the art of navigating the complexities of our time
Navigating the complexities of our time is no easy endeavor. Attempting to make sense of the unknown, we are guided less by a clear path and more by a general sense of direction. The way forward revealing itself only step by step, action by action. Patiently, curiously probing into the future as it emerges.
Approaching change like this raises the demands for those at the center of the endeavor.
I walk alongside leaders and change agents, supporting them with methodological expertise, experience and integrity.
Offering
I mentor change teams and individual change agents.
I curate processes for organizational change. This includes the design of the overall content, structure and rhythm of activities and formats. Recurring themes are changes to strategy, organizational structure and culture.
I host and facilitate workshops, large group formats and learning labs.
Approach
I advocate a participatory approach to support collective inquiry in complex processes of change. The focus is on gathering insights and making heard voices of those at the core of the change efforts. Methodologically, I blend tool-based distributed narrative inquiry with complex facilitation methods.
People make sense of the world through the construction of narratives. Therefore, these narratives are particular useful for exploring social patterns of cognition. Employing a tools such as Sensemaker® allows us to collect narratives at scale, combining the explanatory power of stories with visualisation of patterns.
Complex facilitation methods recognize the importance of context, distributed cognition, multiple perspectives, epistemic justice and cognitive equity. Processes are designed to develop shared understanding, alignment, buy-in and coordinated action.
About
My name is Torsten Westermayer.
I am an experienced organisational development consultant based in Vienna, Austria.
I have been in this line of work for more than 20 years.
I am dedicated to creating generative futures that allow us, our children and our children’s children to thrive on this planet.
To this end, I believe that we radically need to shift towards more inclusive ways of collaborating, learning and making sense of this world and its inherent complexity.
