- is at the leading edge of conversational leadership practice in Ireland
- is exceptionally well networked nationally and globally with leading change and leadership development practitioners
- is committed to forming new partnerships and networks that make a sustainable difference
Challenging times require fresh approaches.
Posted in Coaching, Rethinking, leadership on Mar 31st, 2009 No Comments »
There are loads of people out there who can offer you coaching - business coaching, life coaching, executive coaching etc etc etc and that’s a great thing.
Our coaching has one focus - How can you make the difference you want to make in the world ?
Posted in Appreciative Inquiry on Mar 31st, 2009 No Comments »
We are not short of things that we can be gloomy about.
All organisations and systems have problems and can spend a very long time indeed talking about them, looking at them, thinking about them, seeking ’solutions’ that may not actually exist if it’s not that ‘type’ of problem, etc etc
Appreciative Inquiry starts in a different [...]
Posted in Open Space Technology on Mar 31st, 2009 2 Comments »
It all began when someone called Harrison Owen noticed that the best learning and best conversations at most big conferences and events were happening in the coffee breaks. Oh dear.
Conference organisers spend loads of time, effort and money arranging formats, flying experts across the world etc; when actually all the resources that everyone needed were [...]
Posted in World Cafe on Mar 31st, 2009 No Comments »
Do you know that feeling of four or five people sat at a table having an absolutely brilliant conversation ?
Absolutely brilliant conversations start with great questions, continue with a diversity of perspectives and finish with everyone understanding things differently.
Posted in Action Learning on Mar 30th, 2009 No Comments »
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The world is a mad place. Many of us have mad jobs and sadly many of us don’t have jobs at all. The training course to tell us what we need to know to deal with all this madness and complexity doesn’t exist.
And yet we know, we need a [...]
Posted in Theory U on Mar 30th, 2009 No Comments »
I’ve mentioned elsewhere on this site how useful I find the Einstein quote along the lines of ‘you can’t solve a problem at the same level at which it was created’. Theory U is, I reckon, the best answer going to the question ‘how do you get to a different level?’
Posted in Art of Hosting on Mar 30th, 2009 No Comments »
“One of the best things I have ever done” So there.
The ‘Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter’ - what kind of snappy name is that? - how about ‘The Arts of facilitating and having the most brilliant deep conversations with wonderful people about the most amazing things and then doing something about it’ [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 10th, 2009 No Comments »
I have it on good authority that birthing processes can be painful and that labour can go on a lot longer than you want it to ….
Posted in Rethinking on Mar 10th, 2009 No Comments »
There are two types of work that really thrill me :
(i) when diverse people come together and share perspectives so that new understandings emerge and new thinking is made possible
(ii) when existing groups of people have really important conversations that they have never had before
The Change Exploratory helps design and implement change and leadership development processes that make a difference, combining facilitation, coaching and consultancy to fit particular contexts.
