Open Programmes
2012 Leading with Intuition
Introduction
In his recent book, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell gives a range of examples of people responding from the ‘gut’. Thinking with your ‘gut’ is usually an unconscious emotional response to a surprising situation. In some instances this response proves to be enormously helpful. In others it is a huge liability. This programme aims at helping delegates start a journey where they become more aware of the ways in which they unconsciously respond to difficult situations ‘from the gut’. Is this the right time to trust their intuition or are they merely following an old pattern of behaviour or experience? Was that a wise decision that they just made? Did they take a learning or judgment path? Through a variety of experiential activities the programme will explore taken-for-granted assumptions and lived realities together in order to discover blind spots, triggers and observations that many have failed to notice before.
Delegate profile
Anyone seeking to make more informed and less emotional decisions in the moment. Delegates should be willing to explore the spaces of chaos and complexity with less conventional teaching and learning methods that inevitably ask them to be more mindful and in tune with their ‘guts’.
Programme benefits
- A greater ability to make informed intuitive decisions.
- A willingness to explore win-win solutions
- An ability to consider different solutions in the moment
- A willingness and ability to slow down at crucial pressured moments
- Improved working relationships with colleagues
- A less judgmental attitude to colleagues
- A greater capacity to deal with work-place stress and tension
- An improved ability to listen and communicate
- An increased sense of authenticity and personal integrity
Dates: 3 – 5 September
Tuition fees: R11 900
Contact: Aniesah Ajam
Telephone: (021) 406-1094
E-mail: aniesah.ajam@gsb.uct.ac.za
