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Are you ready to unlock your self-improvement potential? Consider mind mapping because mind mapping is a powerful tool for personal growth that can help you visualize your aspirations and break free from self-limiting beliefs. Okay, here's how - start by creating a mind map with your central goal in the middle. Then, branch out with ideas, challenges, and steps that are needed to achieve that goal for elevating your life and achieving self-improvement. This visual representation will clarify your thoughts and help keep you motivated. Challenge limiting beliefs towards personal growth by writing them down and questioning their validity. Replace any negative thoughts with positive affirmations. It's important to set small, achievable goals, and celebrate all self-improvement progress. Lastly, practice gratitude daily to enhance your perspective. Go forth with mind mapping to take the first step towards your transformation today!
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Semanalmente estarei divulgando os trechos com os melhores trechos das entrevistas "Bate-bola" realizadas com convidados especiais para abordar diferentes temáticas. ✨
Tema: Aprendizados ao trabalhar com mediação de conflitos
Magali compartilha quem é para além do currículo, conta da sua experiência ao trabalhar com mediação de conflitos, sobre a importância de ter um olhar curioso, o desejo de resolver aquele conflito. Compartilha um dos seus maiores aprendizados ao trabalhar com mediação de conflitos, seu desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional, olhar para si mesma e ampliar a sua autoconsciência.
Bio da convidada: Psicóloga de formação, Magali Lopes é mediadora de conflitos e facilitadora de diálogos. Escritora do livro Dialogo e Conexão - como o Action Learning pode suprir as necessidades mais urgentes do século XXI. Atuou por 15 anos em empresas multinacionais, implementando processos de desenvolvimento em países dos continentes americano, europeu e asiático. Formada em Coaching e Mediação de Conflitos Organizacionais, é Professional Certified Coach pela ICF, Mestre de Action Learning e Presidente do WIAL (World Institute for Action Learning) e co-fundadora da Eight Diálogos Transformadores. É pesquisadora independente de Comunicação Empática com base na Comunicação Não Violenta e Fluxonomia 4d – criação de futuros com base nas novas economias. Acredita na inteligência coletiva para solucionar problemas complexos de forma ágil e criativa e segue facilitando o desenvolvimento de times de alta performance.
Diálogo e Conexão Psicóloga. Especialista em mediação de conflitos @magalilopes
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This week I continue my series on Appreciate Inquiry with the Four I Model of Appreciative Inquiry. a practical way to create positive change in your organization
So, what’s the Four I Model all about? It’s a simple framework that helps teams move good ideas from the ground level all the way up to upper management and stakeholders.
Otto Scharmer’s Theory U offers a five-step framework for leading change through awareness and empathy. This presentation examines how the model helps individuals and organizations shift from reactive, ego-driven patterns to collaborative, forward-thinking systems. By emphasizing curiosity, compassion, and courage, Theory U equips leaders to navigate uncertainty and co-create transformative futures. Its versatility extends beyond business to education, healthcare, government, and the arts, positioning it as a holistic approach to learning and leading from the future as it emerges.
Completed as part of Daemen University's Masters in Leadership & Innovation program. Learn more about this and my other LEAD presentations at https://bit.ly/GarrityLEAD
Learn how to let people self-organize around the topics that truly matter — and watch motivation and ownership rise naturally.
In this 5-minute video you’ll discover: • How to run an Open Space session from start to finish • The four principles and the Law of Two Feet • When to use Open Space to unleash collective energy and commitment
⚡ Open Space is one of five practical tools in The Five Best Group Tools series: ✳️ Me/We/Us – How to get everyone involved in reflection and decision making ☕ Café Method – How to create relaxed, high-energy conversations that build connection 💥 Dynamic Facilitation – How to turn disagreement into shared insight and creative breakthroughs 🌍 Open Space – How to let people self-organize around what truly matters 💡 Idealogue – How to generate and align ideas through structured creativity
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LEVELING UP OD: HARNESSING SIMS & GAMING FOR CHANGE Featured Speaker: William J. Rothwell, Ph.D.
Discover how cutting-edge simulations and serious gaming are accelerating learning and change in organizations. Drawing on his books featuring action research, appreciative inquiry, and 20 major OD intervention simulations, Dr. Rothwell will share practical examples of how these tools can enhance engagement, drive effective change, and develop OD capabilities. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas to bring fresh, interactive approaches to their own OD practice.
Dr. William J. Rothwell is Professor Emeritus at Penn State University and President of Rothwell & Associates, Inc. With over five decades of experience in HR, OD, and talent development, he’s worked with more than 50 multinational organizations and governments and chaired over 120 Ph.D. committees worldwide. The author of 169 books, Dr. Rothwell is celebrated for shaping global best practices and is the recipient of numerous prestigious industry awards for his work across business, government, and academia.
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Most workplaces try to fix what’s broken — but real progress starts when we focus on what’s already working.
In this video, we explore Appreciative Inquiry (AI) , a powerful, positive method for creating lasting change at work. You’ll learn the 5-D Cycle of Appreciative Inquiry (Define, Discover, Dream, Design, Destiny) and how to use it to boost collaboration, engagement, and innovation in your team or organization.
Whether you’re a manager, HR professional, team leader, or job seeker, this episode will help you shift your mindset from “problem-solving” to “possibility-building.”
🧠 What You’ll Learn:
What Appreciative Inquiry is and how it works
The 5 steps of the Appreciative Inquiry model
How focusing on strengths drives better results
Practical ways to apply AI in your workplace
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Zest fuels success and satisfaction - but how do you tap into it? Dr Galia shares practical ways to bring more energy and passion into your daily life.
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Brian and Louie make a primer for the upcoming PLASN-r meeting where they'll explore the topic of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for teachers in autism education. They highlight the limitations of current CPD practices, emphasizing the need for a more practical and collaborative approach. The conversation introduces the concept of Appreciative Inquiry, a strengths-based model aimed at improving teaching practices by building on what already rocks! Brian might also go off on one to critique the framing of SEND as a crisis.00:00 Introduction to the Plaza Podcast00:40 Discussing the Literature 00:52 Understanding CPD for Teachers02:53 Appreciative Inquiry in CPD05:38 Challenges in the Current Education System06:41 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Summary: Journey through hope, despair, and forgiveness Leaders cannot predict the complex challenges they are called on to face. Veteran consultants Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell show that Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an invaluable tool to build resilience. AI is a widely used change approach that emphasizes identifying what's working well in a system. Leaders can use AI to increase their ability to weather the storms they'll inevitably encounter and be resilient. A profound guide, this book features personal accounts from leaders across a variety of settings describing how they've practiced appreciative resilience in the ongoing cycle of hope, despair, and forgiveness.
El Modelo Cynefin te ayuda a reconocer qué tipo de problema estás enfrentando en tu proyecto y cuál es la mejor forma de actuar: simple, complicado, complejo, caótico o desorden.
#TeoriaU - Quando lasci andare e ti apri al nuovo, il cambiamento diventa reale. Ascoltalo da chi l’ha vissuto.
La Theory U di Otto Scharmer – professore al MIT di Boston e fondatore del Presencing Institute – è una metodologia di cambiamento ed evoluzione individuale e collettiva. Sviluppata in oltre venti anni di studi e già utilizzata con successo da numerosi leader, in tutto il mondo, per affrontare i grandi cambiamenti del futuro.
Il Coach Adamo è tra i massimi esperti di TEORIA-U in Italia, è facilitatore della TEORIA-U e nel 2019 ha fondato il primo U-lab per la sperimentazione della Teoria-U.
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The site shut down in 2020. "You can't go on site anymore." ⛔ So how do you keep a massive project running? Open-space technology. A 360° camera on a hard hat let the entire team access the site remotely. Problem solved. 💡
The best intentions of mice and men... aft never leave the conference centre, according to this week's guest, Dave Snowden.
Founder of The Cynefin Company, Dave is a management consultant and complexity scientist who has worked for governments and institutions around the world to help them better understand what populations need, and how to deliver it to them. He joins me today to explain why solutions fail, why populism is on the rise, and why the middle class' penchant for what he calls "talking therapy" will never deliver real change—because it ignores the stories on the street.
This is a conversation which explores geo-engineering, putting oil companies to good use, The Troubles and even Obama's first term, with Dave insisting that it is impossible to change people's minds—we can only facilitate different interactions with the world.
Stop building Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) without a clear strategy for the unintended consequences of AI! As senior software developers, architects, and engineering leaders, we are seeing the rise of autonomous, self-learning multi-agent systems—and with them, an alarming increase in system complexity.
Nimisha Asthagiri (Thoughtworks) cuts through the hype to present essential systems thinking and complexity theory frameworks (like the Cynefin and Iceberg models) needed to design responsible AI. Learn how to identify and govern the vicious 'reinforcing loops' that lead to undesirable outcomes like algorithmic addiction, burnout, and ethical misalignment, using real-world examples from social media to meeting scheduler agents.
⏱️ Video Timestamps (For Navigation) 0:00 The Urgent Problem: Complexity & The Tragedy of the Commons 1:25 Case Study: Unintended Consequences of Social Media 4:50 Causal Flow Diagrams (CFD) Explained 5:40 New AI Risks: Frontier Models & Fake Alignment 9:15 Automated Agents: CFD on Workload, Objectivity & Misconduct 15:00 Mapping AI Use Cases: Algorithm Aversion vs. Algorithmic Appreciation 18:50 Defining an Agent & How It Differs from Microservices 23:00 Multi-Agent Design Patterns (RAG, Chain of Thought, Reflection) 27:15 Agent Topologies: Orchestration vs. Decentralization Tradeoffs 30:00 The Cynefin Framework: Taming Complicated vs. Wicked Complex Problems 32:05 The Iceberg Metaphor: Events, Patterns, Structures, & Mental Models 36:30 Case Study: Drawing a CFD for a Meeting Scheduler Agent 40:55 Practical Tools for Behavioral Observation & Explainability (LIME, SHAP) 43:30 Architectural Boundaries: Human-in-the-Loop & Governance Agents 47:45 Q&A: The Ethics of Influencing Behavior vs. Solving Problems
Want a practical way to spark positive change? Discover how Appreciative Inquiry transforms teams and projects with clear steps and real examples. Limited time price drop of 61 percent makes this guide just 7.30 dollars. Act now to bring fresh momentum to your work and life.
De video geeft een overzicht van Appreciative Inquiry (AI), een krachtige benadering voor organisatieverandering. AI richt zich op het identificeren en versterken van successen en sterke punten binnen een organisatie, in plaats van uitsluitend tekortkomingen te analyseren. De methode is ontwikkeld door David Cooperrider en Suresh Srivastva en steunt theoretisch op sociaal constructivisme en systeemdenken. De video legt de praktijk van AI uit aan de hand van de 4D/5D-cyclus (Define, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver), die de stappen voor positieve verandering structureert. Tot slot bespreekt de video de voordelen van AI, zoals verhoogde motivatie en eigenaarschap, maar benoemt ook de kritiek dat het risico bestaat dat problemen worden genegeerd.
CEOs must exhibit the opposite of chaos - calm - and deploy a culturally appropriate inspiring mandate, organizational vigilance, and interactive leadership.
Summary: Now in a second edition, this classic book shows how to make conversations generative and productive rather than critical and destructive so people, organizations, and communities flourish. We know that conversations influence us, but we rarely stop to think about how much impact they have on our well-being and ability to thrive. This book is the first to show how Appreciative Inquiry-a widely used change method that focuses on identifying what's working and building on it rather than just trying to fix what's broken-can help us communicate more effectively and flourish in all areas of our lives. By focusing on what we want to happen instead of what we want to avoid and asking questions to deepen understanding and increase possibilities, we expand creativity, improve productivity, and unleash potential at work and home. Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres use real-life examples to illustrate how these two practices and the principles that underlie them foster connection, innovation, and success. This edition has been revised throughout with new examples; updates on the latest supporting research in neuroscience, positive science, and positive psychology; and a discussion guide. It also features a new chapter on what the authors call tuning in: cultivating awareness of how our physical and mental state affect our perceptions, emotions, and thoughts as we engage in conversation. This book teaches you how to use the practices and principles of Appreciative Inquiry to strengthen relationships, build effective teams, and generate possibilities for a future that works for everyone.
Audiobook ID: 332992 Author: C. Otto Scharmer Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration
Summary: Creating a Better Future This book offers a concise, accessible guide to the key concepts and applications in Otto Scharmer's classic Theory U. Scharmer argues that our capacity to pay attention coshapes the world. What prevents us from attending to situations more effectively is that we aren't fully aware of that interior condition from which our attention and actions originate. Scharmer calls this lack of awareness our blind spot. He illuminates the blind spot in leadership today and offers hands-on methods to help change makers overcome it through the process, principles, and practices of Theory U. And he outlines a framework for updating the “operating systems” of our educational institutions, our economies, and our democracies. This book enables leaders and organizations in all industries and sectors to shift awareness, connect with the highest future possibilities, and strengthen the capacity to co-shape the future.
I have a lot I love for my local library here on Bowen Island. Today I’m deeply appreciating the rotating display of works from our local fabric arts guild.The Annex, my office away from hom…...
Briefing: A Leader's Framework for Decision Making Source: Excerpts from "Snowdon-and-Boone-A-Leader's-Framework-for-Decision-Making_0.pdf" by David J. Snowden and Mary E. Boone This document outlines a new approach to leadership and decision-making based on complexity science, introducing the Cynefin framework. The core premise is that "Good leadership is not a one-size-fits-all proposition" and that effective executives must "tailor their approach to fit the complexity of the circumstances they face."
I. Core Concept: The Cynefin Framework The Cynefin (pronounced ku-nev-in) framework categorizes situations into five contexts, each demanding a distinct leadership approach. This framework helps leaders "sense which context they are in so that they can not only make better decisions but also avoid the problems that arise when their preferred management style causes them to make mistakes." The five contexts are:
Simple Contexts (Ordered): The Domain of Best Practice Characteristics: Stability, clear cause-and-effect relationships easily discernible by everyone ("known knowns"). The right answer is self-evident and undisputed. Examples include routine order processing or loan payment processing. Leader's Job: "Sense, categorize, and respond." Assess facts, categorize them, and apply established best practices. A command-and-control style works best, with straightforward directives and delegated decisions. Danger Signals:Oversimplification: Misclassifying complex issues as simple. Entrained Thinking: Being "blinded to new ways of thinking by the perspectives they acquired through past experience, training, and success." Complacency: Becoming complacent when things are going smoothly, leading to delayed reactions if the context changes. Overreliance on Best Practice: Best practice is "by definition, past practice," and can hinder adaptation if the context shifts. Response to Danger Signals: Create channels for dissent, stay connected without micromanaging, recognize limitations of best practice. Complicated Contexts (Ordered): The Domain of Experts Characteristics: Multiple right answers exist. Cause-and-effect relationships are discoverable but not immediately apparent to everyone ("known unknowns"). Requires expertise to diagnose. Leader's Job: "Sense, analyze, and respond." This often involves creating panels of experts and listening to conflicting advice. Good practice is more appropriate than best practice, as multiple valuable options may exist. Danger Signals:Expert Entrained Thinking: Experts, having invested in their knowledge, may dismiss innovative suggestions from nonexperts. Analysis Paralysis: Experts may reach a stalemate due to entrained thinking or ego. Response to Danger Signals: Encourage external and internal stakeholders to challenge expert opinions, use experiments and games to foster creative thinking, and be aware of the trade-off between finding the "right" answer and making a timely decision. Complex Contexts (Unordered): The Domain of Emergence Characteristics: No single right answer; cause-and-effect relationships are only discernible in retrospect ("unknown unknowns"). The system is dynamic, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and solutions "arise from the circumstances" (emergence). Much of contemporary business has shifted to this domain. Leader's Job: "Probe first, then sense, and then respond." Leaders must "patiently allow the path forward to reveal itself" through safe-to-fail experiments. The goal is to set the stage, allow patterns to emerge, and identify desirable ones. Danger Signals:Falling back into Command-and-Control: The temptation to demand fail-safe plans with defined outcomes, which stifles emergence. Intolerance of Failure: Failure is "an essential aspect of experimental understanding." Overcontrol: Preempting opportunities for informative patterns to emerge. Response to Danger Signals: Be patient, encourage interaction, and use specific tools: Open up the discussion: Employ large group methods (e.g., positive deviance). Set barriers: Establish simple rules that allow the system to self-regulate (e.g., eBay's initial rules). Stimulate attractors: Introduce "small stimuli and probes" that resonate and gain momentum. Encourage dissent and diversity: Use methods like "ritual dissent" to foster robust debate.
Un viaggio dentro sé stessi, che si chiude con gratitudine e nuove visioni: ascolta il feedback di chi c’era al laboratorio della #TeoriaU.
La Theory U di Otto Scharmer – professore al MIT di Boston e fondatore del Presencing Institute – è una metodologia di cambiamento ed evoluzione individuale e collettiva. Sviluppata in oltre venti anni di studi e già utilizzata con successo da numerosi leader, in tutto il mondo, per affrontare i grandi cambiamenti del futuro.
Il Coach Adamo è tra i massimi esperti di TEORIA-U in Italia, è facilitatore della TEORIA-U e nel 2019 ha fondato il primo U-lab per la sperimentazione della Teoria-U.
Master Coach Italia | Scuola di Coaching Sedi: Bari - Milano - Roma www.mastercoachitalia.com info@mastercoachitalia.com 800960214 (gratuito anche dai cellulari) 3475820941 (whatsapp)
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