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SERVICES:   WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

We deliver support in the areas VUCA competencies, Reinvention Skills and Thrivability Capacity through a framework of lean-flow management, dynamic co-governance and conversational leadership. We do so in a number of ways, from blogs and articles, online or telephone learning, classroom workshops, facilitation services, implementation support and consultancy. Please contact us to let us know of your requirements.

FOR INDIVIDUALS

INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE WEBINARS:
Open to the public (though mainly targetted for people working in organisations) we offer tele-conference learning modules (Interactive Webinars) with optional online support material. These interactive webinars are open to participants from any organisation. People can call in from almost anywhere, from the office, hotel, home or by mobile on the move. The Schedule sheet with ongoing webinar schedule is updated regularly, so please check the latest version before making a booking. Click on the respective link below for more details.

Lean-Flow Management

Dynamic Co-Governance

Conversational Leadership

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 FREE INTERACTIVE WEBINARS (Introductory, 1 hour)

Do your operations run smoothly? Are you able to eliminate waste? How do you reduce costs? Are you able to run your business sustainably? What is blocking your workflow?

TASTER  WEBINARS:   WHY  DOES  LEAN  SO  OFTEN  FAIL?

"Lean" has been around for 30 years, yet very few organisations in the West have really gained the expected results. Why? We will explore 5 areas why lean often fails or does not deliver best results:

  • Focus on technology rather than on people
  • Piecemeal introduction, poor integration
  • Counterproductive feedback systems
  • Short-termism, poor strategy implementation
  • Insufficient management commitment to lean

You will share some workplace experience with others related to lean failings, learn at least one key point or skill. The module is for those who are possibly wondering why they are not achieving what they were hoping for from lean, or who want to be aware of the potential problems and pitfalls when implementing lean.

 

Do your meetings run smoothly? Are you able to engage everyone in the decision-making process? How do you elect representatives? Are you able to make collective decisions quickly and efficiently?

TASTER  WEBINAR:   WHY  DO  MANY STRATEGIES  FAIL?

For every 100 business books on strategy, 98 are about strategy creation and what constitutes good strategy, yet only 2 are on strategy implementation or deployment. Most organisations pay lip service to implementation, and the consequences of implementation in the process of strategy creation itself. Is it any wonder then that most strategies and policies do not work out so well? We will consider various reasons why this might be the case:

  • Poor alignment down and across the organisation
  • Internal sabbotage by not consulting all involved
  • Counterproductive feedback systems
  • Not properly thought through and not iterative either
  • Insufficient commitment across the organisation

You will share some workplace experience with others related to strategy failings, learn at least one key point or skill. The module is for those who are possibly wondering why they are not achieving what they were hoping for from their strategies, or who want to be aware of the potential problems and pitfalls when deploying a strategy.

 

Are you struggling with leadership talent? Are you getting full staff engagement? Why is leadership credibility at such a low?

LEADERSHIP CRISIS - DO WE REALLY NEED MORE HEROES?

Many share the view that there is a leadership crisis - yet the implied view is that we need new, better leaders who can lead us out of our current societal, economic and political mess, it's all because we don't have good leaders. But is this really so? Do we really need more heroes, more of the same? Or wouldn't it be better to consider how we all together, collectively, could organise and lead ourselves. We will explore options:

  • How to harness collective or collaborative wisdom
  • Without falling into the group-think trap
  • The problem with remote-control management
  • Alternative approaches to leadership
  • Alternative approaches to followship

You will share some workplace experience with others related to leadership, learn at least one key point or skill. The module is for those who are thinking our current leadership crisis and what can be done.

 


FOR GROUPS

FACE TO FACE LEARNING:
The interactive webinars are open to the general working public. For specific organisations, companies, practice groups, interest communities study circles or other established bodies we also offer on location face to face learning workshops (from 1/2 day to 5 days) at your or external premises. These can be a combination of any of the modules, or we will design a course to your specific needs.

SIMULATIONS:
Whole-body learning using simulations. We run simulations designed to either increase awareness of issues, elicit ways of handling specific situations or to practice specific skills. We also tailor-design simulations for specific client needs.

FOR ORGANISATIONS:

GUIDED GEMBA WALKS
Following the principle of 'go see, ask why and show respect' we accompany leaders of organisations to where the work is actually done and through a guided approach explore operational bottlenecks, practice genuine listening to the workforce and generally establish major areas where improvements can be made.

FACILITATION SERVICES:

  • Facilitating circle meetings
  • Facilitating governance meetings
  • Facilitating Open Space events

PRODUCTIVITY AUDIT

  • Value stream mapping
  • Environmental & waste
  • Governance audit

IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT

  • Supporting lean implementation
  • Supporting sociocratic circle organisation implementation
  • Supporting strategy alignment and deployment

CONSULTANCY, COACHING and ANY BESPOKE PACKAGE AS PER CLIENT NEEDS

 


PROBLEMS FACING ORGANISATIONS

Many companies are facing some of these problems:

  • Slow sales
  • Growing costs
  • Unstable cash flow
  • Inefficient operations
  • Poor flow of communicatrion
  • Client misunderstanding
  • Ineffective leadership
  • Lack of engagement
  • Poor collaboration
  • No agililty (unable to respond to client needs quickly)

If your organisation is faced with one of the above challenges, one or several of our programs may be able to assist. Please review our services, or please contact us so that we can work out best approach together.


OPEN ADOPTIONS

We facilitate Open Adoption meetings (e.g. Open Agile Adoptions) using Open Space to invite participants in an organisation undergoing a majore transformation, adoptation or other system change to work how to implement the adoption or change. For this we work with agile or lean coaches, scrum masters and change consultants to help them achieve their aims.


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