Unlearning for Creativity

With Adriano Pianesi, Principal of ParticipAction Consulting, Inc.

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UNLEARNING is an essential part of the creative process. It is about unlearning old mental models and frameworks, and engaging creative chaos for something new to emerge. People's ability to acquire new knowledge in the workplace on an ongoing basis simply can't keep up with the continuous introduction of new change initiatives/programs/ideas. As entrepreneurs, leaders or consultants we realize often that to be effective in these contexts we need to master the critical skill of getting rid of the old to make space for the new. But how do we venture safely towards deep and effective transformation in the uncomfortable terrain of unlearning, so that chaos and discomfort don't derail our work?

Come join us in this highly experiential and content-rich session to experience a unique creative process for generating fresh new ideas and conversations in service of life-affirming futures. Adriano Pianesi will guide you on a "journey of unlearning" to unlock new possibilities for you, your business and/or your work teams - a fantastic way to begin a new year! You will:

• Understand the key to deep, applied and effective learning
• Explore the inner journey of personal unlearning in your life in all its both unsettling and restorative power
• Simplify the challenge of facilitating unlearning for a group by embracing creative chaos, positive conflict and emotional intelligence
• See in action positive ways that make vulnerability, discomfort, conflict and emotional turmoil productive for unlearning and creativity
• Break your own mental models of "resistance" and "push back" in your change initiatives
• Have fun engaging YOUR creativity in real time

Adriano Pianesi is the principal of ParticipAction Consulting, Inc. He brings 15 years of work in facilitating organizational change with hundreds of entrepreneurs, leaders and executives in different sectors and across continents. Adriano is an innovator and practitioner in dialogue education, conversational learning, and online seminars. Clients include NASA, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, EPA, Pegasus Communications, National Labor Relations Board, US Treasury, and the US Army among others. Adriano is a member of the Society for Organizational Learning, a director with the World Café Community Foundation, as well as the lead developer and instructor of an award-winning online seminar on Organizational Change. He is actively involved in the Training Officers Consortium and the International Association of Facilitators, and is a regular contributor to The Systems Thinker. Adriano holds an MBA in Corporate Communications, and speaks (and trains in) Spanish, French and Italian. You can reach Adriano at http://www.participactioninc.com and read his blog at http://www.participactioninc.com/?/blog.

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