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  • From Commitment and Action: Uncovering and Addressing Hidden Resistance

    Online , United States

    Too often, employees learn that the politically sound choice is to agree—even if they don’t. Concerns go under the surface and important viewpoints aren't discussed. Occasionally, concerns become conflicts so large that they threaten to divide a team or undermine a project. In this online, on-demand session, participants will learn about the Resistance Line, which helps diagnose and address hidden ... Read more »

    $425 – $700

  • Connected Leadership Masterclass: Leading Complex Organizations in a Networked World

    Online , United States

    Date change! April 14 (Day 1) and May 12 (Day 2), 2022 As a leader, how do you encourage performance and loyalty in a hybrid work model? How do you build long-lasting trust among employees, as well as with clients and partners, when a deep transformation of your organization is in play? When people are working remotely and struggling with ... Read more »

    €300 – €600

  • An Introduction to Deep Democracy: A New View into Resistance and Conflict

    Online , United States

    As facilitators, our job is to help diverse groups come together, negotiate differences, and craft solutions that stick. Too often, however, group members nod their heads, but don’t really agree. Their concerns go under the surface. Occasionally, these concerns become conflicts so large that they threaten to divide a team or undermine a project. In order to achieve real commitment—and ... Read more »

  • Deep Democracy Foundations (CoResolve): June 2022

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    Online , United States

    Deep Democracy, developed in post-apartheid South Africa, offers a robust methodology and tools for helping address tension and conflict practically and effectively. The hands-on, practice-based 2.5-day online course teaches techniques that can be applied immediately to work with groups and individuals. The Lewis Method of Deep Democracy was developed by Myrna and Greg Lewis, psychologists who were asked to help a ... Read more »

    $850 – $1350

  • What If We Loved Conflict?: How Deep Democracy Invites Healthy Conflict At Work

    Online , United States

    The idea that every consulting project will go smoothly, without a bit of conflict, is a lovely dream. But it's just that: a dream. Whenever people come together to share opinions, design something, or implement a plan, we inevitably run into differences in perspectives, values, priorities, worldviews, and so on. These differences, especially if they revolve around an important issue ... Read more »

    $10

  • Deep Democracy Group Practice for Facilitators

    Online , United States

    Invest in your Deep Democracy skills through this four-part, small group practice and coaching series. We will build on the Deep Democracy Foundations course. During four 90-minute sessions, you will: Practice and refine the skills learned in the Deep Democracy Foundations course Receive feedback on Deep Democracy techniques Learn new Deep Democracy tools that enhance facilitator effectiveness Integrate Deep Democracy ... Read more »

  • Stuck in your point of view? Let’s talk!

    Grand Hyatt 1000 H St NW, Washington, DC, United States

    In our current environment, characterized by oppositional discourse, it is useful to pause and explore the human tendency to dismiss conflicting points of views and get “stuck” in our own point of view. In this highly experiential workshop, we work with the notions of neutrality, equanimity, polarities, and role theory, drawn from the Lewis Method of Deep Democracy, to explore ... Read more »

  • Deep Democracy and Organization Development: A New Approach to Resistance and Collaboration

    Webinar; details to be sent to participants

    The idea that every consulting project will go smoothly, without a bit of conflict, is a lovely dream. But it's just that: a dream. Whenever people come together to share expertise, design something, or implement a plan, we encounter differences, yet people at work are not adept at creating healthy spaces to explore opposing points of view. Frequently, one point ... Read more »

  • Deep Democracy Foundations (CoResolve): November 16-18, 2022

    Online , United States

    Deep Democracy, developed in post-apartheid South Africa, offers a robust methodology and tools for helping address tension and conflict practically and effectively. The hands-on, practice-based 2.5-day online course teaches techniques that can be applied immediately to work with groups and individuals. The Lewis Method of Deep Democracy was developed by Myrna and Greg Lewis, psychologists who were asked to help a ... Read more »

    $850 – $1350

  • The Lewis Method of Deep Democracy

    Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University 200 Westboro Rd, North Grafton, MA, United States

    Is it possible to stay in dialogue around emotionally charged topics in ways that energize, create shifts in consciousness, and evoke new ideas for action? This is what we want to explore in this interactive session using the Lewis Method of Deep Democracy. The Lewis Method was created by Myrna and Greg Lewis to help South African companies and individuals ... Read more »

    $240

  • Racial Justice Community of Practice: The Deep Democracy Approach

    Online , United States

    Conversations about racial justice often involve hearing viewpoints that differ from your own, and have the potential to evoke deep emotions. One approach to facilitating such conversations is called Deep Democracy, a method developed in South Africa during the transition from apartheid to democracy. We’ll hear from two Deep Democracy practitioners, Maya Townsend & İpek Ütün, and discuss how the method’s basic ... Read more »

  • Human Centered Organizations: A Call for Radical Humanity at Work

    Boston Marriott Copley Place 110 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

          The 48th Annual Convention & Expo is Sold Out General registration is now closed. For information about joining the waiting list please contact us: convention@providers.org Presented by: Maya Townsend, Founder and Lead Consultant, Partnering Resources, LLC We will explore what organizations could look like if we truly centered our businesses around human dignity, learning, and well-being. We ... Read more »

  • Emotions Welcome!: Deep Democracy’s Approach to Conflict Resolution

    George Mason University, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution 3434 Washington Blvd, Arlington, VA, United States

          Presented by: Maya Townsend; Ipek Utun Many conflict resolution methods assume that people are logical, rational human beings. We are. But we're also emotional, irrational, and sometimes unpredictable. The Lewis Deep Democracy technique is designed to engage the entire human being -- their logic and their emotion, their rationality, and their irrationality -- in the conflict resolution ... Read more »

    $25 – $340

  • The Human-Centered Organization: OD’s Role in Bringing Radical Humanity to the Workplace

    Online , United States

    Presented by: Maya Townsend In November 2022, an international group of business leaders and thinkers asked: “What are organizations centered around?” The answers were telling: Leaders. Operations. Profit. Customers. Managers. Money. Notably missing from the list were purpose, human well-being, learning, and growth. Many of today's organizations replicate the Taylorist model, which believes employees are tools to be used, not ... Read more »

    $45

  • Interrupting the Path to Violence: Using Deep Democracy to Identify and Mitigate Precursors to Violence

    Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University 200 Westboro Rd, North Grafton, MA, United States

    Join us at the Frontiers of Democracy conference! Violence doesn't just happen. There are often warning signs that appear long before a situation erupts. All too often, we don't pay attention to these warning signs. We brush them off, discount them, or otherwise ignore them. Other times, we see the warning signs, but hesitate to intervene out of fear of ... Read more »

    $240

  • Decreasing Polarization through Deep Democracy at the ACR Conference

    Creighton University 602 North 20th Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Join us at the Association for Conflict Resolution annual conference! Polarization isn’t just for politics. Across the US and the world, people are managing differences by dividing into us versus them camps. Some of this is good-natured (think sports teams), but much of it devolves into name-calling, oversimplification of issues, and demonization of the other side. Deep Democracy, a method ... Read more »

  • Working with Resistance: A Deep Democracy Approach

    Online , United States

    As facilitators, our job is to help diverse groups come together, engage in dialogues that encourage positive collaboration across differences, enable groups to overcome resistance, access more of the wisdom inherent in the system, and craft solutions that stick. Resistance is a dynamic that slows down or sometimes even blocks the system from moving toward a decision.  In this session, ... Read more »

    Free – $35