working in complexity inside & out
Bowen Island Intensive
Bowen Island, British Columbia
Online Program starting April 2021 (weekly sessions)
Exact dates and registration opening January 2021
In Person Program planned Summer or Fall 2021 (pending public health considerations)
Be sure to join our waitlist in order to receive information as soon as it is available.
Bowen Island, British Columbia
Online Program starting April 2021 (weekly sessions)
Exact dates and registration opening January 2021
In Person Program planned Summer or Fall 2021 (pending public health considerations)
Be sure to join our waitlist in order to receive information as soon as it is available.
Over the past 25 years, our work has become more and more focused on helping clients work with the complexity that surrounds them. Leaders in organizations of all kinds tell us repeatedly that they are working with more uncertainty and are overwhelmed with information and options while being increasingly constrained by limited time and resources.
Working and learning globally for the last 2+ decades we have assembled a body of work that has proved to be profoundly helpful in helping people make sense of this complexity and act in intelligent ways together. We have drawn on:
We have learned that it is possible to both understand complexity and function within it, leading teams and organizations in a direction, doing good work, and navigating uncertain and dynamic contexts. This is done through the use of participatory approaches and through a rigorous personal practice that helps to develop resilience and resourcefulness, and to understand and shift limiting patterns of thinking and action.
Working in complexity requires us to work from the inside out. The more we can increase our personal capacity for diversity, emergence, creative thinking and uncertainty, the more capable we are of leading and hosting groups of people in the same contexts. Shifting patterns inside our own system as well as in the systems we are working with both require rigorous, complexity informed practice.
Complexity Inside & Out combines all of our theory, practice and tools, all in one place. It represents an opportunity to come and learn an eclectic and effective approach to leadership development. These tools are useful for anyone working with complexity and uncertainty, at all levels of organization or community life. Whether you have a formal leadership role in a system or you show up to help others, there will be something in this for you.
We believe these tools are not simply exceptional ways of navigating complexity, but that they help us do so in a way that builds relationships across and among differences and helps people and organizations strengthen their resilience in the face of sometimes crushing social dynamics. These are tools of sustainability: sustainability of effort, of wellness, and life.
Working and learning globally for the last 2+ decades we have assembled a body of work that has proved to be profoundly helpful in helping people make sense of this complexity and act in intelligent ways together. We have drawn on:
- Complexity theory and practice from the work of David Snowden, Dee Hock, Cynthia Kurtz and Glenda Eoyang.
- Dialogic and participatory leadership practice from the Art of Hosting community and the dialogic organizational development world.
- Personal leadership work based on the inquiry practices of The Work (of Byron Katie) and informed by neuroscience, complexity theory and mindfulness practice.
We have learned that it is possible to both understand complexity and function within it, leading teams and organizations in a direction, doing good work, and navigating uncertain and dynamic contexts. This is done through the use of participatory approaches and through a rigorous personal practice that helps to develop resilience and resourcefulness, and to understand and shift limiting patterns of thinking and action.
Working in complexity requires us to work from the inside out. The more we can increase our personal capacity for diversity, emergence, creative thinking and uncertainty, the more capable we are of leading and hosting groups of people in the same contexts. Shifting patterns inside our own system as well as in the systems we are working with both require rigorous, complexity informed practice.
Complexity Inside & Out combines all of our theory, practice and tools, all in one place. It represents an opportunity to come and learn an eclectic and effective approach to leadership development. These tools are useful for anyone working with complexity and uncertainty, at all levels of organization or community life. Whether you have a formal leadership role in a system or you show up to help others, there will be something in this for you.
We believe these tools are not simply exceptional ways of navigating complexity, but that they help us do so in a way that builds relationships across and among differences and helps people and organizations strengthen their resilience in the face of sometimes crushing social dynamics. These are tools of sustainability: sustainability of effort, of wellness, and life.
What you will learn
In this online program, you will be invited to bring your own work and life challenges. You will learn and practice with theory, methods, tools and approaches, including the following:
In this online program, you will be invited to bring your own work and life challenges. You will learn and practice with theory, methods, tools and approaches, including the following:
- Dave Snowden’s Cynefin framework and tools informed by his approach to anthro-complexity.
- Glenda Eoyang’s CDE model and practices from Human Systems Dynamics.
- Dialogic tools useful for working with groups of all sizes.
- Story gathering and sensemaking tools for planning, evaluation and strategy, including Cynthia Kurtz’s NarraFirma from her approach to Participatory Narrative Inquiry.
- Personal leadership tools using The Work of Byron Katie to work with the complexity of personal stories, limiting beliefs and patterns and leadership identity.
- Design tools that help plan and manage in non-linear and uncertain contexts
- You will also have the opportunity to meet and learn with an amazing and interesting group of colleagues.
your hosts: chris corrigan and caitlin frost
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Chris Corrigan and Caitlin Frost are co-founders of Harvest Moon Consultants and have been working in the field of engaging complex challenges through meaningful dialogue, participatory leadership, personal development, and coaching for more than 25 years.
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We are active practitioners of these methods ourselves as well as being consultants and teachers. We are deeply curious about the ways we can work with the complexity of ourselves as human beings - as leaders, participants and co-creators and how we can approach the many challenges and possibilities of working with complexity in our organizations, teams, communities and the world.
We work together and individually around the world and are excited to bring forward this shared offering of our work and practice.
We are both long-time global Stewards in the Art of Hosting community of Practice; Certified Human Systems Dynamics practitioners, process designers and dialogue hosts. Chris is recognized globally for his work with Complexity and accessible teaching of Cynefin Framework. Caitlin is a deep practitioner and Certified Facilitator of The Work (of Byron Katie).
We work together and individually around the world and are excited to bring forward this shared offering of our work and practice.
We are both long-time global Stewards in the Art of Hosting community of Practice; Certified Human Systems Dynamics practitioners, process designers and dialogue hosts. Chris is recognized globally for his work with Complexity and accessible teaching of Cynefin Framework. Caitlin is a deep practitioner and Certified Facilitator of The Work (of Byron Katie).