Challenge the Status Quo

If it’s not broken, why fix it? These are words not used by well established and successful organizations.

Current success can lead to a false sense of security, compounded by deep rooted habits that are resistant to change. Successful organizations step beyond the boundaries of the status quo and continually respond to changes in their environment. This flexibility helps direct them to find new approaches and opportunities for growth. The first step to seeing opportunities and projecting change is by changing the organizational mindset. You do this by promoting and developing a growth mindset.

Using models and real-world examples, we will explore what obstacles are encountered when an organization holds firm to inflexible beliefs, and the potential gains that can be achieved when an organization makes the decision to challenge the status quo.

Challenge the Status Quo is a required seminar for the Certificate in Agile Workplace Development.

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Program Content

Creating or surfacing dissatisfaction in the status quo

• Using the change formula DXVXF>R
• Learn how to recognize and spot opportunities and threats
• Learn to use SWOT analysis

Identify roadblocks to change

• Growth versus fixed Mindsets
• Learn to identify potential roadblocks or obstacles to challenging the status quo
• Learn how to build allies

Appreciative Inquiry

• Learn the AI framework and how to use it
• Learn what the advantages are of AI over other techniques

Measuring progress

• Learn how to keep track of progress and celebrate small wins

What You Will Learn

• How to effectively identify opportunities & threats
• How to create or raise dissatisfaction with the status quo
• How to gain allies
• How to build momentum in adopting new strategies

Who Should Attend?

You will benefit from this seminar if you:

• are a manager or supervisor tasked with keeping the organization relevant
• are working on large-scale system-wide change
• work in a fast-changing environment
• are part of a team assigned to design and implement change
• want to maintain your competitive advantage