The Business of
Paradigms
Using Joel
Barker's film of the same name, participants learn about paradigms: how they serve us
and how they also limit our
ability to see new ideas.
The participants discuss the concepts in the
film and talk about how they relate to their
own experiences. |
Paradigm Pioneers
This is another
film by Joel Barker about paradigms.
Using many familiar examples in
business, the film shows that you
can benefit from the momentous ideas of
other people best if you are truly open to new, sometimes radical,
thinking. |
Balancing Advocacy
and Inquiry
This strategy deals with the tendency of western business people to concentrate on
advocating (befürworten) their own ideas and solutions.
It
looks for possible solutions by
becoming more open to feedback about one’s own ideas and becoming more
open to the ideas of others. |
The Ladder of Inference
Also developed at
M.I.T., this concept highlights the way we choose data that
supports our beliefs and how this process strengthens those
beliefs.
Going back down the ladder helps us to become aware of,
and to test, our assumptions.
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Discussions
Participants take part in discussions of interesting topics with the
goal of implementing the strategies learned in Balancing Advocacy and
Inquiry as well as The Ladder of Inference.
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Conflict Management
Styles
Assessment
Each participant fills
out a questionnaire to identify his or her own particular style for
dealing with conflicts. They then learn about all the different styles
that exist and the situations for which each type is appropriate.
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