The Lateral Dialogues

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   1. 7. Is Change Management a job? Challenging the limitations of mainstream organizational change thinking (with Minola Jac)

   Change management has been very present in management practices with lots of well-known methodologies, primarily originating from project management environments. But do they always yield the desired benefits?What about the non-linear aspects of organizational change? Whether that’s an adjustment to a new environment, letting go of well-known and liked ways of working or facing loss and uncertainty. How clear is the desired end-state, when we lead change and when does the change work stop?In thi

   Apr 25,2024 44:40
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   2. 6. Navigating polarization: Our opinion blocks in everyday life & how to coach highly polarized teams (with Martin Ringer)

   The intensity of polarization in everyday life or in organizations can make us feel toxic, even though we want to take a stand for our values, interests and beliefs. In this episode, our guest Martin Ringer, helps us understand and explore this topic:How does polarization form?Why do we need to belong to opinion blocks and when does it turn toxic?How do we experience it in everyday life and society?How can we coach polarized teams in collaboration breakdown?Why seeking common ground too early ca

   Mar 27,2024 50:19
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   3. 5. How can we face the climate? Exploring our emotional response to meaningful engagement with climate action (with Dr Rebecca Nestor)

   Some consider the climate crisis, the most urgent issue for the earth’s future and ourselves on it. Yet, why is it so hard to engage with it, systemically and as individuals? Why is it so hard to inspire action for those working on the climate crisis? What does it take to work in sustainability within large corporations? And how do each of us, Earth’s inhabitants, get emotionally impacted by the climate crisis? Why does this topic evoke polarization in society and politically, between activists

   Feb 12,2024 50:07
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   4. 4. Can we really talk about the war? Discussing geopolitical and social conflict in organizations and our social lives (with Bijan Khajehpour & Regine Scholz from IDI)

   How can we engage in social dialogue on geopolitical or social conflict, such as the war in Gaza or Ukraine? How can we have a meaningful dialogue beyond polarization or political correctness? Why are we psychologically mobilized to fight, even when we are not directly linked to these conflicts and why are we impacted in our ability to think, talk, and act? We are joined by Bijan Khajehpour & Regine Scholz from the International Dialogue Initiative. They explain Vamik Volkan's theory of large gr

   Jan 03,2024 58:37
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   5. 3. Are we all impostors? Understanding self-doubt and -criticism in organizations (with Dr Veronica Azua)

   Dr Veronica Azua got motivated to research self-doubt, after noticing a very common paradox in senior leaders: despite having led successful lives and careers, they would still experience heightened self-doubt and self-criticism. In this Lateral Dialogue, Veronica shares some of the key moments, when we are prone to experience such feelings. How being surrounded by high-achievers or part of "elite" organizations intensifies feelings of self-doubt which may not reflect realistic expectations of o

   Oct 05,2023 44:05
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   6. 2. Obsessed with ranking: Inside the hidden hierarchy of teams (with Dr Petros Oratis).

   Why do we create hierarchies in groups, even when we intend to be flat? Why are we so preoccupied with ranking, and yet we operate with absolute equality? This episode explores how we are unconsciously impacted by hierarchy, how to recognize the dynamics of hidden hierarchy, and what its unintended effects on teams and leadership are. Dr Petros Oratis explores these questions with Warden Hoffman in this Lateral Dialogue. 

   Aug 17,2023 45:55
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   7. 1. Illuminating the hidden aspects of organizational culture (with Dr Karen Gray)

   1. Illuminating the hidden aspects of organizational culture: How can we uncover its unconscious aspects? What happens when we expose uncomfortable truths of how we function? Why often culture doesn’t shift even when we explicitly cascade how we should behave differently?Dr. Karen Gray joins Warden Hoffman and Petros Oratis in this Lateral Dialogue to explore these questions. 

   Jul 05,2023 41:32
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   8. The Lateral Dialogues - Trailer

   Jun 26,2023 01:00