THRIVING IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD: MOVING BEYOND CRISIS THROUGH ACTION LEARNING WIAL – USA and Global Conference Mary Stacey MA OOccttoobbeerr, 22001155 1 THRI2VING IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD: MOVING BEYOND CRISIS THROUGH ACTION LEARNING Session Objectives • Overview a custom designed Action Learning program which delivered multiple strategic results in a short period of time in an organization facing multiple, simultaneous crises • Explore the how the DNA Cafe integrated with other initiatives and evolved to keep pace with the leadership team’s development • Look at the gains made at the individual and team levels, particularly in relation to bridging from technical to adaptive leadership, as indicated through program evaluations CONTEXT’S PRACTICE University Transformation Teaching Initiatives IInnnnoovvaattiioonn Multi‐ Projects in Stakeholder Leadership Collaborations Development 3 MULTI‐STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION Context Clients in the Midst of Complexity What if we take a multi‐disciplinary 2004 approach to establishing a roadmap for on‐ orbit servicing of the Hubble telescope? How can we transcend jurisdictional 2011 viewpoints and re‐set annual quotas for EEastern AArctiic pollar bbear management?? What narrative around Climate Change will 22001133 bbe suffffiiciientt tto addddress tthhe compllexiitty off the challenge we face? WWhhaatt iiss oouurr vviieeww ooff oouurrsseellvveess aass aa GGlloobbaall Network Leadership Team? What individual 2014 and collective capabilities do we need to help our business thrive? 4 GLOBAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY The design of the Retreat relies on a view of leadership as a creative aacctt iinn aa rraappiiddllyy cchhaannggiinngg wwoorrlldd,, aanndd aa vviieeww ooff lleeaaddeerrsshhiipp ddeevveellooppmmeenntt aass building the personal capacity—or spaciousness, and collective capacity —or collaborative space for such creative acts, in order to thrive in the midst of increasingglyy compplex dilemmas. 5 6 OUR APPROACH TO ACTION LEARNING •• BBuuiilldd tthhee ccaappaacciittyy ttoo tthhrriivvee iinn complexity: a space of paradox, and not‐ knowing; a disruptor to break appart the status qquo;; a pprocess that supports emergent chang e • Provide an ‘oasis’ to reflect and expand in the midst of compression : pressure and stress, decreased vitality; time, thinking and relationship scarciity; ffragmentatiion andd criisiis mind A problem that is ggeneratively complex cannot • CContext’’s CCUUEEDD ffor AActiion: be solved with a pre‐packaged solution from the generative questioning process to past. A solution has to be worked out as the surface assumptions, open to situation unfolds, through a creative, emergent, ggenerative process. ppoossssiibbiilliittiieess, ttaakkee eemmeerrggeenntt aaccttiioonn ‐ Kahane, A. Solving Tough Problems, 2004 A DESIGN WELL MATCHED TO COMPLEX CONDITIONS CCoommpplliiccaatteedd Complex Cause‐effect requires investigation and/or Cause‐effect is only perceptible in retrospect application of expertise Probe – Sense ‐ Respond Sense‐Analyze‐Respond EEmmeerrggeenntt pprraaccttiicceess Good practices Disorder Chaotic Simple No cause effect relationships at system level Cause‐effect is known Act‐Sense‐Respond Sense‐Categorize‐Respond Novel practices Best practices DELIBERATELY DEVELOPMENTAL Proggress for their empployyees means becomingg not onlyy more capable and conventionally successful but also more flexible, creative and resilient in the face of the challenges – ffoorr bbootthh ppeerrssoonnaall aanndd oorrggaanniizzaattiioonnaall ggrroowwtthh—tthhaatt tthheessee companies deliberately set before them. Kegan, R. and Lahey, L (forthcoming, 2016) An Everyone Culture: Becoming Deliberately Developmental Organization 8 PLANNED TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE Dialogic OD is not about having better dialogues. It is about the process of planned, transformational change. • Create containers – spaces where new conversations can take place • Disrupt the status quo – we know things don’t hold together any more and we can’t go back • Identify the adaptive challenge – hold the complexity and acknowledge the need for emergence • Emphasize generativity – future focused, possibility centric as opposed to problem solving • Foster conditions that lead to new ideas – without prior commitment to any specific change • Enrich social networks – so people with similar ideas and motivation can find eachh othher • Encourage self‐organizing experimentation – see what emerges • Monitor, amplify, and embed – scale up successful innovations ‐Bushe, G. Leadership and Dialogic Organization Development: Creating a New Narrative of Leadership for a Complex World 9 10 THE CHANGE CONTEXT
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