Exposure Reflection Action
ERA offers a space, resources and the unique opportunity
• For emotional exposure and experiential learning
• For reflection on and awareness of the broader context of the own reality, be it in business, society, communities
• For more creativity, deeper holistic thinking, stronger capacity for dialogue and for change of the individual manager and for his/her organisation and environment
By:
• Experiencing radically different realities
• Living through emotional inspiration and challenge
• Discovering diverse cultural values and socio-political perspectives
• Using the arts as a senses-opening personal experience
• Reflecting the impact on own behaviours and views
• Reviewing own options for change and improvement
• Applying insights to the own environment
For:
• All those who have people responsibility, decision making power and accountability for the success of their activities and their organisations
• All those who are about to take on the above challenges
ERA phases include:
• An experiential learning/exposure part for the manager in a totally different environment from his/her own, be it professional, geographic, social, cultural. This will be tailored to the specific leadership development needs and goals and around broad topics of relevance both for his/her work and for the organisation’s values and
• A facilitated time for reflection and exchange on the insights gained from these experiences: Awe, irritation, inspiration, embarrassment – dilemmas, questions, challenges of values, ethics, culture … This phase is preceded by own or e-based group work on relevant selected material of different sources (philosophy, history, politics, drama, arts)
• A facilitated session on the application of the ERA experience to the personal and professional context – improving system thinking, empathy, team motivation,innovation competence and ambiguity tolerance … leading to concrete steps for leadership improvement.
ERA will be implemented in co-creation with the customer and in cooperation with partners of different domains, depending on development objectives.