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Adaptive Action, Artful Perceptionwith Glenda Eoyang & Wendy Morris
In this highly experiential module, you will learn how to develop flexibility in perception and response in order to influence a future you cannot predict or control. You will discover how to take action that is sensitive, thoughtful and effective. You will gain an embodied understanding of principles and tools that help you learn from the past and act in the present, while setting up conditions for a positive future. With a spirit of mindfulness and serious play linked with a profound understanding of complex dynamics, we will engage diverse learning styles — kinesthetic, visual and verbal — to explore new concepts and provoke insight. We will reflect, move, write, and experience self-organizing processes. We will draw lessons from creative process exercises and from the natural world. We will analyze those lessons using a Human Systems Dynamics frame and apply them to complex challenges in our work and lives. Using our most sticky issues as practice examples, we will generate innovative options for action. In this module you will
Throughout this module, you will cultivate your resourcefulness and enhance your ability to develop options even when you cannot anticipate outcomes. This module will prepare you to co-create possibilities for your self, family, team, organization and community. This module is for leaders, consultants, and specialists in any field where people interact in unpredictable ways, groups pursue shared objectives, and an uncertain future unfolds minute-by-minute. 
Dr. Glenda Eoyang is a pioneer in the field of complexity and human systems dynamics (HSD). Glenda is a gifted teacher and practitioner who blends remarkable theoretical insights with extraordinary practical experience to help others observe, decide, and act in the most complex and challenging situations. She leads a network of 135 certified Human Systems Dynamics Professionals who use HSD theory, models, methods, and tools to engage creatively with individuals, groups, and institutions. She consults and teaches internationally on topics including systems thinking, performance management, conflict resolution, racialization, violence prevention, and emergent evaluation. She has authored three ground-breaking books that bring her dynamical systems insights to life for first-line managers, organization development professionals, and anyone who wants to take responsible action, even when they cannot predict or control the systems that surround them. Glenda is an associate of the Center for Evaluation, Planning, and Assessment at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Director of Center for the Human Systems Dynamics at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN; Scientific Advisor to the Plexus Institute; member of the Circle of Scholars of The Union Institute and University; recipient of the 2010 Organization Develop Network Sharing the Wealth Award; and founding Executive Director of the Human Systems Dynamics Institute. “The depth and breadth of Glenda's knowledge and expertise are astounding. Her energy and enthusiasm for her work are evident in every conversation. She has a unique gift: the ability to connect with others in an open, intuitive way that allows for mutual learning and growth.” – Dr. Mallary Tytel, President and Founder, Healthy Workplaces, LLC. 
Wendy Morris, MA is the Founder of the Creative Leadership Studio, advancing the work of organizations, communities and individuals through arts-based approaches to leadership development and intentional change. A pioneering leadership and innovation educator, coach and consultant, Wendy draws upon a robust body of knowledge developed over 20 years of ongoing action research. Internationally she leads programs on Powerful Presence at The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada and Creative Leadership for Innovation through TMI Malaysia. At home in Minnesota, USA, she facilitates The Forum for the Practice of Leadership Development, a professional development program for leadership educators from all sectors, sponsored by The University of Minnesota's Center for Integrative Leadership in collaboration with the Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs and the Carlson School of Management. Her work is informed by her experience with hundreds of businesses, communities and organizations in a wide range of contexts. Her consulting clients include large companies looking for new ways to cultivate leadership and innovation (Cargill, Target, General Mills, American Express), leading edge consulting firms, communities and cities seeking creative approaches to community development, and progressive non-profit organizations addressing complex challenges from environmental justice to youth violence. Wendy's work has been recognized by over 25 awards for excellence in leadership, interdisciplinary practice and artistic production including major fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work is informed by 18 years of training in mindfulness (Vipassana) meditation. “Wendy is working at a master level... People breathe when Wendy's around. They change the way they interact which frees up potential for innovation and creativity that wouldn't have been there otherwise. Her ease in her own skin makes other people be at ease in theirs.” Module ListAction Inquiry: Transforming Leadership in the Midst of Action Adaptive Action, Artful Perception Building Capacity for Wise and Skillful Action Catalyzing Organizational Change Embodying Power and Love: Two Essentials for Effective Leadership Leader as Shambhala Warrior Solving Tough Problems: Co-creating New Realities in Complex Systems Women and Leadership: Life Cycles, Power, and Work Self-Organized Option |
“The program gave me a whole new direction for helping to develop new leadership in our agency. By working across several modalities I found the learning to be deeper and longer lasting — not just the more common experience of new buzz words or fads that are superficial and short term in their impact.” |