A program to provoke and develop fresh perspectives.

Are you open to learn about Organisational Development in a new way? A way that is inspired by nature?

Developed and hosted by Gian Paul Ganzoni, Organizational Development Strategist with The Outside, this 11-week online training will introduce you to the basics of learning from nature (Biomimicry), organisational development (OD lenses), and systems thinking, to build a bridge between and across these bodies of knowledge. Bring your practical challenges to learn and apply with other!

COURSE OVERVIEW

Each two-hour online module will contain a combination of: 

  • Interactive content presentation/teaching and group discussion by Gian Paul together with one of his colleagues from The Outside (Tuesday Rivera, Dr. Gabrielle Donnelly, or Tim Merry).

  • Time in between the modules will be leveraged with up to 1.5 hours of homework which may include reading, reflection, observation or preparing the presentation of an organisational development challenge.WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

This is a program for leaders, facilitators and consultants working with Organisational Development challenges who wish to address them with fresh perspectives, inspired by Nature. This program is also for Biomimicry practitioners who wish to explore the opportunity to apply their knowledge in the space of Organisational Development.

This program combines selected concepts from Organizational Development, Biomimicry and Systems Thinking. We introduce concepts from these fields to provoke and provide fresh perspectives and inspiration.

You benefit most if you bring along at least one of the following:

  • Leadership experience with managerial responsibilities (5 yrs +)

  • Consulting experience in the field of Strategy Development or Organizational Development or Human Resources (5 yrs +)

  • Organizational Development experience (2 yrs +)

  • Some form of Biomimicry training (3 days +)

WHAT IS MY REQUIRED COMMITMENT?

We hope for a diverse community of practitioners who are willing to actively participate and share their professional experiences during the 5 online sessions of 2 hour each between November 2024 and January 2025. We expect curiosity and open minds, willing to allow their views on Organizational Development to be inspired and shifted. We hope for tolerance and constructive feedback if the agenda needs to be shifted. We expect you to be able to free up between the sessions maximal 1.5 hours to come prepared and be fully present during the sessions. We welcome your candid feedback to get this exciting new offering off the ground.

 

QUICK OVERVIEW:

Session 1: Tuesday, November 5th, from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST

Session 2: Tuesday, November 19th, from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST

Session 3: Tuesday, December 3rd, from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST

Session 4: Tuesday, January 14th, from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST

Session 5: Tuesday, January 28th, from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST

Cost: $950 USD (special first delivery price!) Location: Zoom (sessions are recorded)

REGISTRATION CLOSED!

Organizational Development: Is the process of increasing organizational effectiveness and facilitating personal and organizational change.

Biomimicry: It is a practice that learns from and mimics the strategies used by organisms alive today.

IMAGE: Val Cluozza, Swiss National Park 

session descriptions

Session 1: Introduction to Biomimicry - Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 11am-1pm ET
In our first session, Gian Paul and Tuesday Rivera will introduce the basics of learning from Nature (Biomimicry) and overarching patterns from Nature (Life-Principles) which will serve as inspiration and benchmark.

Session 2: Introduction to Organisational Development Lenses - Tues, Nov 19, 2024 11am-1pm ET
Three different Organisational Development Lenses (STAR Model, Wheel of Change for Organizations and the Operating System Canvas) will be introduced by Gian Paul. Then, together with Tim Merry, we will discuss challenges (and underlying beliefs) enabling or impeding successful organisational development interventions. 

Session 3: Introduction to Systems Thinking - Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 11am-1pm ET
Dr. Gabrielle Donnelly will join us to introduce the fundamentals of systems thinking and complexity theory. We will discuss how systems thinking and complexity theory could improve organisational development interventions.

Session 4: Organisational Development inspired by Nature - Tues, January 14, 2025, 11am-1pm ET
In this session, Gian Paul and Dr. Gabrielle Donnelly will revisit the Life-Principles we learned in Session 1 to discover how to apply them in the Organizational Development context. From there, we’ll explore an “Operating System” visualization that introduces an intervention to promote a holistic systems view approach.

Session 5: Applications - Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 11am-1pm ET
In our final session, participants will solidify their understanding of the Life-Principles or Operating System visualization through their application to use-cases presented by participants. Gian Paul and Tim Merry will provide feedback on the presentations.

WHAT IS OUR COMMITMENT?

As with all of The Outside trainings, you will be equipped with tools to inspire your Organisational Development challenges with inspirations from Nature. You will experience thought-provoking learning in different formats which will be fostered through group conversations and application on practical challenges.

All materials shared and developed during this course will be made available to you via a password-protected webpage. You will experience participatory methods and have the opportunity to explore and contribute to this fascinating new emerging field. Every session will be co-facilitated by Gian Paul and another Senior Leader from The Outside. For this new offering participation is limited to 12 participants.