Archive for category: Disruption

Stuckness (Nathan Bragg)

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Have you ever felt “stuck” or “blocked” when facing a particular issue or challenge?

This workshop uses image games and engages group intelligence to gently define challenges and offer possible solutions. “Stuckness” can be examined for individuals or for large groups of people. While similar to Image Conversation, the Stuckness workshop offers participants the opportunity to go deeper into the examination of a particular challenge.

Stuckness participants will:

  • practice creating images to illustrate a problem or challenge
  • help hold space for deep examination of challenges illustrated
  • practice creating images to illustrate a solution or desired outcome
  • practice achieving group consensus non-verbally
  • learn to visualize the practical and emotional steps it takes to go from thorny problem to best resolution.

This workshop is especially useful in team building and promoting team problem-solving.

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Team Discovery (Nathan Bragg)

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Who is your team? What are their strengths? Where do they feel weakest or in need of improvement? Are they happy with the workload, or are they feeling over-burdened? How about you?

This workshop finds a non-threatening way to answer those questions and more.

The participants will:

  • learn the power of making interactive non-verbal polls
  • quickly learn the strengths of and challenges faced by teammates and how they feel about those attributes
  • potentially discover their own strengths and weaknesses and how they feel about those attributes

Warning: Make sure to play Icebreaker games (and perhaps also go through the Ice-Breaker workshop) beforehand to build trust among teammates. Trust is key here because the best first question may be: “I feel safe expressing my truth in this space.”

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Humour to boost compassion (Belina Raffy)

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Humour, if done well, gives us the ability to focus on and to understand difficult, complex situations which we would normally be inclined to avoid. It can give us courage to feel like we are all ‘in it together to create a better response. And it can help to reveal current dynamics in the situation which are ridiculous, silly, or genius – increasing our ability to hold ourselves and others accountable, and to adapt changes as needed. In order for us to find humorous aspects, we must mentally temporarily ‘step out’ of the situation and of how we typically think of the situation. Just doing that reminds us that these are not fixed and can change.

In this highly interactive workshop, we will:

  • Go through the basics to create a compassionate form of humour
  • Learn a basic joke structure
  • Practice exploring ideas our brains don’t normally entertain
  • Use humorous metaphors to explain aspects of complex situations
  • Understand how to become an adorable version of yourself when you present
  • Discuss how to bring these skills back to work to support corporate activism

This workshop addresses a way of communicating which helps to engage others in co-created change using compassion and delight.

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This Changes Everything (Kirsten Siggins)

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We live in a complex global world where demands of leaders are increasing everyday. With a focus on transparency, inclusion, equality, agility, possibility and collaboration, how can leaders leverage themselves to live, work and play in a way that is respectful, sustainable, and most important, fun?

The answer is simple. Curious conversations. Hiding behind texts, emails and social media, conversational skills are the most important skills leaders are failing to engage in. Research out of Stanford is showing that 9 out of 10 conversations miss the mark. Research is also showing organizations are focused on ‘soft’ skills that have hard impacts: communication skills, critical thinking, agility – all of which require curiosity.

These are skills that are expected of leaders but are never taught. Curious conversations are the disruptor needed to thrive in our global, multigenerational workplace. In our interactive workshop, participants will experience how curious conversations are at the forefront of innovation and collaboration in a time where demands are high and resources are low. Participants will experience and learn:

  • The value of different perspectives, there is never just one way to do anything
  • Communication skills to shift leaders from reacting to intentionally responding
  • Self-awareness, clarity around how they are showing up as a leader, their impact and turning barriers into bridges
  • The skills needed to collaborate, innovate, problem solve & manage emotions. Skills that are currently expected of leaders but have never been taught.

An organizations success lies in their leaders’ ability to confidently disrupt the status quo, step out of comfort zones while also being inclusive and collaborative, as they reflect rather than react.

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The Art of Leading Change (Yvonne Ruke Akpoveta)

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Practicing Change Management is often considered both an Art and Science. This workshop focuses on the art of leading change and the needed competencies, going beyond ‘methodologies’ and ‘models’.

It also explores tools needed to lead change in today’s fast-paced and disruptive business environment, most especially as we embark into the fourth industrial revolution of AI, Robotics etc., where being agile and responsive to change is a must-have.

The workshop will delve into the complexities associated with navigating fear and resistance from a variety of stakeholders across the organization; working with senior leaders to get their buy-in and co-operation; and how to more effectively collaborate with internal project team members, and to overcome common barriers encountered during the process of leading and managing organizational change.

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Image Conversation (Nathan Bragg)

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Judgment is inherent in language. Both spoken and written language try to reduce complex ideas into something quickly digestible; a side effect is that language can feel like accusation: “Have you tried this…?” Or “This is how WE do it.” This sort of communication is subtly violent and often drives a wedge between people, separating “Us” into “Us/Them” groups. This violence is stripped away when we communicate through images.

Participants in this workshop will practice making images using their own bodies (and/or using objects in the room); they will be asked to “Show, don’t tell.” They also will also practice “listening” with their eyes; this is important because watchers must provide the words, if there are any to be said.

The participants will:

  • practice creating images to illustrate a problem or challenge
  • practice creating images to illustrate a solution or desired outcome
  • practice achieving group consensus non-verbally
  • learn to visualize the practical and emotional steps it takes to go from thorny problem to best resolution.

This workshop is especially useful in team building and promoting team problem-solving.

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