24th Oct - 26th Oct, 2017
BUILDING RESILIENCE IN A CHANGING WORLD
presented by Inspiration Developers
WORKSHOPS AND PAPER PRESENTERS
Diane Moore Facilitating Flourishing at Work, Diane Moore Consulting
Lessons from Improvisational Arts for Three-Dimensional Leadership
How do we experience meaning and purpose? That question compels Diane’s work to help others flourish in their work. She supports individuals and groups in transition through one-on- one coaching, leadership development, and organizational consulting. With a background in data analysis and management, Diane weaves together assessment data with intuition and creativity to help her clients gain perspective and make productive changes. Diane holds an MA in organizational systems from LIOS/Saybrook University and an MS in computer science from the University of Washington. She is currently training in the Hakomi method, a practice for facilitating others in mindful self-study. Her inspirations include neuroscience, applied behavioral science, and improvisational theatre.
Mr. Samad Aidane, MSc. PMP, is a cross-cultural leadership development researcher, trainer, and coach. His industry experience spans telecom, finance, health care, and government projects in the U.S., Germany, Austria, and Belgium, with organizations such as HP, Cap Gemini, Time Warner Telecom, and Telefonica. Samad holds a Master of Science Degree in the Neuroscience of Leadership from Middlesex University, U.K. His current Ph.D. research interest in Applied Neuroscience investigates how findings from social and cultural neuroscience informs our understanding of the effect of culture on emotions, cognition, and behavior and their practical application to leadership and Cultural Intelligence development. Samad is certified by the Project Management Institute (PMP). He has been a featured speaker for organizations such as Nike, Emirate Airlines, and T-Mobile.
Ginger Andersen is committed to helping organizations prosper and their people thrive. An HR professional for 10 years and currently Director of Talent and Development at Intellectual Ventures, Ginger has expertise in leadership development, facilitation, coaching, and HR. She has an MA in Organizational Leadership through Pinchot University and an MA and BA in Humanities through Brigham Young University. Drawing on mindfulness practice and her love of the arts, Ginger facilitates leadership development experiences that are experiential, engaging and that foster insights in the participants. An avid learner, she is currently studying improvisational theatre, west coast swing dancing, and the Hakomi method.
CEO and Research Director for Sunyata Group. Regional-level Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) examiner, senior member and past Chapter Vice-President of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and a Vice Chair in the Human Development and Leadership division of the American Society for Quality (ASQ). Primary analytic strategy is adaptive design approach (inferior treatment groups) employing mixed methods designs using qualitative context and content analysis techniques, and quantitative clustering and classification techniques such as Binary Logistic Regression Analyses, ANOVA, Repeated Measures ANOVA, Multiple Regression Analyses, Discriminant Analyses, Decision Tree Classification Analyses, Bayesian Analyses, and Scale Equivalency Testing.
Deborah H. Needham, M.A.
Crisis Optimist Coaching & Consulting
Deb Needham works as a director in local government and is also a certified executive coach and organizational consultant. She holds an MA in Organizational Systems from the LIOS program at Saybrook University, with a specialization in Leadership and Organization Development. She is passionately committed to equipping others with the information and practical tools that increase interpersonal harmony, maximize work satisfaction, and optimize organizational effectiveness. With three decades of experience working in public safety and emergency services, she is drawn to high-stakes, high-pressure situations. She particularly gravitates to leaders and teams that are navigating crisis, chaos, or change, and those that are proactively building resilient and healthy organizations.
Anna Góral,Jagiellonian University, Poland
Networks or structures? Organizing cultural routes around heritage values
Anna Góral - organizational and management researcher, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Culture, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. Her professional interests are heritage management, community building and governance, communities’ self-organization and networking.
M. Mansoor Ahmed,
Increasing Community Cohesion Through Awareness and Communications Skills Development: A Case Study
dr hab. Ewa Bogacz-Wojtanowska ,Jagiellonian University, Poland
Networks or structures? Organizing cultural routes around heritage values
M. Mansoor Ahmed, MA is a holistic leadership coach and an organizational systems consultant and facilitator. He received his MA in Organizational Systems, specializing in Leadership and Organizational Development, through the Seattle campus of Saybrook University--formerly LIOS. He has served leaders in the for-profit, non-profit, government, and academic sectors. Mansoor’s practice is finding and reframing maladaptive narratives in order to reveal the joy in organizational and personal systems through curiosity, creativity, and compassion. He enjoys playing, recording, and listening to music.
Ewa Bogacz-Wojtanowska - organizational and management researcher, PhD, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Affairs Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. Her professional interests are nonprofit and social enterprise management, cooperation among public and non-governmental organization and civil society.
playwright, poet,
film maker, change maker, tree talker artist, friend,
shrine builder and holder of sacred space. author
Cylvia is an award winning New Economy strategist known for speaking truth to power. Her mission is to do her best to accelerate the transition to an economy that is environmentally restorative and provides opportunities for people to prosper regardless of income, ethnicity or gender.
She is founder and CEO of 3EStrategies, a new economy and social enterprise consulting firm. While serving as First Lady of Oregon Cylvia led the Oregon Prosperity Initiative taking a systemic approach to poverty-prevention.
Cylvia is also a Resiliency and Empowerment coach and is certified through the Tony Robbins – Chloe Madanes Strategic Coaching Institute. She is a gifted speaker and writer including publication in Huffington Post, Grist, Green + Solar Building and others.
Reut Livne-Tarandach is an Assistant Professor of Management at the at the University of Oregon. Before launching her academic career, Professor Livne-Tarandach worked as an organizational consultant, HR manager and an officer in the Israeli Air Force. She received her MS in Organization Research from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology and a PhD in Organizational Studies from Boston College. Her research explores the phenomenon of renewal. Renewal represents a central paradox of learning that requires individuals, teams and/or organizations to simultaneously build on and transcend their past. In her research, Reut weaves together theorie of compassion, novelty and change to explore how and why renewal can be achieved. Her research has been published in outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Research in Organizational Change and Development, the Handbook of Research in the Sociology of Work and the Handbook of Qualitative Organizational Research: Innovative Pathways and Methods.
Bill Hefferman, PeopleFirm LLC
Resilience and Thriving: Neuroscience-based principles and practices for doing and being our best in a world of change and adversity
For over fifteen years, Bill has passionately pursued studies in change resilience and adaptability, along with positive psychology, human performance, and mindfulness. With extensive experience in organization development and change leadership, he has led initiatives across a range of companies, countries, and cultures. Bill sees resilience and adaptability as largely untapped and misunderstood disciplines that offer tremendous promise for change leaders. With his depth of knowledge and engaging, humorous style, Bill leads workshops on resilience and adaptability that leave participants with practical skills and strategies for thriving through change and adversity, while helping others to do the same.
Shana D.L. Hormann, PhD, MSW Dean of Students, Foreign and Field Studies, Director Antioch University Seattle
Resilience in the face of organizational trauma 2017
Dr. Hormann has been an organizational consultant for over 25 years. She is passionate about strengthening health and resilience in organizations, especially those organizations that have been impacted by organizational trauma. Shana is an accomplished leader, facilitator, researcher and author in the areas of family violence, sexual assault, and organizational traumatization including leading during organizational trauma. She co-authored a book with Pat Vivian, Organizational Trauma and Healing (2013) that focused on organizational trauma in non-profit organizations. Shana has worked with and trained advocates, therapists, law enforcement officials, social service professionals, clergy and lay people, lawyers, judges, school personnel, and parents about addressing organizational trauma and family violence. Most recently she has provided services to: the National Park Service, Child Welfare Leadership Conference/Indiana University School of Social Work, King County 8 th Annual Domestic Violence Symposium, Muckleshoot Tribal College, Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, and the U.S. Coast Guard Chaplains. Shana received her B.A. in Sociology and Master’s in Social Work from the University of Washington, and her PhD in Leadership and Change from Antioch University. She joined Antioch’s campus in Seattle in 2000 as a faculty in the M.A. in Organizational Psychology program, and currently serves as Vice President for Student Affairs. Shana was on faculty for the University of Washington-School of Social Work from 1994-2007 and taught for the University of Alaska-Southeast in Juneau from 1981-1991.
Prior to her role at Antioch Shana was an administrator for Echo Glen Children’s Center, a Juvenile Rehabilitation facility for adjudicated youth, where she was recognized for her work developing juvenile female offender programs and promoting cultural diversity. Select Publications: Hormann, S. and Vivian, P. (2016). “Intervening in Organizational Trauma: A Tale of Three Organizations,” in Tirmizi, S.T. and Vogelsang, J. (Eds.). Leading and Managing in the Social Sector, Springer Publishing. Vivian, P. and Hormann, S. (2015). “Persistent Traumatization in Nonprofit Organizations” in The OD Practitioner, Winter. Vivian, Pat and Hormann, Shana. (2013). Organizational Trauma and Healing, CreateSpace, North Charleston.
Kimberly Woodland, OTR/L, Director
RISE Resilience in Service
Building resilience in challenging environments
Kimberly Woodland is a practicing occupational therapist in acute care and director of the US based non-profit organization RISE, providing resilience training for individuals dedicated to helping others in their professions. She has a master’s degree in occupational therapy, where she discovered her passion for providing client-driven care. RISE emerged in response to the understanding that the pressures of the current health care environment are negatively impacting both workplace satisfaction and positive client outcome. Kimberly’s unique perspective stems from diverse experiences including 30 years in the non-violent martial art of Aikido, meditation, and the practice of Leadership Embodiment*, resulting in an approach based on the belief that physiological reactions are at the frontline for creating positive change in personal & professional development. Kimberly’s experience includes workshop facilitation, group facilitation, teaching, and public speaking. Kimberly was the owner of a successful graphic design firm specializing in developing communication strategies that met the core needs of both the client and the audience.
Gabriel is the founder of Human Partners where he helps senior level executives craft cultures of purpose, trust, and engagement. He is also a cofounder of Byron Fellowship Educational Foundation and a doctoral candidate in Leadership and Sustainability at the Yale Center for Industrial Ecology and Yale Center for Business and the Environment. His consulting, research, and coaching focuses on how people and organizations flourish within the pursuit of societal and planetary flourishing. Gabriel holds an MPhil in Leadership and Sustainability from Yale University, an MS in Ecological Systems Engineering and a BS in Physics from Purdue University. His professional clients represent a diversity of sectors including: social entrepreneurship, transportation, energy, information and communication technology, healthcare, commercial and residential development, municipalities, and cultural institutions. In his volunteer time, he has mentored over one hundred social entrepreneurs from around the globe. Gabriel's pedagogy for activating and supporting purpose driven leaders is also used in universities like MIT, Cornell, and Cambridge. His academic, professional and non-profit ventures are all committed to the dream of all life flourishing together through people experiencing their life as a calling.
Gabriel recently released his first book, Breaking Through Gridlock - The Power of Conversation in a Polarized World to support people in sharing about what matters most. You can read what people are saying about it here: www.btgbook.com/amz
Suzane crafts embodied learning programs that give people a sensory experience of conceptual ideas. Founder of Space To Move consultancy and Chief Instructor of Aikido Multnomah Aikikai, Van Amburgh has actively practiced the connection between martial arts, somatics and organizational effectiveness for the past ten years. A 35 year practitioner of the non-competitive martial art of aikido, Suzane has learned to make good use of the ground and practice embodied resilience. As a certified aikido teacher (shidoin, 5th degree black belt) and somatic practitioner, Suzane has a gift for coaching people to recognize what they do and introduce small changes to improve effectiveness. Combined with her 20 years experience organizing groups of people to collaborate on projects, Van Amburgh brings a unique expertise to the challenges of change, leadership and organizational effectiveness.
Margo Rose
Exploring Conscious Maturity, Lean Management, and Employee Well Being
Margo leads a Continuous Improvement Center of Excellence, where she builds operations infrastructure to support the enterprise continuous improvement framework. With over 20 years of operations experience, primarily as the program leader of technology installations and data integration initiatives for financial institutions, the experience of facilitating a series of regional bank mergers prompted her to deepen her understanding of the conditions for success to effectively lead change. Of particular interest is the connection between emotional intelligence, consciousness, and our intentions to discover purpose and meaning. Her current writing focuses on implementation of lean management and its effects on employee well being and engagement.
Monica C. Worline, Ph.D., is founder and CEO of EnlivenWork, an innovation organization that teaches people to tap into courageous thinking, compassionate leadership, and the curiosity to bring their best work to life. Co-author of the recent book Awakening Compassion at Work, Monica is a research scientist at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and Executive Director of CompassionLab, the world’s leading research collaboratory focused on compassion at work. Monica holds a lectureship at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and is affiliate faculty at the Center for Positive Organizations.
Mohammed is currently a PhD candidate in Leadership and Change, His dissertation is focused on developing and validating a survey to measure adaptive leadership with authority. Mo is a proven facilitator, having facilitated team buildings, community meetings, strategic planning, key issues identification meetings, and workshops on trust and Immunity to Change. In addition to his facilitation experience, he has experience in creating new markets, running a business, and leading change efforts related to implementation of a quality management system. He served on several national standards committees in his home country, Jordan and as program director and board member for PNODN. His passions are innovation and creativity, application of leadership theory to practice, and systems thinking.
Laura is a designer of personal and professional transformational tools. Her most recent creation is the Clarity Insight Process - a tool to help people quickly become unstuck. Applied to hard decisions and challenges, the Clarity Insight Process™ expands perspective, allowing room for insight. Laura has 20 years experience in building operations departments and tools for efficiency. She has a Masters in Management & Leadership, is certified in Integral Transformational Leadership, is a Holacracy Practitioner and trained in human development through the STAGES model. The assets most appreciated by clients are deep listening, clarifying questions and presence as she guides them through challenges and indecision.
Born in Latvia, Vija has lived, studied and worked in Riga, Amsterdam, Leeds, Bangkok, and New Delhi, Denver, CO and currently lives in Seattle, WA. She speaks four languages fluently and one day hopes to master one more.Vija came to her first Neurosculpting® class with Lisa Wimberger in 2011 and has been using her mind to sculpt her brain ever since. Neurosculpting® has helped Vija to combat PTSD, to rewire various unproductive habits and to discover a more integrated path in both her professional and personal life.
Jacob is driven by a lifelong passionate conviction that equity and diversity are the bedrock of social innovation. Decades of experience in consent based decision making have given Jacob the patience, humility, and curiosity needed to delve under the issues and conflicts to uncover the human and organizational needs at play.
Jacob has 20 years of experience in aging and disability services in some of the most diverse neighborhoods in the US. Ten of those years were spent working with a nationally recognized Equity & Inclusion program, with a personal focus on blue collar culture.As an actor and dancer Jacob has worked with FreeHold Theater’s Engage Project, as well as cofounding and co-producing the Ashland based ImpAnon, a school and production company for Improvisational Theater.
Currently Jacob is volunteering with Pacific Northwest Organizational Development Network in Programming and Associations, as well as facilitating AmeriCorps VISTA’s yearly in-service. Jacob has a MA in Organizational Development from Antioch University, a BA in Fine Arts from California State University Fullerton, and an AA in Psychology from Fullerton College. He apprenticed for six years as an ecological designer with Hazel Tomi in Ashland OR, and holds certificates in Organizational Dynamics and Integrated Skills for Sustainable Change.