Listening to the FutureRoy Langmaid

Roy Langmaid

Nicky Forsythe

MacAndrews

Early

ExperiencesMatter

“ I have found it of immense value to allow myself to understand other people. To do this I have had to learn to listen to them and face the risk that I might, myself be changed by listening.”

Working at

relational depth

EmpathyUnconditional

positiveregard

Dependablyreal

CORE CONDITIONS

Listeninghas character

The myth of the open mind

Background Commentary

Foreground communication

About Closure &ConfirmationFor Safety

What I think about you! Not to you!

Elements of Background Commentary

Give me

the answer

Don’t upset

anyone

Putting the Past behind us

Listening for

possibility

prospective mind.

Co-creation describes a collaborative, inventive style of work, where customers and staff work together to create breakthroughs in products and services. In our expression of this work, we focus on the creative element and the engagement of the

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Persistence and penetration of

culture

Inside culture, words and actions become inseparable.”“

Invitation Creatingrelation-ships

Creating safety

Putting the past behind us

Creating the future

Completion/creating a structure for fulfilment

Creating a

micro-culture

Everyone iscreative.

The magic of co-creation resides in interrupting the routine, the normal: in creating a culture where the usual does not apply. Here we get to ‘do ourselves differently’ and that is what leads to new possibilities!

Elements of micro-culture Invitation

Come and help us invent the future of flying.”“

Name the possibility

Let people know what is expected

Make it as personal as possible

Give examples of the style of work

Be clear that refusal carries no cost

Elements of a Powerful Invitation

Elements of micro-culture Creatingrelationships

ProfessionalTransaction based agenda – impersonal and emotion free. Competence and qualification are issues. People hide messy feelings

and reactions and repress them in others “let’s keep this professional.”

PublicPopularity and belonging agenda – social face, the one thatwins within desired circle – tends to be about fun, entertainment,

attraction. Light relationship, nothing “heavy”.

PersonalHuman agenda – anything deemed to be important common human experience, shared emotions, likes and

dislikes,matters of importance are exchanged. Dialogue can switch quickly from Public to Personal if safe.

PrivateSecrets attached to bigger emotions - anger, sadness, envy, fear that are not deemed suitable for

public showing. These are usually hidden in pro orsemi-pro exchanges

The 4 primary levels of

relationships

Elements of micro-culture Creatingsafety

No cutting off other people’s heads to make yourself look taller!”“

Elements of micro-culture Putting the PastBehind Us

Telling our stories and noticing the past in the future.”“

Elements of micro-culture Creating the future

A future that inspires, moves and touches people.”“

N.B.The Fifth step!!!

Elements of micro-culture Completion

Creating a structure for fulfilment.Building the receiver”“

No-one hears the creation in

co-creation

1. Everyone has creative potential

1. Change environments and activities, not individuals

Facilitating

creativity

Csikszentmihaly

1. Everyone has creative potential

1. Change environments and activities, not individuals

1. Create surplus energy

Facilitating

creativity

Art-from-within

Tantrum

Two chair work

Gossip Game Yes But,Yes And

ImprovisationSpirit Walk

Creative Visualisation

Social DreamingTherapyMake a Gang

Role play,Role Reversal

Look how far we’ve come!

1. Everyone has creative potential

1. Change environments and activities, not individuals

1. Create surplus energy

1. Build thereceiver

Facilitating

creativity

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1 To invent new futures you must put the past behind you

2 This past is a mixture of personal history and cultural norms

3 There are no open minds

4 Co-creation involves a diverse group, but is fundamentally a process of interrupting routines, norms and the status quo – creating a micro culture

5 Everyone needs to have a sense of the primary task: the possibility we’re working on

6 There are a series of key preparatory steps: invitation, creating relationships, creating safety, putting the past behind you

7 These are followed by creative exercises facilitated by people who appreciate the boundaries and needs of an environment rich in possibility

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Thank youfor listening!