Theory U Based Approaches to Program Design
Theory U offers the opportunity to facilitate inquiry and community-based learning for individuals and groups around shared, meaningful questions. It supports better eco-systemic awareness that can mitigate some of the narrow, linear processing such as cab be seen expressed in carbon-offsetting projects – that too often end up diminishing bio-diversity and impoverishing soil health, and may therefore be degenerative in their impacts on land and communities, rather than regenerative. Combining action-research methodology, design thinking as well as approaches which support deep listening to the needs of the wider system through the portals of Open Mind, Open Heart and Open Will, Theory U can help to bring together the inner and outer dimensions of change, and amplifying ecosystems intelligence.
This sessions will share some practical examples of using Theory U in sustainability leadership and organisation-wide change, as well as pointers about how to integrate in 121 coaching as an approach to contracting and agreeing process to enable clients to explore life purpose through a wider, systemic lens.
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Katherine Long has been working in the field of leadership and organisation development for 20 years, and brings a holistic, living systems perspective to her work. Accredited at EMCC Master Practitioner level, an ESIA coach-supervisor, she is also alumnus of NTL (Organisation Development) and Presencing Institute's advanced programme in Eco-Systems Leadership.
Over the last years Katherine has been involved in co-design and delivery for sustainability leadership programme for global construction company (in partnership with Stuart Pickles of AHL/CCA), working with FERN, an organisation campaigning for the rights of forests and forest peoples, designing a cultural framework and related internal coaching programme for Vivobarefoot, one of UK's registered B-Corps, and has pioneered community inquiry into the role that OD can play to address climate and environmental issues.
She is host to the online network 'The Healing', a place for practitioners to share and learn about nature-based, ancestral and quantum approaches to addressing healing within ourselves and in the world.
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Event Language - English
Posted By - Katherine Long
Email - mail@katherinelong.co.uk