot.

If you are interested in exploring whether this format is appropriate for your organization, you are welcome to inquire without obligation about fit, timing, and scope.