Overview
Program
Highlights
Pre/Post-Conference
Practical Matters
Register
Amplifying Our Impact: Strategies for Unleashing the Power of Relationship
November 5-7, 2007 • The Westin Seattle • Seattle, Washington, USA

Post-Conference Workshop

Facilitation Tools for Improving Organizational Effectiveness
Thursday/Friday, November 8–9;
$1395
Kristina Wile and Rebecca Niles Peretz, Systems Thinking Collaborative

Online Registration is now closed

In this entry-level workshop, explore ways to take some of the ideas from the conference back to your organization. You will learn several user-friendly techniques for facilitating systems thinking interventions and leading groups in thinking systemically. Participants will gain hands-on experience with a variety of facilitation tools, including hexagon mapping, systems archetypes, causal loop diagrams, options mapping, and scenario planning. By using these tools, you and your organization can improve decision making, enhance your ability to think strategically, and innovate more effectively. Registration fee includes a facilitator’s kit.

Kristina Wile is a managing partner of the Systems Thinking Collaborative. She has been using systems thinking and related learning practices to help organizations understand highly complex issues for more than 10 years. Kris has a master’s degree from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and prior to that, worked as an electronics engineer.

Rebecca Niles Peretz is a senior consultant with the Systems Thinking Collaborative. Since 1995, Rebecca has been coaching teams in the use of systems thinking to understand complex issues ranging from teacher absenteeism to employee retention to new drug discovery to economic growth in Nigeria. Rebecca has a master’s degree from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.