Systems Working
Facilitating system partners to work together
We live in an increasingly complex, unpredictable, and at times frankly chaotic world. We simply cannot predict what’s around the corner.
Yet in our organisations, we are having to work with a greater range of partners – both local and virtual, and for many also global.
Leadership has an increasing focus on working across historic ‘silos’ within, and across organisations, and in the spaces between them. As never before, we need to draw on systems working, agility and emergence to respond to unpredictable events in highly complex ecosystems.
Client Challenges
‘System problems’ typically occur where an organisation has lots of different partners and influential internal voices, all of whom have different perspectives and priorities. These aren’t necessarily understood nor aligned.
With all of this going on, how do you create coherence and a shared sense of direction? That everyone feels connected to? How do you enable collaboration within and across organisations?
Our Approach
Our approach enables you to navigate the complexities and ambiguities of working across multiple organisations to find shared purpose, develop aligned leadership and deliver great outcomes for the common good. We create safe spaces for difficult conversations.
Tricordant thrives on such challenges. We have been working on helping partners work in complex environments in public, private and not for profit sectors for many years.
We help at several levels
Strategic: how can you develop shared understanding and clarity; so everyone can ‘get on the same page’?
Relational: underpinning all partnership work there’s a need to develop effective relationships and ways of working with others. We bring a relational way of working as well as processes and tools for assessing and building reliable and productive relationships.
Practical: we offer tools for improving collaboration, exploring paradox and difference, and bring effective and engaging approaches for people to work together and have fun.
Leaders: we support leaders navigate the complexities and politics of working in complex systems.
Systems Working
Delivering your outcomes
We bring a practical, straightforward approach to cut through the complexity, based upon:
- Years of professional consultancy and client side experience
- Focusing on the specific of your system – your ‘Why, How and What’
- Starting with where the agreements are, not the disagreement
- Taking one step at a time
- Having lots of conversations with partners individually and in groups
