Navigating Complexity: Leadership as Cultivating Collective Sensemaking to Build Trust

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Details:

Date: Wednesday 15 October
Time: 09:00-16:00
Cost: $65
Location: Hilton Prague, Room TBD
Stream: Community Trust & Leadership

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Please Note:
Ticket prices do not include any food or beverage. To keep registration costs accessible, no refreshments, snacks, or meals will be provided during the event. We encourage attendees to eat beforehand and take advantage of the scheduled lunch break to explore nearby dining options.

In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, leaders must enable people to navigate uncertainty, ambiguity, and rapid change. However, this ability is not solely dependent on technical skills or a strategic vision – it is grounded in the leader as a person, and from this, how they enable collective sensemaking that builds trust. This process forms the foundation of resilient and adaptive leadership, enabling individuals and organizations to thrive in times of uncertainty.

Objectives:

  • Explore the challenges leaders face in complex environments and introduce sensemaking as a key leadership tool.
  • Introduce a structured collective sensemaking process as a tool for navigating complexity.
  • Understand trust-building as a key leadership competency.
  • Bring all concepts together through real-world applications.
  • Ensure practical application beyond the workshop.

Deliverables for Participants:

  • A Sensemaking & Trust Leadership Toolkit with practical frameworks.
  • A personalized Complexity Leadership Action Plan.
  • Access to further readings & resources.

Agenda:

9:00 – 9:30 | Welcome & Framing the Session
9:30 – 10:30 | Part 1: The Complexity Challenge
10:30 – 10:45 Break (15 min)
10:45 – 11:45 | Part 2: Sensemaking in Leadership
11:45 – 12:30 Lunch Break (45 min)
12:30 – 13:30 | Part 3: Trust as the Foundation for Leadership
13:30 – 13:45 Break (15 min)
13:45 – 14:45 | Part 4: Integrating Sensemaking, Leadership, and Trust
14:45 – 15:00 Break (15 min)
15:00 – 16:00 | Closing: Commitments & Next Steps

Speakers:

Ted Baartmans, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, The Leadership Group

Ted Baartmans consults leaders, government officials, and international boards in their presence and communication. He studied geography and cultural anthropology at the University of Utrecht and public administration and government communication at the University of Leiden. He also studied crisis communication at Northwestern University. Ted’s clients are found around the world: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe as well as North and South America. They include leaders, general staff, and boards for companies, government, and NGOs. He also works with several associations and societies in fields such as education, research, environment, government, healthcare, politics, and logistics.

Jonathan Reams, Co-Founder & Principal Consultant, Center for Transformative Leadership

Jonathan practices the cultivation of leadership through the use of awareness-based deep learning practices. In addition to working with CTL, he has a position at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and contributes to thought leadership and praxis in the field of adult development applied to leadership.