Training
We provide training for senior leaders transforming social systems across the public sector and civil society organisations to develop their systems literacy and practice. Our training is hands-on and practical as well as being grounded in systems theory. You are guided through a process of setting up a systemic inquiry into a messy problem you are working on.
The programme includes practical exercises, demonstrations and practical application of systems tools alongside supportive feedback to support participants to develop their systems leadership practices. This ensures that not only will you be able to apply your learning immediately, you will also gather tools and processes that can be transferred to other complex situations in the longer term. The group space also offers the opportunity for shared learning, small group discussion, critical reflection, and journaling.
Joan O’Donnell facilitating training
We offer two and three day programmes tailored to your needs. Training can take place either in person or online and may include some of the following:
Individual in-take and follow-up support sessions (virtual) to support identification of an issue which could benefit from systems leadership
Diagnosis of current situation and practical tools to reframe it as a system for the purposes of inquiry
Design of a systems-led action plan including development of a desired purpose of the system, and steps to work with interrelationships, multiple stakeholder perspectives and support making critical boundary judgements
Tools will draw from well established systems thinking tools including System Dynamics, the Viable Systems Model, Soft Systems Methodology, Critical Systems Heuristics, System Dynamics and Social Presencing Theatre.