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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190401
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SUMMARY:Cynefin™ Foundations online (start immediately)
DESCRIPTION:Cynefin™ FOUNDATIONS\n\n\n\nCynefin™ and Complexity: managing effectively in uncertainty\nClick here to sign-up directly for only $499 per person.\n\n\nSee ticket options below for group bookings (4 or more). \nAbout this course\nIn today’s increasingly volatile and uncertain world\, there is a need for new ways of making sense of current situations and managing in new and rapidly shifting contexts. Our past practices and approaches are failing us and what had worked reliably during more stable times in the past is\, unfortunately\, proving inadequate for the dynamic present. This 12-week online course introduces complexity theory and shows how decades of applying primarily scientific management together with an obsession with best practices and a belief in certainty have created significant risks and vulnerabilities.\n\nThis course will cover the core science behind uncertainty and how managing with such an understanding will provide your organisation with a strategic advantage. Participants will learn about the Cynefin™ framework – and how to apply it in organisations to make better decisions across ordered contexts\, complex situations\, and prepare for and seize the innovation opportunity offered by chaos.\n\nWhen you sign-up\, you will get immediate access to the complete course. The course will be available until 31 December 2019. \nWhat does the course cover?\nThis 12-week online program presents you with a foundational understanding of complex adaptive systems theory\, the Cynefin™ framework and its application\, and some practical methods and techniques to improving sense-making and decision-making in complex contexts. This online course will provide you with the foundational understanding of why it is important to assess situations recognizing aspects of many situations are complex\, ordered\, and potentially chaotic. With this understanding methods and approaches for effectively acting and managing in complexity will be taught.\n\nCynefin™ Foundations provides the essential scaffolding for the Cynefin™Practitioner Certification program. It equips participants with the key components of a sense-making toolkit for working in complex environments and provides individuals with a starting point for their journey towards becoming a certified Cynefin™ practitioner.\n\nUpon completion of this 12-week program\, you will be ready to do situational assessments with the Cynefin™ framework\, understand the qualities of complex situations and selectively apply methods for sense-making and action planning in such environments. A key tool for managing in uncertainty is the application of facilitation methods with a group of people in a workshop environment to engage a diversity of perspectives and human cognition capacity. A foundational set of such facilitation methods and techniques will be taught with supplementary workshop exercises for participants to embed their learning offline.\nWho is this course for?\nYou should dive into this course if you…\n\n\twork in constantly-evolving\, dynamic situations and are in need of more effective decision support tools;\n\thave experienced unexpected outcomes or challenges with what were assumed to be well-planned initiatives;\n\tare experiencing greater degrees of uncertainty and risk;\n\tare looking to create greater resilience and agility in your organisation;\n\tare seeking to improve leadership skills in managing in uncertainty; or\n\twould like to take the first step towards becoming a Certified Cynefin™ Practioner/Trainer.\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse overview\nThis course has been created from several years of in-person delivery of training by Cognitive Edge. The content has been modularised into five (5) learning modules with each divided into two activity types: (1) LECTURE & STUDY\, and (2) EXERCISES & PRACTICE . We suggest all 5 modules be completed over a 10-week continuous period\, however\, a faster pace can be achieved by participants who are able to complete both activity types in a compressed time period.\n\nPlease note that training video resources on this course reflect the most current thinking of Dave Snowden and collaborators with Cognitive Edge. Exercises have been adapted for application in participant’s organisation or peer groups to embed learning in local contexts. Course module descriptions below are subject to change and may be adjusted prior and/or during course delivery.\n\n\n\nWEEK 1: Welcome & Overview\n\nWEEK 2: Positioning the approach of anthro-complexity\n\nMODULE 1: Complexity Theory & safe to fail\n\nWEEK 3: LECTURE & STUDY (Estimated time: 3-4 hrs)\n\nWEEK 4: EXERCISES & PRACTICE (Estimated time: 3-4 hrs)\n\nUpon completion of Module 1 you will understand…\n\n\tthe differences between ordered\, complex\, and chaotic contexts\n\thow constraints define and influence different types of systems\n\tImplications of assuming a situation is ordered when it was complex\n\thow to start thinking of actions in an exploratory probing sense\n\n\n\n\nMODULE 2: Complexity Theory & Managing in complexity\n\nWEEK 5: LECTURE & STUDY (Estimated time: 2-3 hrs)\n\nWEEK 6: EXERCISES & PRACTICE (Estimated time: 3-4 hrs)\n\nUpon completion of Module 2 you will understand…\n\n\tthe difference between a sense-making and categorization framework\n\thow Cynefin informs decision-making and different types of action\n\thow humans divide Order into two domains: Obvious and Complicated\n\thow to engage a team or group workshop in making sense of situations using the Cynefin™ framework by categorisation situations\n\n\n\n\nMODULE 3: Liminal Cynefin & Dynamics\n\nWEEK 7: LECTURE & STUDY (Estimated time: 2-3 hrs)\n\nWEEK 8: EXERCISES & PRACTICE (Estimated time: 2-3 hrs)\n\nUpon completion of Module 3 you will understand…\n\n\tthe significance of the Liminal form of the Cynefin™ framework and how it helps you manage the Explore - Exploit dynamic and stimulate innovation\n\tHow to manage constraints to stimulate dynamics shifts in context\n\n\n\n\nMODULE 4: Future backwards and side casting techniques\n\nWEEK 9: LECTURE & STUDY (Estimated time: 2-3 hrs)\n\nWEEK 10: EXERCISES & PRACTICE (Estimated time: 2-3 hrs)\n\nUpon completion of Module 4 you will understand…\n\n\tthe differences between forecasting\, back-casting\, and side -casting\n\tHow to use focused groupthink in contrast to workshop participant diversity to enhance scanning\n\tHow our shared past experiences bias our perceptions of the future\n\thow the Future-backwards exercise can be applied to lessons learning and situational assessment\n\n\n\n\nMODULE 5: Exaptation\, Narrative\, and Synthesis\n\nWEEK 11: LECTURE & STUDY (Estimated time: 2-4 hrs)\n\nWEEK 12: EXERCISES & PRACTICE (Estimated time: 2-4 hrs)\n\nUpon completion of Module 5 you will understand…\n\n\texaptation and how serendipity is critical to innovation\n\thow narrative and its application can be used for sense-making in complex and uncertain conditions\n\thow to link together several practices from a practitioner’s perspective\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellations / Refunds / Transfers\n\n\tTickets are non-refundable and non-cancellable\n\tTraining applies to registered individuals only and training material access by non-registered users is strictly prohibited\n\tTickets are transferrable prior to course launch\n\nExplanation of additional ticket options:\n\n\tPremium Members get 15% discount on all training. Sign up for the Network here: Cognitive Edge network registration for a Basic membership. When you’ve done that you’ll be directed to the Network Dashboard page\, click on the upgrade option to pay to become a Premium member and use the 15% discount code.\n\nIf you have further questions\, please contact training@cognitive-edge.com.\n\n\n\nClick here to sign-up directly on the course platform.\n\n 
URL:https://cognitive-edge.com/events/cynefin-foundations-online-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Foundation courses,Online Courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191231
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UID:16594-1554076800-1577836799@cognitive-edge.com
SUMMARY:Online course: Communicate with Visuals (starts immediately)
DESCRIPTION:Cognitive Edge is happy to recommend the "Communicate with Visuals" online course by graphic recorder Benjamin Felis. Several of us have participated in Benjamin's classroom training and not only did we thoroughly enjoy the course\, we are also benefiting from it every time we give a training or workshop!\n\nOver the years\, we have found that visual facilitation is an essential skill for complex facilitation. The ability to draw a certain shape and have everyone in the room immediately recognize it for what it is and put it in context\, is incredibly powerful.\n\nBenjamin has distilled the art of drawing and visual facilitation into a number of easy-to-remember guidelines. He provides clear directions and guidance in his own pleasant\, humorous and easygoing way. His online course covers tools\, drawing techniques\, text\, symbols\, canvas layout and embellishments.\n\nThis is all you need to get started. Prior experience of drawing is not a hindrance.\n\nRegister here.\n\n\n\nThe ability to visualize has become an important skill for many fields in our professional work life. Known as Graphic Recording\, Sketchnoting\, Visual Facilitation\, Scribing or Visual thinking\, it refers to the way of documenting and presenting spoken language into pictures and metaphors.\n\nThis online class serves as a first step into the exciting world of visualization — on posters\, flipcharts as well as normal sized paper. You can even use the skills digitally on your tablet or iPad!\n\n/!\ Disclaimer: the class is quite intense and contains a lot of information. Take your time and do only one section per day. And please use the comment section! /!\\n\nYour benefits:\n\n\tYou reduce barriers in drawing and extend your communication and presentation skills\n\tYou develop your own personal style of writing and drawing\n\tYou use visualizations professionally and design your seminars\, consultations\, presentations and training materials more effectively and with richer variation\n\tYou are so much cooler :)\n\n \nHi! My name is Ben and I'm based in Berlin. I'm a former graffiti artist and work as a full time graphic recorder and illustrator since 2013. I have taught creative visualization for over 8 years and have by now worked in over 15 countries in Europe\, South America and Africa.\n\nI'm trained in graphic recording\, visual facilitation\, visual presencing (Theory U)\, Business Model Canvas\, coaching and organizational development.\n\nMy experience from working with thousands of students from all kinds of backgrounds has shown me that everybody has this superpower within her or him! Let me support you to discover it in YOU!\nContent:\n\n\n\tGeneral introduction to creative visualization\n\tTypography basics\n\tForms\, colors and symbols\n\tCharacters and figures\n\tStructure and composition of convincing visualizations\n\nMethods:\n\n\tVideo lessons\n\tDrawing assignments\n\tWork sheets\n\nYou learn:\n\n\tTo draw a simple and creative process\n\tTo use symbols and typography\n\tTo develop a nice design\n\tTo use visuals to communicate\n\nFinal project:\nIn this online course\, the final project is about being able to visualize an important process of your daily worklife — your commute! :) That means your way from home to the office. This a simple graphic but contains all the topics learned before!\nHere is an example from me:\n\nOf course you can do many other projects such as:\n\n\tStrategy plans\n\tAgendas\n\tTravel preparations\n\tYour own "visual" CV\n\tCooking recipes\n\tetc.\n\nAll participants receive a certificate of participation when they finish the course.\n\nFor the class\, you don’t need a degree in fine arts or design. With just a few colors\, forms and little tricks you can astonishingly improve your presentation skills.\n\nVisualization is fun and can be learned!\n\nRegister and start the course here.\n\n\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\n\nWhen does the course start and finish?\n\nThe course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course — you decide when you start and when you finish.\n\nHow long do I have access to the course?\n\nHow does lifetime access sound? After enrolling\, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like — across any and all devices you own.\n\nWhat if I am unhappy with the course?\n\nWe would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase\, contact us at Benjamin Felis Graphic Recording in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.\n\nI can't draw at all — is this something for me?\n\nYes. Definitely! The course is not about art or becoming an artist. It's about communication and supporting that with visuals. You also write texts everyday in e-mails\, social media and text messages. Are you a professional author? :) We start slowly and build up the needed skills slowly and bit by bit. So welcome to the class!
URL:https://cognitive-edge.com/events/online-course-communicate-visuals-starts-immediately/
LOCATION:Online
GEO:32.9066839;-96.6049468
CATEGORIES:Online Courses,Other,Partnered
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190418
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SUMMARY:Liminal Cynefin\, South Wales Agile Group
DESCRIPTION:https://www.meetup.com/South-Wales-Agile-Group/events/jvpblnyzgbhc/\n\n 
URL:https://cognitive-edge.com/events/liminal-cynefin-south-wales-agile-group/
LOCATION:Cardiff\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dave is speaking at:
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DTSTART;TZID="UTC+4":20190423T083000
DTEND;TZID="UTC+4":20190424T170000
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SUMMARY:Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations: Washington DC
DESCRIPTION:In today’s increasingly volatile and uncertain world\, there is a need for more effective ways of making sense of situations and managing in new and rapidly shifting contexts. Our past practices and approaches are failing us and what had worked reliably during more stable times is\, unfortunately\, proving inadequate for the dynamic present. This course introduces new practices and approaches that effectively integrate agility\, resilience\, and innovation in organisations for managing under conditions of uncertainty.\n\nThis 2-day course is a compliment and accompaniment to our Online Cynefin™ Foundations training - providing a blended learning experience. This Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations training session will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn about the application of the Cynefin™ framework\, and how to put foundational Cognitive Edge facilitation methods to practice in organizations. You will experience workshop methods facilitated by practitioner instructors experienced in harnessing the ideas and activities covered in the online Cynefin™ Foundations course. Access to the online Cynefin™ Foundations course is included with your fee to this course adding to your learning opportunity.\n\nThrough this in-person session\, you will develop hands-on experience in thinking through Cynefin applications -\n\n(1) for organisational change and transformation\,\n\n(2) to improve decision-making\, and\n\n(3) to create conditions for innovation\, organisational resilience\, and leadership effectiveness.\n\nIn-person practitioner training courses offer an enhanced interactive and embodied learning environment\, where a cohort of attendees with diverse backgrounds\, embark on a learning journey about how to apply Cynefin™ and related methods across a range of applications\n\nWho it is for\n\nThis course designed for people who work in constantly-evolving\, dynamic situations\, dealing daily with uncertainty and risk\, and looking for an enhanced compass for building organisations that are both resilient and innovative. Whether you work in an organisation navigating intractable problems or are a consultant looking to include complexity principles into your practice - or if you are simply complexity-curious - this Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations class is for you.\n\nWhat we will cover\n\nThis has been designed as a 2-day session - a combination of deep immersion into the fundamentals of working in complexity\, and with the Cynefin framework. This will be substantiated by lots of hands-on methods-based activities\, and group-based discussions.\n\nThe session will begin with an introduction to complexity\, and the natural and human science that sit behind the naturalising tradition in sense-making. Discover and manage the evolutionary potential of the present by increasing situational awareness of the types of systems that we sit within\, and how to modulate within complex systems.\n\nThe Cynefin framework has subtleties and nuances which are not easily accessible to the casual reader. Building on the basics outlined in the Harvard Business Review article\, this 2-day session will help you dig deeper into the uses of the framework\, accompanied by facilitated workshop activities and tools that have been used in organisations as diverse as the European Commission\, multinational telecoms companies and R&D departments of FMCG companies to bring diverse teams together in pursuit of corporate objectives.\n\n \n\nWhat is included\n\n\t2 days of instruction with a Cognitive Edge authorised trainer\n\taccess to the Cynefin Foundations Online course materials\n\ttea/coffee during breaks along with a light catered lunch\n\tcourse handouts and slides in PDF form (after training session is completed)\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\nTrainers\n\nMichael Cheveldave is a lead trainer and facilitator with Cognitive Edge and is responsible for the company’s business partnership and training activities globally.\n\nWith over 10 years of experience in applying the Cynefin framework and SenseMaker®\, Michael has developed an ability to communicate the practice of complexity theory in a way that audiences can quickly relate to and apply. Working across the private and public sectors in Canada\, USA\, the UK\, The Netherlands\, Australia\, Singapore\, New Zealand\, Denmark\, and Russia his projects experiences cover a diverse range of applications.\n\nMichael has a B. Eng. degree from the University of Victoria and a Knowledge Management Certificate from Royal Roads University. Michael makes his home in rural British Columbia\, Canada with his wife and two children nearby to some of the world’s best downhill skiing!\n\nBrian “Ponch” Rivera is the founder of AGLX Consulting\, member of the Cynefin Network\, and co-founder of Cynefin in Defense. A former F-14 instructor and foreign area officer\, Brian applies his military experience in High-Reliability Organizations\, human factors\, Red Teaming\, and Joint Operations to reinforce the applicability of the Cynefin framework in both Defense and business.\n\nBrian regularly trains and coaches executives on how to use the Cynefin framework to create the agility and safety their organizations need to thrive in this VUCA world. His clients include a FORTUNE 10 company\, tech startups\, and he has worked alongside Dave Snowden in advising military leaders at the Marine Corps University\, NATO-ACT\, U.S. Navy Safety Center\, and the Offices of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Defense.  Brian holds an MBA\, MA\, and several certifications in project management and Agile methodologies. He has experience coaching digital transformations in more than 20 companies and applying the Cynefin framework to safety and cyber defence.\n\nRecently\, Brian was selected to engage with over 70 leading academics\, executives and high-performing teams in an effort to help identify how the U.S. Navy can improve its agility. The top two challenges in Defense and industry\, according to his engagements\, are the same: understanding complexity and building the leadership and teamwork skills fit for the digital age.\n\n \n\n\n\nExplanation of the ticket choices\n\n\tIf you are part of a group of FOUR (4) or more people\, then please look at the ticket option for a group booking\, or email training@cognitive-edge.com for a group discount.\n\tPremium Members get 15% discount on all training. Sign up for the Network here: Cognitive Edge network registration for a Basic membership. When you’ve done that you’ll be directed to the Network Dashboard page\, click on the upgrade option to pay to become a Premium member and use the 15% discount code.\n\tDiscounts cannot be used cumulatively with Network Membership discounts.\n\nIf you have further questions\, please contact training@cognitive-edge.com\nCognitive Edge reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule the offered session.  In the event of cancellation or rescheduling\, a full refund of course fees will be processed within 10 business days of cancellation or rescheduling notice.  Cancellations by registrants are only permitted with a minimum of 3 weeks notice ahead of course delivery date with refunds provided less a 10% processing fee. Substitutions are permitted at any time as well as rescheduling attendance to an alternate session within a 12 month period.\n\n 
URL:https://cognitive-edge.com/events/cynefin-practitioner-foundations-washington-dc/
LOCATION:CrossLead\, 1445 New York Avenue\, NW\, First Floor\, Washington DC\, 20005
CATEGORIES:Foundation courses
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DTEND;TZID="UTC-3":20190428T170000
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SUMMARY:Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations: Brasília\, Brazil **SOLD OUT**
DESCRIPTION:Note: This course is only available to Brasilian residents and it is organized by CHIE\, our local partners. For tickets\, click here.\n\nThe language of this course is Portuguese.\n\n\n\nIn today’s increasingly volatile and uncertain world\, there is a need for more effectiveways of making sense of situations and managing in new and rapidly shifting contexts. Our past practices and approaches are failing us and what had worked reliably during more stable times is unfortunately proving inadequate for the dynamic present. This course introduces new practices and approaches that effectively integrate agility\, resilience\, and innovation in organisations for managing under conditions of uncertainty.\n\nThis 2-day course is a compliment and accompaniment to our Online Cynefin™ Foundations training – providing a blended learning experience. This Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundationstraining session will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn about the application of the Cynefin™ framework\, and how to put foundational Cognitive Edge facilitation methods to practice in organizations. You will experience workshop methods facilitated by practitioner instructors experienced in harnessing the ideas and activities covered in the online Cynefin™ Foundations course. Access to the online Cynefin™ Foundations course is included with your fee to this course adding to your learning opportunity.\n\nThrough this in-person session\, you will develop hands-on experience in thinking through Cynefin applications –\n\n(1) for organisational change and transformation\,\n\n(2) to improve decision-making\, and\n\n(3) to create conditions for innovation\, organisational resilience\, and leadership effectiveness.\n\nIn-person practitioner training courses offer an enhanced interactive and embodied learning environment\, where a cohort of attendees with diverse backgrounds\, embark on a learning journey about how to apply Cynefin™ and related methods across a range of applications\n\nWho it is for\n\nThis course designed for people who work in constantly-evolving\, dynamic situations\, dealing daily with uncertainty and risk\, and looking for a enhanced compass for building organisations that are both resilient and innovative. Whether you work in an organisation navigating intractable problems\, or are a consultant looking to include complexity principles into your practice – or if you are simply complexity-curious – this Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations class is for you.\n\nWhat we will cover\n\nThis has been designed as a 2-day session – a combination of deep immersion into the fundamentals of working in complexity\, and with the Cynefin framework. This will be substantiated by lots of hands-on methods-based activities\, and group-based discussions.\n\nThe session will begin with an introduction to complexity\, and the natural and human science that sit behind the naturalising tradition in sense-making. Discover and manage the evolutionary potential of the present by increasing situational awareness of the types of systems that we sit within\, and how to modulate within complex systems.\n\nThe Cynefin framework has subtleties and nuances which are not easily accessible to the casual reader. Building on the basics outlined in the Harvard Business Review article\, this 2-day session will help you dig deeper into the uses of the framework\, accompanied by facilitated workshop activities and tools that have been used in organisations as diverse as the European Commission\, multinational telecoms companies and R&D departments of FMCG companies to bring diverse teams together in pursuit of corporate objectives.\n\nWhat is included\n\n\t2 days of instruction with a Cognitive Edge authorised trainer and a sub-facilitor to assist with exercies and questions in Portugues\n\taccess to the Cynefin Foundations Online course materials\n\ttea/coffee during breaks and a light lunch\n\tcourse handouts and slides in PDF form (after training session is completed)\n\n\n\n\nTrainers\n\nIan Macdonald is a trainer and facilitator with Cognitive Edge in Brazil.With over 15 years in corporate communication and design as an advertising entrepreneur\, Ian stepped into his current purpose and passion for facilitating the development of people in complex systems when he was invited to be Head of Culture\, Engagement and Diversity for the Subway of Sao Paulo.In 2015\, he was invited to become a member of CHIE Consultancy’s team of Integrators\, supporting projects in Brazilian as well as multinational firms in both strategic and human resources projects. Ian has co-facilitated the design and implementation of SenseMaker® projects in Brazil and the USA. His project experience includes:·      Corporate culture diagnostics and mapping (M&A and employee engagement)·      Group facilitation and co-creative design·      Corporate communication and strategic planning·      Facilitation and integration of corporate Identity\, Strategy and Management ModelsIan has a Bachelor of Science from London University and is a Certified Facilitator and Consultant from MetaIntegral. His home is Sao Paulo\, Brazil with his wife and two kids. Outside of work\, Ian can be found in the workshop designing and building furniture or in the kitchen stirring up something tasty!\n\n \n\nGino Terentim is an Organization and Strategy Consultant at the CAIXA BANK Superintendence of Corporate Intelligence and Strategy. Having worked at CAIXA since 2001\, Gino has had the opportunity to lead large technology teams as well as the Corporate PMO\, participating in a very intense way in the process of strategic planning and agile transformation within the organization. Currently\, back in a PMO position\, he has focused his energy on portfolio management\, digital transformation as well as change management.Since 2014\, when he first came into contact with the Cynefin™\, he has been exploring the powerful framework\, which has led him to embrace a "no-return” path on issues such as systemic thinking\, complex thinking\, innovation\, creativity and agile.Gino has a doctorate from the University of Bordeaux. He is the father of Isa (who helps him perceive the power of complexity theory on a daily basis! = D)\, he is also an entrepreneur and cultivator of Carnivorous Plants (really!).
URL:https://cognitive-edge.com/events/cynefin-practitioner-foundations-brasilia-distrito-federal/
LOCATION:sebraelab\, Parque Tecnológico de Brasília \,  Brasília\, DF\, Brazil
CATEGORIES:Foundation courses
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SUMMARY:Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations: London\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:In today’s increasingly volatile and uncertain world\, there is a need for more effective ways of making sense of situations and managing in new and rapidly shifting contexts. Our past practices and approaches are failing us and what had worked reliably during more stable times is\, unfortunately\, proving inadequate for the dynamic present. This course introduces new practices and approaches that effectively integrate agility\, resilience\, and innovation in organisations for managing under conditions of uncertainty.\n\nThis 2-day course is a compliment and accompaniment to our Online Cynefin™ Foundations training - providing a blended learning experience. This Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations training session will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn about the application of the Cynefin™ framework\, and how to put foundational Cognitive Edge facilitation methods to practice in organizations. You will experience workshop methods facilitated by practitioner instructors experienced in harnessing the ideas and activities covered in the online Cynefin™ Foundations course. Access to the online Cynefin™ Foundations course is included with your fee to this course adding to your learning opportunity.\n\nThrough this in-person session\, you will develop hands-on experience in thinking through Cynefin applications -\n\n(1) for organisational change and transformation\,\n\n(2) to improve decision-making\, and\n\n(3) to create conditions for innovation\, organisational resilience\, and leadership effectiveness.\n\nIn-person practitioner training courses offer an enhanced interactive and embodied learning environment\, where a cohort of attendees with diverse backgrounds\, embark on a learning journey about how to apply Cynefin™ and related methods across a range of applications\n\nWho it is for\n\nThis course designed for people who work in constantly-evolving\, dynamic situations\, dealing daily with uncertainty and risk\, and looking for an enhanced compass for building organisations that are both resilient and innovative. Whether you work in an organisation navigating intractable problems or are a consultant looking to include complexity principles into your practice - or if you are simply complexity-curious - this Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations class is for you.\n\nWhat we will cover\n\nThis has been designed as a 2-day session - a combination of deep immersion into the fundamentals of working in complexity\, and with the Cynefin framework. This will be substantiated by lots of hands-on methods-based activities\, and group-based discussions.\n\nThe session will begin with an introduction to complexity\, and the natural and human science that sits behind the naturalising tradition in sense-making. Discover and manage the evolutionary potential of the present by increasing situational awareness of the types of systems that we sit within\, and how to modulate within complex systems.\n\nThe Cynefin framework has subtleties and nuances which are not easily accessible to the casual reader. Building on the basics outlined in the Harvard Business Review article\, this 2-day session will help you dig deeper into the uses of the framework\, accompanied by facilitated workshop activities and tools that have been used in organisations as diverse as the European Commission\, multinational telecoms companies and R&D departments of FMCG companies to bring diverse teams together in pursuit of corporate objectives.\n\nWhat is included\n\n\t2 days of instruction with a Cognitive Edge authorised trainer\n\taccess to the Cynefin Foundations Online course materials\n\ttea/coffee during breaks along with a light catered lunch\n\tcourse handouts and slides in PDF form (after the training session is completed)\n\n\n\n\nTrainer\n\nKaimar Karu has a diverse career background in IT\, having worked in IT Operations\, Software Development\, Project and Programme Management\, and IT Service Management. He has a passion for helping people learn and improve and has worked as a teacher\, trainer\, and coach in schools\, universities\, and professional training organizations across Europe. After discovering Cynefin some years back\, Kaimar has focused on exploring the practical application opportunities for Cynefin in the contexts of project management\, service management\, and DevOps. Most recently\, Kaimar held the role of Head of Product Strategy and Development at AXELOS\, the custodians of the global best practice portfolio on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government\, where he was responsible for products like ITIL\, PRINCE2\, and MSP. He is the lead author of ITIL Practitioner\, published in 2016\, and author or co-author of several papers on DevOps and Kanban. Before joining AXELOS in 2014\, Kaimar spent three years immersed in the world of startups\, Nordic pragmatism\, and multi-billion dollar acquisitions\, working with Skype in his native Estonia. Kaimar has a Master's degree in Philosophy from the University of Tartu\, where he explored the challenges in Philosophy of Language\, and later got involved in Experimental Philosophy. Although he's now based in London\, Kaimar travels a lot and can often be seen speaking at various events around the world or learning about the local food culture in one of his favourite destinations.\n\n\n\nExplanation of the ticket choices\n\n\tIf you are part of a group of FOUR (4) or more people\, then please look at the ticket option for a group booking\, or email training@cognitive-edge.com for a group discount.\n\tPremium Members get 15% discount on all training. Sign up for the Network here: Cognitive Edge network registration for a Basic membership. When you’ve done that you’ll be directed to the Network Dashboard page\, click on the upgrade option to pay to become a Premium member and use the 15% discount code.\n\tDiscounts cannot be used cumulatively.\n\nIf you have further questions\, please contact training@cognitive-edge.com\nCognitive Edge reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule the offered session. In the event of cancellation or rescheduling\, a full refund of course fees will be processed within 10 business days of cancellation or rescheduling notice. Cancellations by registrants are only permitted with a minimum of 3 weeks notice ahead of course delivery date with refunds provided less a 10% processing fee. Substitutions are permitted at any time as well as rescheduling attendance to an alternate session within a 12 month period.
URL:https://cognitive-edge.com/events/cynefin-practitioner-foundations-london-united-kingdom/
LOCATION:etc. venues Moorgate - Tenter House\, 45 Moorfields\, Moorgate\, EC2Y 9AE\, London\, E1 6DQ
CATEGORIES:Foundation courses
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SUMMARY:Cognitive Edge Premium Webinar: Weaving employee wellbeing into the fabric of our organisations to build resilience
DESCRIPTION:Stress is a term much spoken about this past few years\, with many interventions\, programmes and audits focused on managing and preventing stress-related absenteeism and ill-health.\n\nCognitive Edge took a close look at this space this past year and based on the research we undertook and feedback from various stakeholders\, decided to collaborate with one of our network members knowledgeable in this area to design a Wellbeing Pulse (as opposed to a 'Stress Audit'). Our choice of language here is deliberate\, we are choosing to focus on the doughnut so to speak\, not just the hole...\n\n“We pose this metaphorical question relating to employee wellbeing to those working in leadership roles in organisations: are you interested in putting plasters on cuts; or in preventing the cuts from occurring in the first place.”- Marion Kiely\n\nJoin Zhen Goh\, Ellie Snowden and Marion Kiely for a webinar where they will share more about the Wellbeing Pulse and the journey to develop such a Pulse. They will show how collecting short stories (micro-narratives) from employees via SenseMaker® differs when compared to traditional collection methods\, and why this method may appeal to some employers who up until now may have shied away from issuing 'stress surveys' due to their unease with leading questions.\n\n \n\nPremium Members: Lookout for the registrations details in your mailbox.\n\nSign-up today to become a Premium Member\, and you'll soon receive your invitation to this Webinar as well.\n\n\n\n \n\nMarion Kiely founded Upstream a couple of months after attending a Cynefin and Sense-making masterclass in London back in 2015\, and has incorporated complexity theory and the Cynefin Framework into projects for clients since. She is an advocate of the adaptive safety approach which at its core recognises the fundamental concept that our organisations are complex adaptive systems. She has a particular interest in the people in the system and has amassed a wealth of knowledge and experience in the area of psychosocial aspects of work.  She has an aversion towards safety approaches which focus on 'fixing the employee'\, and is much more interested in looking at what elements of the system are setting employees up for failure. She works with organisations to explore their organisational ecosystem\, make sense of it\, and take action based on the discovery & sense-making activities undertaken\, and in turn help employees\, organisations and societies become more resilient. Her MSc in Occupational Health research was focused on mindfulness-based interventions. She lectures at University College Cork on risk management (incorporating the adaptive safety approach)\, and recently became a strategic partner with Paradigm Human Performance where she is currently working on projects in Europe and the USA.\n\nEllie Snowden is a SenseMaker® practitioner and bodyworker therapist with a background in medical /social anthropology\, development and social transformation. The topics she has worked on with the SenseMaker® approach include influencing sustainable behaviours at UK music festivals\, citizen engagement\, sexual discrimination in the workplace and women’s health issues\, as well as work with the NHS on reducing errors in surgery. Prior to this\, she worked in public policy and HR research at the Institute of Employment Studies in Brighton\, Sussex.\n\nModerated by Zhen Goh. Zhen makes up part of the consulting team at Cognitive Edge. She is responsible for engaging clients – from project inception\, through the processes of conceptualization and execution\, to the final analysis – and assisting them in maximizing Cognitive Edge’s unique sense-making approaches. She also contributes to the further development of the SenseMaker® software. She is attracted to narrative\, and finds within worlds of possibilities.
URL:https://cognitive-edge.com/events/cognitive-edge-premium-webinar-weaving-employee-wellbeing-fabric-organisations-build-resilience/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Online Courses,Premium Webinars
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SUMMARY:Chartered Institute of Housing
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URL:https://cognitive-edge.com/events/chartered-institute-housing/
LOCATION:Cardiff\, Wales\, CF11\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations: Oslo\, Norway
DESCRIPTION:In today’s increasingly volatile and uncertain world\, there is a need for more effective ways of making sense of situations and managing in new and rapidly shifting contexts. Our past practices and approaches are failing us and what had worked reliably during more stable times is\, unfortunately\, proving inadequate for the dynamic present. This course introduces new practices and approaches that effectively integrate agility\, resilience\, and innovation in organisations for managing under conditions of uncertainty.\n\nThis 2-day course is a compliment and accompaniment to our Online Cynefin™ Foundations training - providing a blended learning experience. This Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations training session will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn about the application of the Cynefin™ framework\, and how to put foundational Cognitive Edge facilitation methods to practice in organizations. You will experience workshop methods facilitated by practitioner instructors experienced in harnessing the ideas and activities covered in the online Cynefin™ Foundations course. Access to the online Cynefin™ Foundations course is included with your fee to this course adding to your learning opportunity.\n\nThrough this in-person session\, you will develop hands-on experience in thinking through Cynefin applications -\n\n(1) for organisational change and transformation\,\n\n(2) to improve decision-making\, and\n\n(3) to create conditions for innovation\, organisational resilience\, and leadership effectiveness.\n\nIn-person practitioner training courses offer an enhanced interactive and embodied learning environment\, where a cohort of attendees with diverse backgrounds\, embark on a learning journey about how to apply Cynefin™ and related methods across a range of applications\n\nWho it is for\n\nThis course designed for people who work in constantly-evolving\, dynamic situations\, dealing daily with uncertainty and risk\, and looking for an enhanced compass for building organisations that are both resilient and innovative. Whether you work in an organisation navigating intractable problems or are a consultant looking to include complexity principles into your practice - or if you are simply complexity-curious - this Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations class is for you.\n\nWhat we will cover\n\nThis has been designed as a 2-day session - a combination of deep immersion into the fundamentals of working in complexity\, and with the Cynefin framework. This will be substantiated by lots of hands-on methods-based activities\, and group-based discussions.\n\nThe session will begin with an introduction to complexity\, and the natural and human science that sits behind the naturalising tradition in sense-making. Discover and manage the evolutionary potential of the present by increasing situational awareness of the types of systems that we sit within\, and how to modulate within complex systems.\n\nThe Cynefin framework has subtleties and nuances which are not easily accessible to the casual reader. Building on the basics outlined in the Harvard Business Review article\, this 2-day session will help you dig deeper into the uses of the framework\, accompanied by facilitated workshop activities and tools that have been used in organisations as diverse as the European Commission\, multinational telecoms companies and R&D departments of FMCG companies to bring diverse teams together in pursuit of corporate objectives.\n\nWhat is included\n\n\t2 days of instruction with a Cognitive Edge authorised trainer\n\taccess to the Cynefin Foundations Online course materials\n\ttea/coffee during breaks along with a light catered lunch\n\tcourse handouts and slides in PDF form (after the training session is completed)\n\n\n\n\nTrainer\n\nKaimar Karu has a diverse career background in IT\, having worked in IT Operations\, Software Development\, Project and Programme Management\, and IT Service Management. He has a passion for helping people learn and improve and has worked as a teacher\, trainer\, and coach in schools\, universities\, and professional training organizations across Europe. After discovering Cynefin some years back\, Kaimar has focused on exploring the practical application opportunities for Cynefin in the contexts of project management\, service management\, and DevOps. Most recently\, Kaimar held the role of Head of Product Strategy and Development at AXELOS\, the custodians of the global best practice portfolio on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government\, where he was responsible for products like ITIL\, PRINCE2\, and MSP. He is the lead author of ITIL Practitioner\, published in 2016\, and author or co-author of several papers on DevOps and Kanban. Before joining AXELOS in 2014\, Kaimar spent three years immersed in the world of startups\, Nordic pragmatism\, and multi-billion dollar acquisitions\, working with Skype in his native Estonia. Kaimar has a Master's degree in Philosophy from the University of Tartu\, where he explored the challenges in Philosophy of Language\, and later got involved in Experimental Philosophy. Although he's now based in London\, Kaimar travels a lot and can often be seen speaking at various events around the world or learning about the local food culture in one of his favourite destinations.\n\n\n\n Explanation of the ticket choices\n\n\tIf you are part of a group of FOUR (4) or more people\, then please look at the ticket option for a group booking\, or email training@cognitive-edge.com for a group discount.\n\tPremium Members get 15% discount on all training. Sign up for the Network here: Cognitive Edge network registration for a Basic membership. When you’ve done that you’ll be directed to the Network Dashboard page\, click on the upgrade option to pay to become a Premium member and use the 15% discount code.\n\tDiscounts cannot be used cumulatively.\n\nIf you have further questions\, please contact training@cognitive-edge.com\nCognitive Edge reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule the offered session. In the event of cancellation or rescheduling\, a full refund of course fees will be processed within 10 business days of cancellation or rescheduling notice. Cancellations by registrants are only permitted with a minimum of 3 weeks notice ahead of course delivery date with refunds provided less a 10% processing fee. Substitutions are permitted at any time as well as rescheduling attendance to an alternate session within a 12 month period.
URL:https://cognitive-edge.com/events/cynefin-practitioner-foundations-oslo-norway/
LOCATION:Arbeids- og velferdsdirektoratet\, Sannergata 2\, 0557\, Oslo\, 0557
CATEGORIES:Foundation courses
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SUMMARY:Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations: Hong Kong
DESCRIPTION:In today’s increasingly volatile and uncertain world\, there is a need for more effective ways of making sense of situations and managing in new and rapidly shifting contexts. Our past practices and approaches are failing us and what had worked reliably during more stable times is unfortunately proving inadequate for the dynamic present. This course introduces new practices and approaches that effectively integrate agility\, resilience\, and innovation in organisations for managing under conditions of uncertainty.\n\nThis 2-day course is a compliment and accompaniment to our Online Cynefin™ Foundations training - providing a blended learning experience. The Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations training session in Hong Kong is being offered in partnership with CIO Connect. This course will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn about the application of the Cynefin™ framework\, and how to put foundational Cognitive Edge facilitation methods to practice in organizations. You will experience workshop methods facilitated by practitioner instructors experienced in harnessing the ideas and activities covered in the online Cynefin™ Foundations course. Access to the online Cynefin™ Foundations course is included with your fee for this course adding to your learning opportunity.\n\nThrough this in-person session\, you will develop hands-on experience in thinking through Cynefin applications -\n\n(1) for organisational change and transformation\,\n\n(2) to improve decision-making\, and\n\n(3) to create conditions for innovation\, organisational resilience\, and leadership effectiveness.\n\nIn-person practitioner training courses offer an enhanced interactive and embodied learning environment\, where a cohort of attendees with diverse backgrounds\, embark on a learning journey about how to apply Cynefin™ and related methods across a range of applications\n\nWho it is for\n\nThis course designed for people who work in constantly-evolving\, dynamic situations\, dealing daily with uncertainty and risk\, and looking for an enhanced compass for building organisations that are both resilient and innovative. Whether you work in an organisation navigating intractable problems or are a consultant looking to include complexity principles into your practice - or if you are simply complexity-curious - this Cynefin™ Practitioner Foundations class is for you.\n\nWhat we will cover\n\nThis has been designed as a 2-day session - a combination of deep immersion into the fundamentals of working in complexity\, and with the Cynefin framework. This will be substantiated by lots of hands-on methods-based activities\, and group-based discussions.\n\nThe session will begin with an introduction to complexity\, and the natural and human science that sits behind the naturalising tradition in sense-making. Discover and manage the evolutionary potential of the present by increasing situational awareness of the types of systems that we sit within\, and how to modulate within complex systems.\n\nThe Cynefin framework has subtleties and nuances which are not easily accessible to the casual reader. Building on the basics outlined in the Harvard Business Review article\, this 2-day session will help you dig deeper into the uses of the framework\, accompanied by facilitated workshop activities and tools that have been used in organisations as diverse as the European Commission\, multinational telecoms companies and R&D departments of FMCG companies to bring diverse teams together in pursuit of corporate objectives.\n\nWhat is included\n\n\t2 days of instruction with a Cognitive Edge authorised trainer\n\taccess to the Cynefin Foundations Online course materials\n\ttea/coffee during breaks along with a light catered lunch\n\tcourse handouts and slides in PDF form (after training session is completed\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTrainers\n\nZhen Goh is a trainer and senior consultant with Cognitive Edge and is responsible for the company’s business development for consulting services globally.\n\nShe contributes to managing the Asia-Pacific market\, and has worked in multiple countries across all continents - except Antarctica (but plans are in motion). She has been involved in a broad range of projects\, whose recent applications include:\n\n\tStrategy planning for business harmonisation across OHADA nations in West Africa\n\tUnderstanding social resilience to guide policy decisions within plural societies\n\tStakeholder engagement in contribution to developing more robust laws and regulations\n\tMonitoring and evaluation of post-conflict restructuring (three parallel projects in Pakistan\, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo)\n\nZhen also holds the post of Associate Faculty at the Singapore Institute of Management\, where she advises on course development\, and instructs in the area of Cultural Sociology. She has spoken on complexity and its applications in conferences and panel discussions\, and believes in actionable and practical approaches. Often describing her role in CE as that of being “a Dave translator”\, she will be able to bring practical application to the high-level concepts discussed in our training.\n\nOutside of work\, she is passionate about music\, real estate and fantasy.\n\nJesko von den Steinen is currently the Associate Director of Strategic HR\, organisational innovation\, and Leadership Development with a fortune 500 company in Asia. \n\nJesko is a speaker\, actor\, performer\, choreographer\, filmmaker\, designer\, and formerly a principal solo artist with Cirque du Soleil\, and at “The House Of Dancing Water\,” the world’s largest water-based show created by the Franco Dragone Entertainment Group held at the City of Dreams in Macau.\n\n Trained and certified as a professional facilitator (IAF)\, certified executive coach (ICF)\, facilitator of LEGO® Serious Play® methodologies\, as well as agile project management\, Jesko brings the creative applications of collaboration and management of complex adaptive systems from the theatre and circus to organizations. Working on Strategic initiatives that focus on human-centred design and team alignment.  He currently volunteers with TEDx Wanchai in Hong Kong\, where he is the director of speaker coaching and presentation literacy. He works privately with executives in Hong Kong and Macau on organisational coaching and presentation literacy.\n\n Jesko is a frequently requested speaker and thought leader by providing clear pathways for integrating principles of the performing arts into Business. He has spoken at TEDx\, Inno Design Tech Expo\, AdAsia\, the Summit Series\, INK Talks Asia & India\, and for corporate clients including Google APAC\, Nike\, FOX Media Asia\, Thomson Reuters\, Hong Kong Jockey Club\,National Economic Forum Malaysia\, Experian\, FWD Insurance and HSBC.\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\nExplanation of the ticket choices\n\n\tIf you are part of a group of FOUR (4) or more people\, then please look at the ticket option for a group booking\, or email training@cognitive-edge.com for a group discount.\n\tPremium Members get 15% discount on all training. Sign up for the Network here: Cognitive Edge network registration for a Basic membership. When you’ve done that you’ll be directed to the Network Dashboard page\, click on the upgrade option to pay to become a Premium member and use the 15% discount code.\n\tDiscounts cannot be used cumulatively with Network Membership discounts.\n\nIf you have further questions\, please contact training@cognitive-edge.com\nCognitive Edge reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule the offered session.  In the event of cancellation or rescheduling\, a full refund of course fees will be processed within 10 business days of cancellation or rescheduling notice.  Cancellations by registrants are only permitted with a minimum of 3 weeks notice ahead of course delivery date with refunds provided less a 10% processing fee. Substitutions are permitted at any time as well as rescheduling attendance to an alternate session within a 12 month period.
URL:https://cognitive-edge.com/events/cynefin-practitioner-foundations-hong-kong-2/
LOCATION:Hong Kong\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Foundation courses
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