Learning from our ancestors - Following the steps of wisdom traditions

Change is the only constant in our lives at every level, personal and professional, yet we are afraid and reluctant to embrace it. Ancient wisdom traditions have processes and structures that help us to deepen our understanding of our connections to the myriad networks that surround us. This enables to centre and balance us which strengthen our capacity to work with change instead of resisting it, be it in complex organisations or at a personal level. I'd use different experiential and reflective learning tools during the workshop including pair and small group work so that participants can begin a process and journey which they are able to continue afterwards. We live in a very mechanistic and target driven world where we only value what can be measured. This impairs our ability to think and act creatively. The workshop will aim to mobilise this creativity, however briefly, to motivate participants to take something positive back into their lives.

Aims of the session:

At the end of the session participants will enhance

• their understanding of dynamic interaction of change processes in individuals and wider networks
• their ability to work with practical self-empowerment techniques to support the change journey in themselves
• their creative ability to work with fear of and resistance to change in formal group structures
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Methodology:

The workshop will use experiential and interactive methodologies. We will use ourselves as primary learning material. The areas we will focus on will include mindfulness, energy mapping, understanding endings and beginnings through ceremonies and rituals.
The few hours we spend together will be a brief stop on our change journey to share, inspire and acquire some practical knowledge and tools to help us to continue on our way. The time is not enough but I hope it’ll be a beginning of something positive.

Sprache / Language: English
Name / Name: Sumita Dutta
Land / Country: United Kingdom, originally from India
Persönliches Profil / Personal profile: Sumita is currently working as a European Programme Manager for an organisation based in London. Her experience and expertise is cross-sectoral and covers wide ranging areas including organisation development, human potential and empowerment work, human rights, gender and race equality. She has developed and facilitated a number of interactive and participatory training programmes.

Theorie U und facilitating change in der Praxis

Uns hat das Modell der Theory U in der Praxis geholfen, einen realen Change Prozess in einem mittelständischen Unternehmen zu begleiten. An diesem emergenten Prozess und den daraus gewonnenen Erkenntnissen möchten wir die Workshopteilnehmer partizipieren lassen.
Wie schaffen wir es mit unserem Ansatz „Facilitating Change“, der die Theory „U“ als Leitfaden benutzt, ein Unternehmen in Bewegung zu bringen?
Ziel der Veranstaltung:
Mit Kollegen und anderen Interessierten unseren Prozess nachvollziehbar und erlebbar machen und in einen kollegialen Austausch über Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Ansatzes in der Praxis gehen.
Nutzen für die Teilnehmer:

• Aus der Praxis für die Praxis
• Teilschritte selber erleben und ausprobieren
• Vertiefen und reflektieren im Dialog
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Sprache / Language: Deutsch
Name / Name: Barbara Zuber und Renate Franke
Land / Country: Deutschland
Persönliches Profil / Personal profile: Seit vielen Jahren als Facilitator, Trainer und Coach in internationalen Unternehmen und im Mittelstand tätig. Als Coach in der Begleitung von persönlichen Veränderungs-und Entwicklungsprozessen, als Facilitator in der Begleitung von Changeprozessen. In der School-of-Facilitating geben wir unsere Erfahrungen in einer 7 moduligen Fortbildung an Führungskräfte, Personalentwickler und Berater weiter.

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