An anthology of poems exploring the light and shadow side of change Writer, philosopher, and theatre maker Paul Levy shares fifty of his poems inspired by his work in the field of change and transformation. Founder of the theatre publication Fringe Review, and author of the books “Digital Inferno” and “Technosophy”, Paul has spent over…
Tag: Change
Flip Chart Dumping
Flip chart dumping is a way of parking ideas and actions and ensuring they are never realised in practice. The act of writing on a flip chart in front of others is a fairly physical activity and often gives the false impression that we are all “doing something”. In too many cases, what we are…
The Graveyard Activity
Overview of the activity This is a powerful activity that can be used to explore career, personal development and biography. It takes many people into a zone of discomfort, a topic that they may not want to explore, so should be taken with this activity. We should be sensitive in choosing it and also throughout…
Aftermath – an exercise for exploring a difficult organisational or business change
Purpose of the Activity This is a simple and respectful applied improvisation exercise for helping a group to begin to come to terms with a difficult change. In essence, it is based on the idea that speaking words in a group, in a collective activity, can be the start of a…
The Three Tests for an Innovative Idea
I use this little model in workshops oninnovation and change sometimes. I usually draw or ask someone to draw an eagle, a lion and a bull on the board and then we explore the model which, essentially, explores the “head, heart, guts” view of change, where we usually, depending on our personality, feel more open…
Overcoming Resistance to Change
This is a simple model that looks at different approaches to change resistance. I developed it during a series of change workshops for a manufacturing company in the aftermath of a recession. Managers had realised they wanted to further explore and experience the issue of why and how people resist change. Their default tended to…
Barney and Fred in conversation about Change
The following is a s snatch of a dialogue about change. There’s an intriguing take on change and “un-change” here. The decision NOT to change is, in itself,an intervention. It requires as much consideration as a decision to change something. It requires a positive step. Not doing something is a positive decision NOT to! Also,…
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