Arena:  Navigating Complex Issues

Barrier Analysis of Systemic Methods for Navigating Complex Issues

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ACTIVITY 1     Accelerating Knowledge Sharing

Each Catalytic Thinking Lab is supported by a WindTunneling project. WindTunneling is a systemic methodology to accelerate learning and knowledge sharing. Share what you learned from the lab transparently and anonymously. Compare your thinking and respond to the ideas of others. Everyone gets to see every idea; no one knows who shared which idea.

Go to WindTunneling. Use Project Code 77NCB to record your insights.


ACTIVITY 2     Focus on Relationships in Your Organization

Repeat the activity, Focus on Relationships. This time shift your focus to your organization. Make at least 3-4 pairs.

How do these pairs relate to each other specifically in your organization?

How do the policies or culture of your organization reinforce these barriers?

For each pair, imagine at least one intervention that could challenge that barrier in your organization.

ACTIVITY 3     Personal Barrier Analysis to Systemic Method

Create your own Barrier Analysis Knowledge Map by copying the presentation chalkboard.

 

Think about 1-2 complex issues that have confronted your organization in the past. Reflect on each barrier. Which of these barriers did you use? What were the outcomes of your actions?

 

Based on this presentation, what could you have done differently? How might you approach a new complex issue differently?

Record your thoughts on a knowledge map.


Other References, Articles, and Books

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