Leading & Facilitating in Complexity
A 3-day intensive with Diane Musho Hamilton, Jennifer Berman & Lisa Gibson
September 26-29, 2024 at the Wasatch Center in Salt Lake City, Utah
In a world of increasing uncertainty and polarization, the ability to effectively lead and navigate complex interpersonal dynamics is essential for those of us leading change. Join us for a deep dive, designed to equip you with the mindsets, tools, skills, and strategies necessary to thrive amidst uncertainty, ambiguity, and rapid change.
We will explore adaptive leadership practices, support you in engaging with and navigating interpersonal dynamics, facilitate difficult conversations, and work with group energetics—honing the facilitation skills essential for guiding teams, organizations, and networks toward new possibilities and futures.
This in-person session is designed for leaders, coaches, and facilitators who are:
Guiding complex change in various settings — in multi-stakeholder initiatives, government, philanthropy, the nonprofit sector, or corporate environments
Eager to build their capacity to work in personal, interpersonal, and spiritual realms of systems change
Willing to challenge their own perspectives and worldviews
Seeking a transformative learning container and community of peers with whom they can learn and grow.
Facilitation: This course is offered in partnership with Real Life Programs. For more information about the course and how to register, please click here.
Stillness Activism: The Inner Work of Outer Change
New dates coming soon!
Description: We live in a complex time, overwhelmed by intractable social issues and climate crises. And, if you are working on the frontlines of changemaking, the stakes are big and only getting bigger. For many leaders, activists, organizers and frontline workers, the work itself can lead to overwhelm, burnout, and disillusionment. The magnitude of grief, heartbreak, and uncertainty is vast, and the possibility of change seems bleak. There is little time to stop with so many things to do. There is little if any time for rest, reflection and getting still. But…
What if tending to our inner landscapes was an inseparable part of creating more meaningful impact in the world?
What if we could source our work from a boundless well of support?
What if we could create more equanimity in the face of tremendous uncertainty, grief and overwhelm?
What if our activism was not only fueled by getting still, but what if getting still was activism itself?
Stillness Activism is an online mindfulness course to cultivate the inner capacities required to create meaningful impact in the world.
Participants in this course will leave with a greater understanding of:
How to practice mindfulness in stillness and in movement, and why it is critical to our wellbeing and thriving
The neurobiology of mindfulness and how we can work with the nervous system in healthy and supportive ways
Our shadows, or those parts of ourselves we keep hidden and out of view
How to extend mindfulness to how we witness injustice and suffering
Facilitation: This course will be facilitated by Lisa Gibson and Jennifer Berman
What’s included:
7 90-minute Zoom calls
Audio recording of the weekly teaching
Practices to integrate mindfulness into your daily life
Resources (readings, poems, videos) to bring the teachings alive
Cost:
Individual = $300 USD
Non-profit organizations with annual budget less than $1 million = $400 USD
Corporate and foundations with annual budget over $1 million = $500 USD
Please complete the form below to indicate your interest in 2023 courses.
Introduction to Systems and Complexity
November 2, 3 & 4, 2022
9:00am - 12:00pm PT / 12:00 - 3:00pm ET
Description: In this short, experiential workshop, we will define the core concepts of a systems approach, learn about how change happens in complex, adaptive systems, and explore the mindsets and skills needed to thrive in complexity.
This workshop is for those who have limited background in systems change or complexity and who are curious to learn how to apply these ideas to their change work.
Participants in this course will leave with a greater understanding of:
The difference between simple, complicated and complex systems
How change happens in complex, adaptive systems
The role worldviews play in determining how you approach change efforts
Practices that will help you navigate emergence and uncertainty
Facilitation: This course will be facilitated by Jennifer Berman and Lisa Gibson
What’s included:
9 hours of live teaching via zoom
Access to video and audio recordings of each session
A curated list of readings and resources, designed to support your on-going growth and learning as a systems leader
Opportunity to learn with a group of committed and curious peers
Cost:
Individual = $500 USD
Non-profit organizations with annual budget less than $1 million = $600 USD
Corporate and foundations with annual budget over $1 million = $700 USD
Registration for this course is now closed. Check back for 2023 dates soon!
