Field-based leadership development.
The EA seminar is a five week field-based leadership development program. We believe that leaders, as well as their organizations, benefit from more immersion— via participant observation— in the daily activities of employees and customers.
Less formal interaction. Fewer meetings. More informal, everyday mentoring. Participant Observation Leadership (POL). ‘Networks of competence’ vs. ‘hierarchies of authority’ (Steve Denning).
Learn anthropological practices that will help boost curiosity, empathy, trust, and innovation.
THE PROGRAM
What we cover.
Risk Management
Defining problems, making choices, assessing risk. These are all influenced by culture, and what is considered ‘common sense’ in your organization. Move past conventional mindsets and embrace a divergent mentality— where opportunities abound.
Transforming mindsets
Seeking out paradoxes
Cultural intelligence (CQ)
Trust, self-managing teams, and organic culture
Strategy & Innovation
Anthropology has a bias towards organic innovation. Cultural innovation requires an external, design thinking mindset that consistently aligns external innovation opportunities with internal culture and capabilities.
Building capacity for continuous renewal and transient advantage
Developing your culture compass
Prioritizing ethnographic research expertise
Mastering strategic navigation
Developing Future Leaders
Continuous renewal and innovation require an ongoing commitment to organizational learning. To growing your organization’s culture— its collective brain. The AI era opens a new frontier for learning.
AI for knowledge discovery and sharing
Cascade trust & a growth mindset
Elevating situational expertise
Retain employees through growth and development
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