Scenario planning process
September 26, 2009 § 1 Comment
How to whittle the virtually infinite number of possible futures that could be described down to a manageable three or four plots that will shed the most light on possible (Exodus) futures?
Determine decision focus, brainstorm key factors, pre-determine elements and apply systems thinking to discover the name of our game and write compelling stories
I am Me. I am Okay.
March 30, 2009 § 2 Comments
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Virginia Satir (26 June 1916 – 10 September 1988) was a noted American author and psychotherapist, known especially for her approach to family therapy and her work with Systemic Constellations.
She is also known for creating the Virginia Satir Change Process Model, a psychological model which was developed through clinical studies. Change management and organizational gurus of the 1990s and 2000s embrace this model to define how change impacts organizations.
Declaration of Self-Esteem
Five Freedoms
March 30, 2009 § 2 Comments
Five Freedoms of Virginia Satir
The freedom to see and hear what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be …
Professional relationships
March 29, 2007 § Leave a comment
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This page is part of my appreciation for my colleague Lynne Azpeitia. Lynne has this wonderful ability to provide a bunch of anchors to jumpy people, and the courage to dive into the unknown with them.
Take a step back from your busy buzzed businesses, and check whether the relationships in your business/team/life meet the below quality connections. If not, hight time for some test-driven development until they do!
Coded for congruency in a meeting
March 29, 2007 § Leave a comment
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A team keeps having seemingly endless discussions, or the team appears to be in chaos and does not seem to get out.
As a meeting moderator or facilitator, how can I discover what is going on?
And what can I do?
Satir Change Model
March 24, 2007 § 6 Comments
Late Status Quo
Inspiration is not born in a vacuum; excellent ideas are seeded by other excellent ideas and fertilized by still more excellent ideas. In essence, excellent ideas are born from transforming ideas in chaos. And effectively surfing chaos happens only after one “let’s go” of control, because we are capable of inventing only those “things” which are the product of our internal manifestation of our conscious assemblage of reality. We can release the conscious assemblage, or rather “let it go”, by intending outcome in the flow.
The Virginia Satir Change Model focuses not just on systems of people but also on individual people, making it a robust model, and safe in terms of honoring people
How interactions and stances can affect a system?
January 4, 2007 § 3 Comments
Diagram of Effects Interactions
With low self esteem we behave in blaming, placating, super-reasonable or irrelevant ways. When using open communication we’re congruent with our selves, and we can level out (the amplitude)
Serendipity 