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A little more
conversation a little
less action
please!
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Reality and relationships are socially constructed
Organisations are meaning making systems
Language, broadly defined, matters
Creating change requires changing conversations
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Knowledge emerges in response to
compelling questions
Powerful questions help attract collective energy,
insight and action as they move throughout a
system
World Cafe
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
“What is the point of having experience,
knowledge or talent if I don't give it away?
Of having stories if I don't tell them?”
Adam Grant, author
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Dialogue
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Dialogue come from the Greek words dia
and logos. Dia means 'through'; logos translates
to 'word' or 'meaning'. In essence,
a dialogue is a flow of Meaning…
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Enquiry: - questioning, a seeking
or request for truth, information, or
knowledge
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Seeks to uncover information about why a
particular view is held
asks questions about underlying
assumptions, beliefs, reasoning and
explores why do you/we believe this
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
What is the focus of enquiry?
What do we know we don’t know?
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Why What If How SOLUTION
Questioning + Action = Innovation
Questioning – Action = Philosophy
Warren Berger
Generative
Questions
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Generative questions are gateways to
POSITIVE enquiry, Focus questions shape
learning and Explorative questions direct
learning.
Each type of question has a particular value, role
and function in learning. When they are used in
combination, they become powerful and
empowering
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Positive emotion on its own, is not sufficient for
transformational change
Generativity
is a key change lever in cases of
transformational change
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Generativity
Is defined as the creation of new images,
metaphors, physical representations, that have
two qualities: they change how people think so
that new options for decisions and/or actions
become available; they are compelling images
that people want to act on.
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Generative Capacity
…capacity to challenge
guiding assumptions …, to raise
fundamental questions regarding that which is
'taken for granted' and thereby furnish new
alternatives for action
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Generative Capacity
…capacity to challenge
guiding assumptions …, to raise
fundamental questions regarding that which is
'taken for granted' and thereby furnish new
alternatives for action
Sensemaking
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
The process through which individuals establish
a situational awareness & understanding in
uncertain situations to make decisions
Cultural, Societal,
Organisational norms;
but personal filters apply, so
interpretation unique to each
person
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
How can I know what I think
until I see what I say?
Jessica Ferguson
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Why don’t organisations train people to question
and create systems and environments that would
encourage them to keep doing so?
And if companies were to do this, how might they
go about it?
Warren Berger
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Answers,
“You can’t handle the truth!”
what if it’s not what we want to hear!
What if you are the bearer of bad
news!
Shooting the messenger is, if not the
best, always an option!!
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
Listen to Understand not to
just to respond and you will
learn a lot more…
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
It doesn’t end here!
More slides to follow
Designing organisations for the future - how to
get from here to there …
DESIGNING ORGANISATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
HOW TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE
½ Day Workshop, free to attend
Date: Friday March 10th 2017
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: The Foundry, East Belfast Enterprise Business Centre,
68-72 Newtownards Road Belfast, BT4 1GW
To reserve places or for more information contact Ed Curley (facilitator)
Tel: 07949962027
email: curleyedc@aol.com
Going forward the ability to learn and adapt to new ideas will be fundamental to both organisational
and individual success. The only workshop prerequisite is that you come prepared to listen to others
and to share your thoughts, ideas and knowledge.
The workshop is for leaders, change managers, L&D
professionals or anyone interested in developing
organisations for the future

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Dialogue, Conversation and Generative questions

  • 1. A little more conversation a little less action please! Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 2. Reality and relationships are socially constructed Organisations are meaning making systems Language, broadly defined, matters Creating change requires changing conversations Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 3. Knowledge emerges in response to compelling questions Powerful questions help attract collective energy, insight and action as they move throughout a system World Cafe Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 4. “What is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Of having stories if I don't tell them?” Adam Grant, author Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 5. Dialogue Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 6. Dialogue come from the Greek words dia and logos. Dia means 'through'; logos translates to 'word' or 'meaning'. In essence, a dialogue is a flow of Meaning… Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 7. Enquiry: - questioning, a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 8. Seeks to uncover information about why a particular view is held asks questions about underlying assumptions, beliefs, reasoning and explores why do you/we believe this Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 9. What is the focus of enquiry? What do we know we don’t know? Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 10. Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there … Why What If How SOLUTION Questioning + Action = Innovation Questioning – Action = Philosophy Warren Berger
  • 11. Generative Questions Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 12. Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there … Generative questions are gateways to POSITIVE enquiry, Focus questions shape learning and Explorative questions direct learning. Each type of question has a particular value, role and function in learning. When they are used in combination, they become powerful and empowering
  • 13. Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there … Positive emotion on its own, is not sufficient for transformational change Generativity is a key change lever in cases of transformational change
  • 14. Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there … Generativity Is defined as the creation of new images, metaphors, physical representations, that have two qualities: they change how people think so that new options for decisions and/or actions become available; they are compelling images that people want to act on.
  • 15. Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there … Generative Capacity …capacity to challenge guiding assumptions …, to raise fundamental questions regarding that which is 'taken for granted' and thereby furnish new alternatives for action
  • 16. Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there … Generative Capacity …capacity to challenge guiding assumptions …, to raise fundamental questions regarding that which is 'taken for granted' and thereby furnish new alternatives for action
  • 17. Sensemaking Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there … The process through which individuals establish a situational awareness & understanding in uncertain situations to make decisions
  • 18. Cultural, Societal, Organisational norms; but personal filters apply, so interpretation unique to each person Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 19. How can I know what I think until I see what I say? Jessica Ferguson Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 20. Why don’t organisations train people to question and create systems and environments that would encourage them to keep doing so? And if companies were to do this, how might they go about it? Warren Berger Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 21. Answers, “You can’t handle the truth!” what if it’s not what we want to hear! What if you are the bearer of bad news! Shooting the messenger is, if not the best, always an option!! Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 22. Listen to Understand not to just to respond and you will learn a lot more… Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 23. It doesn’t end here! More slides to follow Designing organisations for the future - how to get from here to there …
  • 24. DESIGNING ORGANISATIONS FOR THE FUTURE HOW TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE ½ Day Workshop, free to attend Date: Friday March 10th 2017 Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm Venue: The Foundry, East Belfast Enterprise Business Centre, 68-72 Newtownards Road Belfast, BT4 1GW To reserve places or for more information contact Ed Curley (facilitator) Tel: 07949962027 email: curleyedc@aol.com Going forward the ability to learn and adapt to new ideas will be fundamental to both organisational and individual success. The only workshop prerequisite is that you come prepared to listen to others and to share your thoughts, ideas and knowledge. The workshop is for leaders, change managers, L&D professionals or anyone interested in developing organisations for the future