About the course
This intensive, two-day, interactive workshop introduces Possibility Thinking, a proven framework based on twelve mental techniques used to remove self-imposed limits and generate innovative solutions to professional and personal challenges. Drawing on the principles from The Art of Possibility, this program moves beyond conventional problem-solving by challenging the scarcity mindset common in business.
You will learn how to reframe roadblocks by assuming abundant resources, step into success by acting as if the desired outcome is already achieved, and manage emotional constraints using the technique "The Way Things Are."
Your workshop will be facilitated by an experienced executive using real-world case studies and group psychology exercises to help your team unblock long-standing issues, foster creative collaboration, and develop a collective vision for future success.
Instructor-led online and in-house face-to-face options are available - as part of a wider customised training / coaching programme, or as a standalone workshop, on-site at your offices or at one of many flexible meeting spaces in the UK and around the World.
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- • Reframe Constraint: Utilize "Stepping into a universe of possibility" to envision solutions without time or resource limits.
- • Embrace Reality: Apply "The Way Things Are" to stop dwelling on "should-be" scenarios and focus energy on current options.
- • Technique: Being a Contribution: Recognizing that you are a gift to others and always have something to offer, even if it doesn't solve the whole problem.
- • Technique: Leading from Any Chair: Empowerment strategies to offer leading thoughts and action regardless of organizational position.
- • Group Exercise: Rapid-fire problem-solving where participants must contribute one immediate, valuable insight from their "chair."
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This course is ideal for Leaders, Managers, Project Teams, and Innovation Groups who are struggling with persistent roadblocks, facing scarcity constraints, or seeking proven psychological techniques to foster breakthrough thinking and group performance.
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There are no technical prerequisites, but attendees should come prepared with one or two real-world business challenges they wish to apply the techniques to.
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This Possibility THinking workshop is available for private / custom delivery for your team - as an in-house face-to-face workshop at your location of choice, or as online instructor-led training via MS Teams (or your own preferred platform).
Get in touch to find out how we can deliver tailored training which focuses on your project requirements and learning goals.
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Day 1: Reframing Reality and Removing Constraints
Introduction to the Possibility Mindset
Defining the challenge: The scarcity mindset vs. the Possibility Mindset.
The Zander Framework: Twelve techniques for unblocking situations and driving innovation.
Understanding the goal: Generating new options, not finding a single answer.
The Core Constraint Techniques
Technique: It’s All Invented: Challenging self-imposed limitations and boundaries. Ask: "What assumptions are we making that make this seem impossible?"
Technique: Stepping into a Universe of Possibility: Identifying what you would do if resources (time, money, people) were not an issue.
Hands-on Application: Applying both techniques to a current, challenging project roadblock.
Embracing the Present
Focus Technique: The Way Things Are: This is the core skill of dealing with the current reality ("what is here and now"), rather than fighting against "what should be."
Executive Insight: How focusing on what is frees up mental energy for action.
Hands-on Practice: Participants analyze their challenge, identify the "shouldn't be like that" constraint, and rephrase it as a solvable reality.
The Power of Contribution
Technique: Being a Contribution: Recognizing that you are a gift to others and always have something to offer, even if it doesn't solve the whole problem.
Technique: Leading from Any Chair: Empowerment strategies to offer leading thoughts and action regardless of organizational position.
Group Exercise: Rapid-fire problem-solving where participants must contribute one immediate, valuable insight from their "chair."
Day 2: Driving Group Performance and Future Vision
Elevating Individual and Team Performance
Technique: Giving an A: The radical act of assuming people will do well and speaking as if they are already capable of success.
Executive Insight: Using "Giving an A" to lift team morale and performance during a difficult transformation.
Technique: Lighting a Spark: Addressing a person's passion to achieve immediate enrollment and energy.
Narrative and Alignment Techniques
Technique: Telling the WE Story: Getting beyond the 'us' and 'them' to align the whole entity under a shared success definition. The literal use of the word "we."
Technique: Creating Frameworks for Possibility: Developing a clear, shared vision as the avenue for new options to appear.
Workshop: Drafting a "WE Story" for a division facing a significant restructuring challenge.
Responsibility and Emotional Intelligence
Technique: Being the Board: Taking responsibility for your own creation of the outcome and focusing on what you can control or learn.
Technique: Remember Rule #6: Lightening up and enjoying the journey; knowing the difference between the critical, calculating self and the creative, central self.
Group Reflection: Sharing a personal "messed up" anecdote using Rule #6 to diffuse self-criticism.
Synthesis and Action Plan
Review of all 12 techniques and identifying the top three most relevant for the team.
Final Challenge: Applying a combination of 3-4 techniques to the most challenging issue identified on Day 1.
Creating a personal Possibility Action Plan for the next 30 days.
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