Stepping out of the Box - Managing Change

Change honors only the mind which is prepared.
-Louis Pasteur

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A unique, hands-on program designed to bring forth thinking, habits, and attitudes that are essential toward producing a change-oriented environment. Through demonstrations and exercises, participants learn valuable skills for managing ongoing change.

Beyond Tunnel Vision

An adaptive mindset is probably the most important asset you and your organization can have. Discover how escaping old perceptions and assumptions can make change work for you.

From Crisis to Opportunity

Change provides an ongoing opportunity to create anew - for those with the skills to innovate. Learn how to move beyond crisis management and make innovation a daily practice.

The New Organization

Discover the advantages of moving from a rigid and hard "rock" organization to a fluid and moving "water" organization. Discover how a new culture of attitude and behavior can make all the difference in successfully managing change.

Constant Change

Successful organizations are those that realize that ongoing change is now the status quo. Learn the necessary steps to keep your business continually moving and flowing.

Synergy

Change affects everyone - and the way each individual deals with change affects the whole. Synergy is the principle where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and effective teamwork and partnership is the key to change synergy.

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change. -Tom Peters, In Search of Excellence

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PROGRAM INFORMATION:

STEPPING OUT OF THE BOX: USING YOUR CREATIVE EDGE
and
STEPPING OUT OF THE BOX: MANAGING CHANGE

Stepping Out of the Box is an experiential presentation/workshop.
The content covers two elements:
innovation (creativity and problem-solving) and change management (adopting habits and attitudes to facilitate change).

LENGTH

Either topic is available as a keynote or workshop, from 45 minutes up to a full day.

MIX & MATCH

Content may be custom designed for the occasion, allowing the client to:

* focus on either innovation or change as a topic, learning and using techniques on specific issues
* combine both topics. This is a popular choice, since innovation is a natural outcome of change.

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

* for participants to notice their current way of thinking and begin to expand to a broader way of thinking.
* to bring forth habits and attitudes essential for producing an innovation and change-friendly environment.
* to learn new skills for ongoing innovation and change management.

PHILOSOPHY AND APPROACH

Stepping Out of the Box is based on the philosophy that :
* everyone is born with the ability to be innovative and adaptive, and that ongoing practice is the key to success.
* no special talent or training is required.
* innovation and change is a dynamic process, and success come from ongoing practice.

CONTENT:

THE EXERCISES

Stepping Out of the Box is delivered as a series of demonstrations and exercises. There are exercises in drawing, writing, puzzles, problem solving, visual paradoxes, and more.

In contrast to how puzzles and problems are usually presented, participants are told that it doesn't matter if you get it right, if you finish first, or even of you solve it at all. The sole purpose of the puzzles is for participants to begin to notice their own thinking system. From there they can begin to broaden their skills and resources.

Included are exercises that demonstrate:
* tunnel vision, or how our thinking and behavior tends to get locked into a consistent track.
* the idea of a paradigm shift, creating and adapting to a new set of rules and realities.
* how our perceptions limit us and how we can see beyond them to create greater options.
* how our assumptions can be dangerous, and how we can bring them to light and challenge them.
* how resistance to change can be transformed to causing change and making change work for us.
* the value of beginner's mind; going beyond familiarity and past experience to see with fresh vision.

TECHNIQUES

Various techniques are presented that allow participants to generate ideas, solve problems, and successfully manage change.

The techniques share the common elements of:
* simplicity : no manual or complicated procedures.
* versatility: can be used individually, in groups, during meetings.
* effectiveness: many participants have forwarded their business with these techniques

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