Change Exploratory

Embodied Presence and Theory U

Chris — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:03:18 +0000

The picture is of Arawana Hayashi, a very interesting person indeed …... Arawana is coming to Dublin and will be leading the first workshop in a new strand of leadership work happening at Cultivate, the Sustainability Resource Centre / Living and Learning Centre now re-located to St Andrews St. Full details are on the attached flier. embodied-presence-and-theory-u9march2010 We are [...]

“Leadership development is not about filling a gap but about igniting a field of inspired connection and action”

Chris — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:12:21 +0000

The quotation above is from Otto Scharmer, the originator of Theory U - I am finding myself using it all the time. (OK, ‘all the time’ is an exaggeration, that would be silly, I’m finding myself using it a lot) . ‘Igniting fields of inspired connection and action’ is a wonderful summary of how I see the [...]

Authentic Leadership in Action - ALIA Europe

Chris — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:59:05 +0000

ALIA Europe took place from January 10 to 16 2010 at Mennorode in the Netherlands and I am so humble and appreciative to be able to say that I was part of the hosting team. . Working with Lenneke Aalbers (http://www.schoolofsynnervation.nl/en/people.php) and Chris Grant (http://www.14aconversations.com/) on the hosting team and the amazing people from ALIA itself and [...]

Inspirational leadership

Chris — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:17:09 +0000

There are so many styles of leadership, so many great resources and so many perspectives to come from. If you want a treat and have 45 minutes to spare, then settle down and watch the video on the link below. Tim \’Mac\’ Macartney at Climate Change Champion event - Dublin 27/11/09 ‘Mac’ was our keynote speaker at a [...]

Supporting Change Leaders in Transformational Times

Chris — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:52:21 +0000

The biggest divide I constantly experience is between people who are still playing the ‘old game’ and working harder and harder for their share of the cake and people who are willing to engage in the deep work and know that ‘new cake’ is going to taste quite different. Being a Change Leader when those around [...]

Becoming a sustainability change agent

Chris — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:21:49 +0000

A couple of pieces of work lately have led me to having to produce something brief about how being a ’sustainability change agent’ may differ from doing other change work … . Joy of joys ! This is what my Masters dissertation was about, so dropping the references to ‘hermeneutical phenomenology’ and that kind of thing, I [...]

Integral life practice

Chris — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:28:31 +0000

Things are getting exciting in so many ways. So much positive going on in the world. So many signs of possible breakthroughs. ‘Integral life practice’ is one of the cutting edges and ‘The Change Exploratory’ is absolutely delighted to be part of co-promoting the visit to Dublin of one of the very leading figures of the [...]

Time for a difficult conversation

Chris — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:10:01 +0000

In Ireland today the media is full of conversations about how to save €5 billion or so of public spending, except of course they are not really conversations at all …. Conversations are where people genuinely try to listen to each other and understand each other, maybe try and see if there are other ways of [...]

Spiral Dynamics and Humpty Dumpty

Chris — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:51:16 +0000

Most of us will know more about the story of Humpty Dumpty than we do about the story of Spiral Dynamics … . The thing about Humpty Dumpty is he had a big fall and then (please ignore the sexism of it all) all the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again. In [...]

Opening up the cracks of possibility !

Chris — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:55:26 +0000

. We are at a pivotal time - we can get stuck in the doom and the gloom or we can learn to work together better and start to open up the cracks of possibility …. . It is becoming more and more obvious that the key to opening up the cracks of possibility is in holding the [...]