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Culture Unboxed: Tension as a Gateway to Organizational Transformation (Online Training)


May 15th, 2024 | 8-10am PST

Virtual | $50

Learn how to channel workplace tension into a thriving company culture.

Organizational dynamics behave like a simmering pot–manageable when regulated but prone to escalation if not properly controlled. Left unchecked, this rising tension can boil over into a scalding hot mess of disengaged teams, high employee turnover, and ideas that never make it out of the meeting.

But what if you could harness this tension to propel organizational growth and a healthy company culture? By reframing tension as an agent of change, you can unlock incredible results that impact your team and organization’s bottom line.

In this interactive training, Open Circle will equip you with tools and strategies to leverage workplace tension as a force for positive transformation.

In this training, you will...

  • Learn the difference between technical and adaptive tensions and how they manifest in your team dynamics, project management, and stakeholder relationships.

  • Look at real-world case studies showing how effectively managed tension can lead to breakthrough ideas and lasting cultural change.

  • Learn tools and frameworks to assess and relieve areas of tension within your organization.

  • Develop interpersonal skills to model and promote adaptive capacity for your team.

  • Explore strategies to bolster agile decision-making, problem-solving, and resilience in your organizational ecosystem.

Note: This training is limited to 25 participants. Participation in prior Culture Unboxed workshops/trainings is not a prerequisite for this training.

What people are saying about Culture Unboxed…

“Change inside of organizations is difficult, but it’s also necessary. Our work with We Are Open Circle helped our entire team shift the way we work to create a healthier culture where we could harness the power of the group. This allowed us to find new opportunities, expand, test ideas, and become a stronger organization.”

– Brad Pickle, Executive Director, Illuman

Meet your instructors

Open Circle optimizes company culture by changing how we relate to our work, team members, inner purpose, and organizations.

We see organizations as living, breathing ecosystems. This fundamental belief challenges us to embrace change and tap into our ability to adapt.

It urges us to reject outdated paradigms and unlearn the traditional operating methods within these organizational ecosystems. Culture Unboxed is a pragmatic approach to this new relationship and how we work together toward business missions.

It involves a radical new way of teaming that shifts leadership and followership to one more in alignment with natural ecosystem models.

Over the last six years, Open Circle has used this approach to create self-transforming organizations in various business contexts, from startups to NGOs to networked organizations and traditional corporate hierarchies.

We believe the future of work is now. You are creating it.

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