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Systems Convening
Systems Convening- June 2022
Delivered in collaboration with the NHS South West Leadership Academy and Wenger-Trayner Unip Ltd, via zoom.
This workshop is intended for you if your work involves convening people across Boundaries and silos, under whatever role or name it is done. The goal of this workshop is to help you think through and plan your strategy for dealing with your project in its broader context of often-competing initiatives, perspectives, expectations, and politics.
Background:
Many people nowadays find themselves leading initiatives that seem more complex than they used to be. Circumstances quickly change, people’s stances on different sides of traditional boundaries are deepening, expectations of results are speeding up. We call the kind of people who take on these challenges systems conveners.
The workshop engages participants in a reflection on their work from a systems-convening perspective. This entails understanding the mindset that systems conveners bring to their project as well as the various dimensions of the work of systems convening.
Core module – 7th June 2022, 10:00-11:30
The core module is open to everyone. It provides an overview of systems convening — its purpose is to give you a general understanding of the topic.
The purpose of this session is to:
- – Gain a language for talking about systems convening as a form of leadership for the 21st century
- – Review the dimensions of the work of systems convening
- – Understand the mindset of a systems convener
- – Hear some stories of systems convening in action
The 90-minute core module has two parts:
- – 40-minute introductory session about systems convening
- – an optional 40-minute applied session mapping the social landscape in which you operate
The optional 40-minute applied session is a guided process for mapping your landscape from a systems convening perspective.
Facilitator Bios
Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner
Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner are internationally renowned social learning theorists and consultants. Their pioneering work in social learning is influential in such diverse fields as learning theory, business, government, international development, healthcare, and education. Their consulting practice specializes in contexts where there are large-scale social learning challenges. They founded the Social Learning Lab, where they host series of events oriented to theory, practice, and leadership. The co-edited volume Learning in landscapes of practice expands the theory beyond single communities. Systems convening sheds light on a crucial form of social-learning leadership. They are preparing a guidebook for communities of practice. They have started a book series called Learning to make a difference and recently published the first volume. It introduces the concept of social learning space as a new foundation for the theory, and their value-creation framework as a tool for both conceptualizing and cultivating social learning. Read the book here: Systems Convening – A crucial form of leadership for the 21st century (free PDF download).
Registration
All modules are free to participants as part of the South West Leadership Academy’s programme offers.
By applying, you are agreeing to a cancellation charge of £150, you will be liable for this fee if you are successful in obtaining a place and then withdraw/ do not attend the programme without extenuating circumstances.