Day 3- Thursday 19 March 2015: Preparing for our Individual Challenge Capacitating Yourself and Others to Survive During Times of Change and Turbulence. Presented by Sammy Njenga, Director, Systems Thinking Africa. #astdza2015

1. SURVIVING
DURING
CHANGE
&
TURBULENCE
PRESENTER:
SAMUEL
NJENGA

3. AGENDA
Perspec'ves
for
a
Changing
World
Complexity
&
Anxiety
Self-­‐
differen'a'on

4. § Murray
Bowen
and
Family
Systems
Theory
§ OrganizaIons
are
emoIonal
spaces
§ OrganizaIon
characterized
by
constant
movements
to
find
stability
§ These
movements
while
created
by
the
need
to
manage
anxiety
also
create
anxiety
§ Unmanaged,
anxiety
can
lead
to
STUCKNESS
PERSPECTIVES FOR A CHANGING WORLD

5. Anxiety
can
be
triggered…
§ Change
of
leaders
§ OrganizaIonal
restructuring
§ ShorSall
in
the
budget
or
revenue
§ Large
Projects
§ Audit
and
report
sessions
§ Influx
of
new
members
§ Loss
of
members
§ Significant
changes
announced
§ Exclusion
from
important
decisions
COMPLEXITY
AND
ANXIETY

6. Symptoms
of
chronic
anxiety-­‐
stuckness
• ReacIvity
• Herding
• Blame-­‐
scapegoaIng
• Quick
fix
mentality
• Lack
of
well
differenIated
leadership
• PreoccupaIon
with
past
successes
• Fixing
image
and
percepIon
rather
than
‘the
problem’.
COMPLEXITY
AND
ANXIETY

8. The
collec've/
dominant
stories
of
an
organisa'on
Self
differen'ated
leadership
Followership
Measurements
Structure

9. The
leadership
role
• Leadership
is
an
interacIve
relaIonship
between
individuals.
• Learning
to
lead
does
not
mean
learning
methods
to
change
yourself
to
fit
a
leadership
role.
Rather
it
means
learning
how
to
bring
more
of
who
you
truly
are.
(Short,
1991,
p.
viii).
• Thus,
leadership
is
more
about
clarity
of
self
than
it
is
about
technique
or
data.
SELF-­‐DIFFERENTIATION
Short,
R
(1991)
cited
in
hJp://www.jimforce.ca/Differen'atedLeadership.pdf

10. Self-­‐differenIated
presence
1. having
clarity
about
one's
own
life
principles,
vision
and
goals,
2. being
able
to
remain
calm
in
the
presence
of
others'
anxiety
and
reacIvity,
3. being
separate
while
being
connected
SELF-­‐DIFFERENTIATION

11. Email: njengasammy@gmail.com
Cell: 0820871962