Dr. William Ury, co-founder of the Program On Negotiation at Harvard describes his experience with The Breakthrough Lab:
The Breakthrough Lab is about "serious play". However, this approach was developed and tested via two generations of intensive research at MIT and elsewhere. To learn more...
* Special thanks to members of The Alliance of Chief Executives for allowing us to use photos taken during a lab at their recent offsite retreat.
Introducing The Breakthrough Lab
It is difficult but possible to stay present and respond effectively at crucial thresholds. Our first impulses and responses are typically awkward and sometimes counter-productive.
It is difficult but possible to stay present and respond effectively at crucial thresholds. Our first impulses and responses are typically awkward and sometimes counter-productive.
Exploring questions and issues, and discussing options, can be helpful. But in the safety of a lab, we can bring dynamics to life. By using enactments and role-playing, we can experience actions directly and explore where new responses work and how they break down. Think of a martial arts studio or dojo for evolving on purpose. In a safe forum, and in the company of peers, we practice new ways of doing business. Together, we discover ways to discover, develop and deploy what's needed next.
- Better visibility—a “balcony view” to observe how things happen and what’s needed next.
- Better results—designs and “solutions” work because they've been tested and practiced.
- Personal agility—the ability to recover faster and tap your own resourcefulness, (especially when the going gets rough).
- Repeatable process for innovation—a reliable way to invent and prototype new solutions and behaviors (and to influence your own evolution).
To learn more about how you can utilize The Breakthrough Lab please contact us.