Gervase Bushe is the Professor of Leadership and Organisational Development at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. His career spans over three decades of transforming organisational structures, cultures and processes, away from command and control and towards more collaborative work systems. Gervase is an award winning author of over one hundred papers and has three books on organisational change, leadership, teams and teamwork. His newest co-authored book, “Dialogic Organisation Development: The Theory and Practise of Transformational Change,” builds on his ground breaking research into how appreciative inquiry leads to transformational change, and is gathering international acclaim. He has consulted to blue chip corporations and start-ups, public sector and business corporations in a variety of sectors and, in 2016, HR Magazine in the UK added him to their list of the 30 Most Influential HR thinkers.

Today we’re talking with Gervase about how to create changes in workplaces that enable them to flourish. Gervase shares his award-winning insights on why we need to understand more about how living systems thrive, the role of leaders and the danger of big visions, and how to ask generative questions that shift people’s thinking and behavior.

Connect with Gervase Bushe:

Website: gervasebushe.ca

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You’ll Learn:

• [03:05] - Gervase introduces transformational change processes, and explains the results of tests he's done in that area.
• [07:18] - Gervases gives his experience of how self organisation has been integrated into the workplace.
• [11:26] - Gervase explains the difference between a 'positive' and 'generative' approach.
• [16:27] - Gervase shares his tips on asking more generative questions.
• [16:35] - Gervase talks about how to focus on developing positive traits, rather than trying to eliminate the negative.
• [26:59] - Lightning round with Gervase Bushe

Your Resources:

• Clear Leadership by Gervase Bushe
• Dialogic Organisation Development by Gervase Bushe & Robert J. Marshak
• Good People, Bad Managers by Samuel Culbert
• Strangers to Ourselves by Tim Wilson

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Until next time, take care!  Thank you Gervase!