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The Business of Paradigms

Using Joel Barker's film of the same name, participants learn about paradigms:  how they serve us and how they also limit our ability to see new ideas.

The participants discuss the concepts in the film and talk about how they relate to their own experiences.

The Ladder of Inference

Also developed at M.I.T., this concept highlights the way we choose data that supports our beliefs and how this process strengthens those beliefs.

Going back down the ladder helps us to become aware of, and to test, our assumptions.  

Paradigm Pioneers

This is another film by Joel Barker about paradigms.

Using many familiar examples in business, the film shows that you can benefit from the momentous ideas of other people best if you are truly open to new, sometimes radical, thinking. 

Discussions

Participants take part in discussions of interesting topics with the goal of implementing the strategies learned in Balancing Advocacy and Inquiry as well as The Ladder of Inference. 

Balancing Advocacy and Inquiry

This is a concept developed at M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

It deals with the tendency of western business people to concentrate on advocating (befürworten) their own ideas and solutions.

This strategy looks for possible solutions by becoming more open to feedback about one’s own ideas and becoming more open to the ideas of others.

It also has application in cross-cultural situations.

Conflict Management Styles Assessment

Participants fill out a questionnaire to identify their particular styles for dealing with conflicts.


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