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Seattle Satellite Group Meeting: Immunity to Change (Guest Speaker)

  • Tuesday, June 24, 2014
  • 5:45 PM - 7:45 PM
  • Northgate Branch - Seattle Public Library
  • 15

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We have a fabulous guest speaker for this group meeting, Mohammed Raei. He will share with us the Immunity to Change model, a powerful model for getting clients aware and unstuck. 
   
Please read all below and make sure you take a little time to read the article before our meeting so you'll get the most out of it! (Yes, that's right, pre-homework!)

Immunity to Change 

While individuals, teams, and organizations might be committed to a certain change at the organizational, professional, or personal level, what is preventing them from changing is their competing commitment(s). 

Traditional change management and self help tools focus on changing negative behaviors. The assumptions being that it is easy to change behavior. However, because these behaviors serve a protective mechanism, they are very likely to come back in one form or another.

Additionally, new behaviors might spring up to restore the dynamic equilibrium. It is like having one foot on the gas pedal and the other foot on the brake while driving a car. Chances are that you will not move anywhere; you have an Immunity to change.The Immunity Mapping process will assist you in identify your competing commitments, dig deeper and find the underlying assumptions behind these commitments. Only when you unearth your big assumptions, can you engage in changing behaviors. The Immunity to change process was developed over 13 years ago by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey at Harvard University. It was successfully applied with thousands of individuals. It is a powerful intervention for creating movement in change efforts and for the adult development required for transformational change leadership.

Session outcomes:
1. Understand some of theoretical underpinnings of the Immunity to Change Process• 
2. Apply the Immunity to Change process to one of your improvement goalsand create the 1st draft of your Immunity to change map

Speaker's Bio:
Mohammed "Mo" Raei has served as the program director for PNODN for the past 2 years; he is currently pursuing his Doctorate degree in Leadership and Change with a focus on the leadership of innovation and creativity and adult development. Mo is a proven facilitator, having facilitated team buildings, community meetings, strategic planning, key issues identification meetings, and workshops on trust and Immunity to Change.  

In addition to facilitation experience, he has experience new markets, running a business, and leading change efforts related to implementation of a quality management system. He served on several national standards committees in his home country, Jordan. His passions are innovation and creativity, application of leadership theory to practice, and systems thinking.