In organisations today we spend a lot of time trying to solve complex problems. Many of us are trying to change something and find ourselves stuck at some point and don’t know what to do next. Things feel blocked or difficult. It's hard to make progress. Or things move much slower than we hoped for.

Perhaps something feels impossible, a stalemate - and we don’t know where to even begin. Or even before starting something we know we need some deeper insight into what the real issue is, or what might be unseen just beneath the surface.

If some of this feels true for you, this workshop, drawing on some core principles from systemic constellations, will offer you new ways of seeing and working with complex problems and change.

Attendees at the previous workshop described the day as well-paced, fascinating and really rich, with facilitation that was both light and profound, practical, and a safe space for learning.

The workshop will likely:

• give you deeper insight into what's really going on

• give you a better understanding of the competing forces that may be at play

• reveal what might be getting in the way of movement or progress

• understand what the system has to 'say'

• see more clearly through the complexity

• see previously unseen dynamics, possibilities and new ways forward.

We're keeping numbers deliberately small, just 12 participants.

Your facilitators are Helena Clayton and Matt Fairbrass, both deeply experienced in organisational change and transformation.

During the day, you'll:

• learn how an approach that draws on systemic constellations, spatial mapping, intuition and embodied knowing brings a fresh and useful dimension to the more traditional ways of approaching change and complex problems

• develop your capacity to ‘switch on’ intuition and embodied knowing in yourself and others

• experience elements of systemic constellations for yourself so that you understand it from the inside

• have the opportunity to ‘workshop’ an organisational issue

• leave with some simple tools that you can apply immediately in your organisation or with clients.

Come along and play! We think you’ll find this workshop a timely opportunity to step back and look at something that’s knotty, using contemporary thinking and underused ways-of-knowing. This approach we take can only complement what you already know and do and you’ll leave with a greater sense of expansion and possibility.

Modern ways to work with change

As well as being a practical and practice-based workshop, it will also act as an introduction to some of the more leading-edge ways of working with change including systemic constellations, emergent change, polarities and paradox, 'parts' work, dialogic approaches and embodied knowing. We'll provide short bursts of theory as we go along and can point you to much more, if you're interested.

Who is this for:

If you’re working in a dedicated OD, HR or Change role, or if you’re an operational manager or leader grappling with complex change this is a perfect workshop for you. All are welcome and no previous experience of systemic constellations work is necessary.

Matt & Helena

We've both been working in the field of Change, OD and Leadership Development for many years with organisations like EY and Jaguar Land Rover, Accenture and Interserve, as well as the British Council, various departments in the UK Civil Service, and Housing Associations. We've been in both in-house roles and as external consultants.

Our work – and this workshop – draws on the work of many great teachers and many disciplines. Matt and I have learned so much from the work of Ed Rowland from the field of Systemic Constellations, for example. Our training in Shadow Work and voice dialogue practice has also made a powerful contribution. Ideas from Deep Ecology from Schumacher College also inform our practice, as does Keegan and Lahey’s Immunity to Change. And of course, somatic and embodied practices as well as John Heron’s ‘ways of knowing'... and much more.

EARLY BIRD PRICE of £300 available until 1 Jan 2023. Then the FULL PRICE is £400. But if cost is a barrier, please do reach out to one of us and we will be happy to explore options.

Working with Complex Change - New Ways To See