Ecological Facilitation: A Gritty and Creative Approach to Leadership

March 5-23, 2012

The world is increasingly volatile and unpredictable. There’s a hunger and a need for a new kind of leadership – which can venture into the unknown and start making a new future. This practical and evocative course empowers us to better facilitate and lead groups and organizations in the service of creating that more sustainable future. It will open up a wealth of ideas, practices and skills that allow you to facilitate and lead from a deeper understanding of the interdependence of the universe. It gives us the courage to embrace complexity and ambiguity and yet to lead with clarity in the midst of uncertainty.

The emerging field of ecological facilitation and leadership looks to healthy, dynamic ecosystems for guidance in approaching change. Such bio-mimicry provides a logical and instinctive starting point for new leadership towards a sustainable world. This approach takes facilitator-leaders beyond self interest and the individualistic and organisation-centred concerns which have dominated recent decades. It suggests that we broaden our concept of ‘self’ and ‘organization’ to encompass the larger interdependent systems such as the natural systems and cultural forces to which we are compellingly connected.

Course Overview

This highly experiential and practical course takes an ‘action research’ approach to developing participants’ work alongside theories of group process, leadership and change, we draw on a range of fields to support the fuller engagement of all: participatory arts, ecopsychology, embodiment work, practical sustainability and dialogue. With this we enable ourselves to tap in to a wider field of knowing so often left behind at the office / classroom door.

On this course we engage with participatory approaches that allow all voices to be heard and for the wisdom of the group and the context to emerge.

The Teachers: Jenny Mackewn Toni Spencer Jean-Claude Audergon Tim “Mac” Macartney

Course Fees: Any One week £750, Any Two weeks £1,400 (Save £100 over weekly course price), Three weeks £2100 (Save £150). All course fees include accommodation, food, field trips and all teaching sessions.

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