2020
Interchange workshops are designed to be involving and informative. They integrate skills and understanding by addressing a combination of skills, processes, concepts and models. For participants who wish it, they provide opportunities to practise and receive supportive feedback.
Special note: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the workshop program has also now been augmented by an Action learning webinar program to replace the action learning workshop until we can resume in-person workshops.
The facilitator for workshops and webinars is Bob Dick. The venue for Brisbane workshops, when they resume, will be as before -- Walkabout Creek conference centre, 60 Mt Nebo Road The Gap, a beautiful conference centre in a bushland setting. You can participate in webinars from the convenience and comfort of your office, workplace or home.
The fee for each of the four 2-day public Brisbane workshops in the Interchange program is $770* per participant (in Australian dollars, GST included).
There are attractive early bird rates for early payment. Generous discounts may also be available for groups of two or more participants from one organisation.
The fee for a 5-session webinar is $550, again with generous discounts or other special arrangements for teams from one organisation.
* Note that for workshops offered jointly with other facilitators, or interstate, fees vary.If you are genuinely unable to afford the workshop fee, and keen to attend, enquiry about a possible half-price bursary. For reduced rates (or special deals) for teams, also enquire.
Typically the Interchange workshop program includes four workshops. Three regular topics are offered almost every year. One workshop, usually the first of the four, the topic may vary from time to time.
Other workshops may be added to this program if there is sufficient demand. If you prefer, in-house workshops on these and other topics can be designed and facilitated to meet the specific needs of your organisation or community.
You can access more details by clicking on the workshop name below.
Organisations increasingly find it challenging to respond quickly enough to accelerating rates of change. Fortunately, there are strategies available to increase team and organisational responsiveness and flexibility. Team leaders can adopt a more facilitative style, engaging team members in worthwhile and satisfying responsibilities. Leadership can be shared. This workshop explores the relevant skills, processes, concepts and structures.
This workshop has been temporarily postponed. It may be rescheduled in 2021.Foundation skills, concepts and processes for designing and facilitating group activities for change, learning, meetings, and decision making.
This workshop has been postponed, waiting on clarity about the development of the COVID-19 virus.For the further development of facilitation skills, processes and concepts in group facilitation. The concepts and processes can be applied to the facilitation of learning, change, meetings, and decision-making. Attention is given to wicked problems and large or difficult groups.
This workshop has been postponed, waiting on clarity about the development of the COVID-19 virus.Implementing change and developing leadership and problem solving skills through the use of projects. Learn how to set up a program of multiple projects to achieve leadership development and cultural change.
For 2020, this workshop has been replaced by a five-session webinar, 6,13,20,27 October and 3 November, at a reduced price.With Chris Patty. A two-day experiential workshop using an integrated combination of action methods with actionable and practical models and processes. We'll explore how to make diversity, difference and disagreement a benefit rather than a liability. We'll consider how to model good relationships and interactions that will in turn influence others and the wider culture.
This workshop has been postponed, waiting on clarity about the development of the COVID-19 virus.Other possible workshop programs (some very tentative)
In addition to the Interchange program, a number of other workshops have been offered in the past or are (very tentatively) planned. Some may be reactivated again in the future if there is interest, and subject to the progress of the pandemic. It may be possible to offer some as a webinar series.
Shared leadership (tentative title)With Martin Butcher. A two-day workshop on ways of moving to a shared leadership culture in an organisation. The emphasis will be on practical ways of achieving both enjoyment and performance.
Contact me (bd@bigpond.net.au) for more details.
With Andrew Rixon. An occasional two-day experiential workshop on how to achieve more effective and sustainable change by combining and integrating Open Space Technology and action learning.
Contact me (bd@bigpond.net.au) for more details.
With Mary Maher. An occasional one-day workshop for men facing, or wishing to plan or prepare for, changes in their life.
Contact Mary Maher for details.
In-house program
We don't currently plan to offer the following as public workshops in 2020. However, they can be made available within organisations and communities, tailored to your requirements. Again, click on the workshop title for details.
For many people action research is an attitude and mindset that allows spontaneity and resilience in unsettled or confusing situations. For others it's a research methodology that allows change to be researched and pursued at the same time. We'll address both approaches.
Available in-house. Otherwise not offered as a public workshop in 2020.How to design and implement a performance improvement process that people will actually like, and find valuable. The emphasis is on a collaborative and blame-free approach that benefits all parties. It can be applied within pairs (such as team leader and team member) or to a self-managed team.
Available in-house. Otherwise not offered as a public workshop in 2020.Skills, models, concepts and processes for participatory change in community and organisational settings. The workshop will cover the important entry phase, the engagement of participants in planning, and ways of enhancing the likelihood of action.
Available in-house. Otherwise not offered as a public workshop in 2020.The use of story (whether traditional, created or elicited) for individual, group and system diagnosis, development and change
Available in-house. Otherwise not offered as a public workshop in 2020.The design and facilitation of processes for experiential learning, integrating theory and practice in involving ways
Available in-house. Otherwise not offered as a public workshop in 2020.The Snyder evaluation process, which combines outcome, process and short-cycle evaluation
Available in-house. Otherwise not offered as a public workshop in 2020.Practical principles from foresight, complexity, resilience, and high reliability are applied to dealing more effectively with unexpected opportunities and crises and learning from them.
Available in-house. Otherwise not offered as a public workshop in 2020.What else?
We would be pleased to consult with you about a workshop designed and presented within your organisation to meet your particular needs.
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