Organization: IMA International
Registration deadline: 10 Aug 2016
Starting date: 07 Sep 2016
Ending date: 27 Apr 2017
An action-learning journey for organisational and personal development
The New Frontiers for Development programme has as its core purpose, experiencing empathy and reflecting on what learning implies for social change practitioners.
There are three modules:
- Module 1: Macroeconomic challenges, 7-9 September 2016 in Cape Town
- Module 2: Effective organisations in the face of macro level challenges, 24-27 January 2017 in Bangkok
- Module 3: Effective leaders in a complex world, 24-27 April 2017 in Brighton
The journey is designed for managers and leaders who want to understand and experience our approach, to reflectively making connections and turn this into practice. The learning journey consists of 3 face-to-face modules and linked remote work in between these over nine months.
Our journey starts by developing a new way of relating to current economic issues which underpin all development work. We then explore how organisations can function better in relating to these issues through their internal dynamics and partnering with others, teasing out the leadership implications. Finally, we work with the close and personal, unpacking the process of becoming a resilient and meaningful leader – connecting to ourselves more effectively. Our dedicated team of trainers and coaches will support you before, during and after this holistic journey.
Module 1: This 3-day module, the first of the New Frontiers for Development learning journey, introduces participants to new economic thinking in relation to key economic issues and provides techniques to critically review these issues.
Each day consists of 4 parts. We examine 3 key economic issues during the first 3 parts of each day and bring these issues together in the final part of the day. The first 3 parts consist of a mixture of presentations, examples and exercises with a group discussion to draw together the 3 issues at the end of each day.
Each key economic issue is presented as a statement. We begin each part with an introduction to the mainstream economic thinking around that issue and the assumptions underpinning it. Together, we use critical analysis and divergent thinking to deconstruct and reconstruct those statements. This provides you with the confidence to redefine your position in relation to those, and future, economic issues.
Module 2: Uncovers the assumptions, both personal and organisational, which lie behind every intervention in development and opens a debate on how to deal with complexity from an organisational leadership perspective. Among other tools and approaches we will explore Theory of Change to understand and realise how this innovative way of thinking can support us in understanding reality as complexity and to position ourselves in it. We explore possibilitiesfor understanding impact using complexity theory.
Through a multi-stakeholders process the module explores how to engage with different social actors, inside and outside your organisation. Using techniques such as Complex Adaptive System and partnering approaches we explore ideas for engaging with like and non-like-minded stakeholders. Through our power analysis approach we discover how fluid and dynamic power can be, allowing us to use and understand it for the benefit and success of our organisationalgoal and effectiveness.
Module 3: Gives you the opportunity to learn and experience the process of becoming an effective leader within your organisation in the face of macro level challenges. This module draws on principles and tools from a range of diverse practices. We take thematic threads from Module 2 and explore these further through personal reflection. We start by reflecting on how the ‘personal’ impacts on how we relate to others and how we lead. Together, we explore how to enhance personal adaptability and resilience. We discuss models of effective leadership and practise the art of storytelling for sharing knowledge and conveying powerful stories of transformation. Each day starts and finishes with a mindfulness practice.
The New Frontiers for Development programme is a chance for personal growth and development as well as a way of cultivating resilience and critical thinking for dealing with rapidly complex change processes.
Building on years of collaborative working, IMA International and NEF Consulting have designed a learning journey. The programme addresses the issues we have found most pressing for those organisations we work with as consultants and capacity building professionals in the international development sector.
How to register:
email: post@imainternaional.com for the attention of Giulio Ghirardo
Call IMA International +44 (0)1273 833030