Decision
making is full of contradictions and mystery, yet underlying every decision
making process we enter lies the need for certainty and control. We want to
know who we are, where we stand and what we stand for. The definition of true
genius is often described as the ability to hold two opposing views
simultaneously without going crazy. This conceptual state is called a paradox
and it is where our creativity is born and lives; where stillness meets
movement, where truth meets mystery, where masculine meets feminine.
Ultimately if we can become aware of the power and influence of paradox in
our decision making, we can begin to develop an increased capacity for
uncertainty, and ambiguity in ourselves, others and the world around us. By
developing this capacity for paradox, we can learn to hold opposing thoughts
simultaneously that might otherwise be suppressed enabling deeper insights -
the essence of creativity itself..
In
this session, using a simple dialogue technique designed around a series of
fundamental paradoxical questions, we will focus on recognising the paradoxes
in our thinking, we will experience how to hold and live with them and
observe the way they merge to provide meaningful insight and a way forward.
About Ralph Kerle
Dr.
Ralph Kerle, MCI, DADA, h.c. is an internationally respected thought leader,
creative facilitator and writer on organizational innovation, creative
leadership and behaviours. He has a specific interest in designing creative
leadership and creativity workshops framed around arts based processes as a
way of recognising and developing creative practices at work. His belief is
organizational innovation is the outcomes of creative behaviours that occur
in practice in a work context. If we can understand how we behave creatively
in a work context then we can begin to improve, develop and be creative
around our work practices regardless of our profession or position.
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Community of Practice | Established 1992
22 October 2014
‘It's All True - The Gifts of Light and Shade in the Power of Paradox’ with Ralph Kerle | Monday November 10, 2014
2 October 2014
Working in the Here and Now: Case-in-Point teaching methodology and its relevance for leading in a changing world | with Nick Ellem | Monday October 13, 5.30 PM
Ron Heifetz & Marty Linsky's work on Adaptive Leadership at
Harvard has gained attention across the globe by promoting a "here and now"
approach towards building leadership capacity.
Sharon Daloz Parks writes about the processes and practice of
Heifetz in his classroom teaching leadership to mid-career and senior leaders.
Called ""case-in-point" (CIP) teaching, this pedagogical method
focuses on implementing concepts of Heifetz' theory within the class itself,
turning the classroom into a live laboratory where learners can analyse the
immediate, relevant leadership dynamics occurring before them.
CIP works on several assumptions about leadership:
1) leadership is an art not a
science
2) leadership is about adaptation
and change, therefore
3) requires engaging in an iterative
process of experimentation & learning that is difficult, and often elicits
uneven distribution of loss
4) people represent the possibility
and constraint within the system (organisation or community) they are trying to
mobilise
5) therefore the ability to be able
to step out of the system and onto the balcony in real-time will open up more
diagnostic and action options for exercising leadership and maximising chances
of success.
The benefits of Heifetz' CIP model help individuals realise the
current disparity between learning, teaching, and applying leadership whereby
educators may discuss leadership "live" cases or examples within the
classroom itself, but often relegate the analysis of impact of personal
leadership capacity to individual reflection.
In the short time we have together will look at key ideas within
in the theory and practice of teaching adaptive leadership and explore
implications for facilitating leadership development.
Guest Facilitator: Nick Ellem, Harvard trained senior leadership development
consultant and coach specialised in working with organisations, teams and
individuals to identify their adaptive leadership challenges, facilitate
problem solving and build capacity to exercise leadership. The Adaptive
Leadership Framework used in our programs grew out of the work of its
co-founders Dr Ronald Heifetz and Martin Linsky at Harvard University, who
have spent the last 30 years developing leadership art and practice.
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Venue: [Our usual venue]
University of Technology
Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street. Room 5.580 Level 5,
Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge,
walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time:
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm
sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up
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