How to find a way out of chaos “Halt im Haltlosen” was the theme of the 10th SWF Forum in Berlin. There were many stimulating impulses from Sociologist to Climate Investigator, from Chess Grandmaster to Design Researcher, from Journalist to Head of the Collaborative Governance Lab – enriched with practical interventions from survival training to music thinking.
My intervention with 100 experts in systemic consulting started with the question on how we listen. What do we hear, do we really listen?
My hypothesis: “How you listen to music influences how you listen to your partner, your client and society.” I explained shortly the basic ideas about music thinking and explained how you can lead your way out of chaos by using Dynamic Strategies as an intervention.
In the beginning, everybody had to choose a musical piece and keep it in mind during the talk. This engaged the audience and everybody was in their head trying to match their song to my elaborations. From time to time, I asked them where their music belongs to. Is it with vocals, what language, what genre, where is it used - that’s the service part like for a CD, a Vinyl album, a live concert.
After a short ‘Spotify Bingo’ where the participants had to point to a certain direction I explained the Leadership Positions template (you can download it here). Then I asked everybody to stand up and take their position. And then, the interaction started in the room itself. Everybody had to find a place in the dynamic field and discuss it. It looked like a lot of fun sharing music, leadership positions and experiences to tackle complexity.
People loved to get up and take their stand, sharing to what and how they listen and discuss the different possibilities music thinking gives us to talk in a new way about their work.
Here is the full talk in German with automatic English subtitles
—> check the CC icon on the top right to switch-on the closed captions
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