Sarah Smith
Two Day Workshop

Attendance: UKCPD Swindon
Course Dates: February 9th & 10th 2012
£300.00 (plus VAT)

People think in different ways, they ask themselves different questions and they see the world differently. Sometimes we may even feel as if some people are living in a completely different universe to the one we are living in and that we are seeing, feeling and hearing completely different things. Spiral Dynamics is a way of thinking about these complexities of human existence.

What is it?

The term Spiral Dynamics® (SD) was coined by Don Beck and Christopher Cowan and is based on the original research and theory of Dr Clare W Graves. It describes how systems or ways of thinking emerge in people and what those systems of thinking are. SD provides a framework for describing the development of worldviews and gives us a scaffold from which we can analyse situations, individuals and groups/cultures and consider and reflect on the most appropriate and effective actions.

The SD model considers how people think and why people adopt the values they do, not what they think or what those values are. The thinking systems are like containers and specific values, thoughts, beliefs etc. are the contents. The key question is ‘how does a person using such a container (thinking system) think about the contents?’ SD gives us a way of answering that question and enabling us to powerfully engage with others, match their own motivational flows and identify their readiness for change, whilst better understanding ourselves.

‘Don’t ask at which level the person is functioning; ask how to deal with the levels operating in the person, in regard to a particular thing’

The SD model is therefore not a typology for categorising people but a way of exploring how individuals or groups of people are thinking at any particular time. Existing personality types exist in each and every thinking system.

• By the end of this workshop you will be able to:
  
  Use an insightful framework for considering how individuals and groups of people think and the relationship between this and their environment

• Identify solutions to the communication barriers that different thinking systems trigger

• Develop a deeper awareness of your own and others’ systems of thinking and the systems of thinking in organisations and society as a whole

• Explore solutions to maximise development and change in each thinking system

• Apply problem solving approaches from each thinking system and stretch your own thinking capabilities

• Use practical techniques designed to help you apply Spiral Dynamics in a range of areas, such as leadership, coaching and personal development.

• Sarah Smith - NLP Trainer, Trainer and Coach

  

  Sarah is a highly experienced learning and development professional with a passion for creativity in learning design. Sarah has worked in a variety of sectors including retail, finance, media, higher education, private consultancy, public and voluntary sector. Her experience includes organisational development, management and leadership development, change programmes, advocacy and executive coaching.

  Prior to setting up her own consultancy Sarah was Deputy Head of the Professional Development Group at Cranfield University for four years, where she held responsibility for management and leadership development. Sarah continues to work with Cranfield University as Programme Director for their internal Management and Leadership Programmes, designing and delivering short courses and other learning interventions, and teaching sessions on NLP and Spiral Dynamics® on the MDA. Sarah is a Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP, an accredited practitioner of Gravesian/Spiral Dynamics (National Values Centre, USA) and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (OPP).