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Friday 10 of September, 2010

The 21st Century Organization

The Arena For Change Group Partners is dedicated to Changing The Way The 21st Century Organization Thinks & Works, and Not Solving The Wrong Problem Really Well by focusing on 24 Critical Conversations which creates The Arena For Change. Read also - Integrative Thinking - Design Thinking - Living Systems - Systems Thinking This image represents our model and approach to systemic change. We have simplified the tremendous complexity and confusion of todays transformative agenda into key themes, topics, sequences and frameworks to add logic and structured reasoning at senior level. We do this collaboratively and with high ownership and engagement. For more details see the The Meaning Making Machine and and the reason we need to change...! Getting at the Heart Of All The Issues This image represents the heart of it all. The Individuals, Teams, Systems and Infrastructure fully considered by the entire thinking that the 21st Century Organization needs to embrace...To The Power Of 24 Thinking through the clients 'exam question' as an integrated system - over time and in a structured and collaborative way...The Arena For Change, Integrative Thinking - Design Thinking - Living Systems - Systems Thinking Thinking About The World Today The future is now and without making dramatic changes to the way we behave and make decisions the world as we know it will change for the worse. Embracing the real issues of human performance, consciousness, responsibility, accountability and ownership. See Value Networks - Changing The Way The 21st Century Organization Thinks & Works - removing the outdated thinking of previous generations, leveraging the power of social tools and techniques such as the value network enabling the opportunity to change and unleash the intangible assets of humanity... 4D™ Overcoming The Traditional Barriers Deep understanding of the wider context, the skills, talent required and the reality of the situation will ensure that true change occurs. Without this everyone is working at low performance and high risk and cost. Not Solving The Wrong Problem Really Well Understanding the capabilities and competence of the existing systems and structures at the same time as changing behavior... 4D™ Explaining The GP Index The GP Index Throughout the last 2500 cases we have been capturing the likely standards and the clues to identify accelerated value and insights required for rapid change. We use the GP Index throughout each assignment to ensure we bring our expertise to bear in the right way and at the right time.... 4D™ The Tyranny Of The Tangible The Tangible Intangibles We need to understand that by only measuring what we can see we miss the massive reality of human intelligence and opportunity... The Riches Of The Intangible The Tangible Intangibles By understanding the meaningful exchanges of intelligence and knowledge between all the nodes in the 'living system' coupled with the new social trends and techniques the 21st Century Organization can truly map and model the framework for lasting change and value creation...

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In these pages you will find access to Definitions and Terms most commonly used, Agenda's for Classic Sessions, Expectation Documents for Classic Sessions, Technical Specifications, Reference Documents and other help pages.

• It's important to understand the Exam Questions and The Business Equations™
• Understand how 4D™ works and how Structured Visual Thinking principles apply.
• Understand Structured Visual Thinking™
  
• Download and Understand the Partner Reference Documentation
• Read the Decision Manifesto
• You may want to see what our Clients have to say at the References area.
• There are different forms of Deliverables and systems - Vision Model
• Get into a lot more of the detail at the Basic Training In 4D™ Section
• Understand how the SVT Technology Vision supports our work
• See typical Typical Agendas
• See Expectation Setting
• When getting rooms and venues arranged Technical Specifications
• Understand a Generic Term Assignment
• Understand a Generic Approach
• Understand the Generic Pages

Tools

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• Go to The Innovation Lounge
• Go to Applied Visualisation
  
• Go to Drawing Conclusions
  
• Go to Scenarios™
  
• Go to Journeys™
  
• Go to Visualism
  
• Go to Big Pictures
• Go to Big Conversations
• Go to 4D Explained
• Go to Discovery
• Go to Development
• Go to Experience Design
• Go to Experience Frameworks
• Go to Winning Bids
• Go to The GP Index™
• Go to Deep Dives
• Go to Roadmaps
• Go to Simple Explanation
• Go to Simple Process
• Go to Solutions
• Go to Outcomes
• Go to 4D Deliverables

Key Principles

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• Go to Systems Thinking
  
• Go to Communication
  
• Go to Innovation
  
• Go to Pattern Recognition
  
• Go to Information Design
  
• Go to Facilitation
  
• Go to Visualization
  
• Go to Collaboration
  
• Go to Contextual Analysis
  
• Go to Experience
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• Go to SVT in Partnership
• Go to The Business Equation
• Go to Creativity
• Go to Thinking
• Go to Decision Quality
• Go to Complexity
• Go to Conversations

Interests and Drivers

• Business Challenges
• Left or Right Brain?
• Real Change - The Insights
• How We Think
• Signs
• Meaning Making
• The Ethical-Commercial Continuum
• The Thread
• Causing Behavioral Change
• Thinking. Differently.
• Rapid Value Acceleration
• Shifting Paradigms
• What Drives Us?
• Clarity of Purpose

THE MAIN THEMES

• Read The 'Pixar' Of Consulting
  
• Go to Group Partners
  
• Go to The Mission
  
• Go to Clients
  
• Go to References
  
• Go to Group Partners Values
  
• Go to Best Practice Principles
  
• Go to Quality Standards
  
• Go to Approaches
• Go to Classic Approach
• Go to Expert Network
• Go to Technical Specifications
• Go to FAQs
• Go to Insights And Truffles
• Go to Inspiring
• Go to Group Partners Words
• Go to Road Trips
• Go to Leadership
• Go to Generic Term Assignment
• Go to Generic Approach
• Go to Generic Pages
• Go to Generic Proposals

We aim to "CHANGE THE WAY THE 21ST CENTURY ORGANIZATION THINKS & WORKS" and in the process NOT SOLVE THE WRONG PROBLEM REALLY WELL! On top of that we do this with every kind and size of ENTERPRISE, each type of BUSINESS CHALLENGE. We've told our story in 10 WORDS OR LESS. We've told it with MEANING. We've told it with MULTI-MEDIA and FUNKY explanations because we like to do our work using cool stuff. We explain the TOOLS and TECHNIQUES in simple or detailed ways because folk need both. We even talk about all problems boiling down to 24 CONVERSATIONS!!

We've decided to work within what we call an ETHICAL-COMMERCIAL CONTINUUM We explain the PHILOSOPHY and PRINCIPLES as they are important to getting this right. We cover HOW to do it as a PARTNER because we are agenda-free. We explain who WE are as that sometimes helps. We invite you to talk to US and we always reply. We give you lots of resources to DOWNLOAD because we are like that. Our CLIENTS give us great REFERENCES without us even asking.

We show you some cool OUTCOMES because we are proud of them. We tell you our TECHNOLOGY vision because we think this will help us achieve our aims at the top. In addition to all of this we can talk about the PHYSICS of it all. Deeper explanations about DECISION QUALITY and our SPECIALIST FRAMEWORKS in fact ANYTHING at all. The End. (Not)

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