by Ellen Grove | Jan 22, 2015 | Disruption and Change
About This Session When change is on the horizon, talking with each other openly about what we’re trying to accomplish and why it matters to us is essential to identifying the new behaviours, actions, and mindset shifts that will bring about real change. Traditional approaches to change management tend towards a top-down approach where most of the planning input comes from a few key people – in order to confront the uncomfortable issues and foster change leadership throughout the organization, new approaches to change planning that engage more of the participants in open and constructive conversation are required to increase the possibility of real success. In this hands-on workshop, participants will be introduced to a simple and fast technique for structuring conversations about change that pulls input from all participants, as well as a playful implementation approach using LEGO Serious Play that sets the stage for everyone involved to participate on an equal footing so that real conversations can happen. What You’ll Take Away an understanding of the importance of making changing planning a participatory process rather than a top-down effort a technique for rapid facilitation of a participatory discussion about emergent change hands-on experience with using LEGO Serious Play as a method for implementing this approach to talking about change About Ellen Ellen Grove is an Agile coach & trainer with Agile Partnership (http://agilepartnership.com) in Montreal & Ottawa, Canada. Ellen helps teams and organizations do better work through coaching them in creating the circumstances in which they can work most productively and effectively. Her Agile coaching practice is founded in over 15 years experience leading software testing, development...
