Training
The focus of our work is continual learning. We coach, consult, facilitate and train either on site or through
Internet and telephone conferencing.
Though much of the learning occurs informally, the following pre-designed workshops help to create a Teeming
V culture. We can also structure tailored workshops to address specific needs.
Using a poignant training video with clips from the film Twelve Angry Men, this
workshop illustrates the difference between discussion (from the Latin roots meaning to "tear down") and
dialogue (from the Greek roots meaning to "talk through"). Participants learn the invaluable approaches
to dialogue that engender a revitalized sense of community.
Using a beautifully illustrated training film, Everyday Creativity, key
elements of creativity and collaboration are memorably illustrated. Participants leave with a renewed
sense of personal and organizational possibility.
This workshop is basic training for becoming a highly
responsive and collaborative organization. We review Peter Drucker's seven windows of opportunity so that
everyone in the organization might become more highly attuned to the many valuable opportunities for
innovation that are to be found everywhere in the organization, every day.
Using Carl Jung's original model of psychological type, this workshop
illuminates the different perspectives and approaches that people bring to their work. The training
engenders a greater appreciation for the value of diversity and individual strengths.
Using the entertaining training film, Fish, this session is a delightful
reminder that having fun at work, no matter how serious the mission of the organization, creates energy,
passion, and camaraderie.
Using the culture of Southwest Airlines and the training film, It's
So Simple, people learn that organizations that are bound by love will succeed far more readily than those
bound by fear. Participants learn to develop trust, respect and support for coworkers instead of the
command and control models that have dominated industry.
Using the model of shared leadership developed by the Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra — the world's only conductor-less orchestra — participants learn the value of
consensus building and passion for the work.
Using the case studies of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the space shuttle
Challenger and Columbia disasters, participants learn the serious pitfalls of suppressing dissention.
They learn the value of encouraging dissent everywhere in the organization and of paying attention when
dissenters have become quiet.
Successful groups are dynamic and responsive. Using the
training film, Leadership and the New Science, people learn that order does not require their control,
that organizational learning must be perpetual, and that relationships are key to building responsive
organizations.
This brief training uses an amusing training video, The Guest, to remind people
to treat both coworkers and the organization's constituency as welcomed guests.