Defer Judgment
Be Open to Novelty
Tolerate Ambiguity and Complexity
Move in the direction of intention and resolve.
Tanya Knudsen - Creative Leadership
Innovation Facilitation with Skills that Drive Change
We think. We do. That’s it.
Impact the quality of thinking for doing with at least daily doses for becoming creative.
If we are to achieve self actualization or anything, a deliberately creative howness will help.
Creativity Precedes Innovation.
Learn to become a creative change leader.
Lead with skills that drive change.
Innovation Readiness
Teaching for Learning and Leading
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Creative Change Leadership Skills
Learning to Lead.
Innovation requires getting creative.
Creativity is a process that leads to change.
Because leaders bring about change, creativity is a core leadership skill.
To live is to have problems and to solve problems to is to grow intellectually. - Guilford.
Creative Change Leadership Skills
Seek and Play. Play and Seek. Either way, it’s what we do.
How to seek? How to play?
And seek again, just for the fun of it, or to problem solve.
Playfulness plays a significant part in problem solving. The First Part, actually.
After that comes the second part, the decision making, aka. critiquing.
The second part, the critiquing, just as a leading actor in a dominant role, really is the part that rules the stage.
Creativity is decision.
How to make decisions, especially in the face of complexity and ambiguity?
Creative change happens by exploring first for what might be.
In fact it’s in exploring that we can get to a place where, with so many options, we can make informed decisions.
There’s multiple sides to every story.
And then there’s somewhere in the middle.
There are a lot of ways to understand something. Creative change leaders value this reality.
What might be possible? It’s a key question.
With lots of possibilities, decision making becomes compelling.
Creativity is looking around for what might be before zeroing in.
To be skilled in creative leadership is to have a fluency in shaping solutions with skills that drive change,
because knowing what might be could become a compelling strength and eventual reality.
Explore the Vision
When adding energy to intention things will happen.
Formulate the Task
A path is to be forged.
Roadblocks are inevitable, random and uber messy.
What’s in the way: that’s the challenge.
Exploring Ideas
Ideas are free. And are to be freely tossed around, if they are to be given a breath of life.
Let what might be come about.
Formulating Solutions
There are many ways to transform ideas. Creative change leaders have a howness.
Exploring Acceptance
Actionable plan.
Complete with intention, organized thinking that leverages the imagination.
Formulating a Plan
A Place for How
Innovation Readiness
Tanya Knudsen
Teaching for Learning and Leading
Creative Leadership - Innovation Facilitator
Engage and Explore.
Our mission is to empower individuals to become proactive problem solvers and agents of change. We believe that everyone has the potential to make a positive impact in their communities and beyond through participatory action research. We provide a unique opportunity to learn about this dynamic approach to learning and problem solving.
By engaging with our resources and community, you can discover the power of participatory action research and develop skills to tackle real-world challenges.
Through our designated process, individuals can become actively involved in designing and implementing solutions to address local issues. We provide a variety of resources to help you learn about this approach, including step-by-step guides, case studies, and expert advice. Whether you are a student, teacher, community activist, or researcher, you can benefit from our resources and develop skills to effect positive change.
By engaging with our community, you can broaden your perspective, strengthen your skills, and build your network.
Our Roadmap
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Participatory Action Research
Participant Groups actively collaborate in learning, thinkng, doing and reflecting through a problem soving model for change.
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Study Set Up
Creativity, FourSight , Study Challenge
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Phase II - PAR
CPS Action Cycle I - Clarification
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Phae II - PAR
CPS Action cycle II - Transformation
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Phae II - PAR
CPA Action Cycle III - Implementation
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Meta Meeting
PAR / CPS Reflexivity & New Vision - IWGBI
I’m Tanya Knudsen, PhD Candidate Creative Leadership.
This PAR for CPS study is important for two reasons.
First it starts with people. People are at the center of their challenges; life is challenging. And people are a nation’s greatest resource.
Second, regardless of the environment, what is the process, the ‘how’ for solving any challenge?
PAR for CPS deliberately attempts to approach the challenge by engaging people with a complex problem solving process in an effort so shape a solution that has value and is useful for resolution.
