Leading for the Future Module 5
As for the previous modules, please complete this pre-work before joining the session:
Three Horizons
The 4 questions:
Courageous Conversations
Slide pack
If it is your preference to take notes on the slide pack, and to see the full agenda in advance, you can download the slides from the Resources section below. This is optional and not a requirement.
"Left-hand / right-hand column"
An example and further explanation of the "Left-Hand Column" approach can be found on page 246 of The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, Peter Senge et al, which you can purchase from your preferred retailer. The Fieldbook also has chapters on Mental Models and Systems Thinking. To understand how this book may be used, read https://thesystemsthinker.com/the-fifth-discipline-fieldbook-a-guide-to-the-learning-organization/
If you found the "left-hand / right-hand " approach enlightening, then you might want to explore a bit more around the concept of effective "dialogue". In working on our "wicked" and "adaptive" challenges, many of the difficulties we face relate back to conversations which do not go as well as we had planned or expected. You may this 5-page Systems Thinking and Dialogic Leadership article helpful, in its exploration of Dialogue Practices and David Kantor's Four Player Model.