CCA UK South – How to bring systems thinking into coaching conversations
If a factory is torn down but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory. If a revolution destroys a government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves. . . . There’s so much talk about the system. And so little understanding.
—Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
In the session, inspired by the teachings of Donella Meadows, Nina will lead us through a reflective learning process on Systems Thinking.
We will talk about what Systems Thinking is, and what it’s not, and the rationalisation traps we fall into when problems are perceived to be too big or complex to deal with.
This session is designed to be practical, looking at ways in which we can look for opportunities to bring Systems Thinking into our coaching conversations, which will in turn, open the door to conversations on sustainability and climate change.
One of my purposes is to make you interested. Another of my purposes, the main one, is to give you a basic ability to understand and to deal with complex systems, even if your formal systems training begins and ends with this book.
—Donella Meadows, 1993
You don’t need to have read the book to participate in the session but should you want to here is a link
The systems-thinking lens allows us to reclaim our intuition about whole systems and hone our abilities to understand parts, see interconnections, ask “what-if” questions about possible future behaviours, and be creative and courageous about system redesign. Then we can use our insights to make a difference in ourselves and our world.
Additional Details
Event Timezone Reference - United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Bio
Presenter/host: Nina Dar is an intuitive system thinker, who believes passionately in the sustainable change that can be delivered through systems thinking and analysis. She has continually tried bring this to her consultancy and coaching work and has more stories of failure than success, which in her mind, is testament to how hard it is, and how little people really understand it. She believes it is the key tool in bringing climate change into coaching conversations, as we need to see the whole elephant and understand it's behaviour, function and purpose, before we believe it's too big and we must eat it in pieces. Nina is the founder of Cheeky Monkey Business Solutions, a Change Management Consultancy that has delivered complex, global change programs for corporate clients that wanted to introduce "a human approach to innovation and change". Over the last 17 years, her experience has been in systems change, data eco-systems & product life cycles. Her book, Transform Your Business, 99 Steps to achieve success, was published in 2011 https://www.amazon.com/Transform-Your-Business-Teach-Yourself/dp/1444144588 Nina now blends consultancy and coaching, offering 1:1 and small group sessions helping leaders lead through sustainable change. Designed to deliver the gap between commitments, plans and actions. https://www.ninadar.com/
Event Language - English
Posted By - Nina Dar
Email - ninadar@cheeky-monkey.co
Spare Field - Not in use - Lorenza Clifford will host the session: her message is: "We'd like you to join us. It's a friendly and broad group of coaches who practise in different ways. We enjoy learning from our differences as well as resonating with what is common to us. You are very welcome to join this event as a one-off, too. If you have not been a member of our group before, you can tell us afterward whether you would like to remain on our list as a member or would prefer not to."