Showing posts with label disempowerment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disempowerment. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Risky business, ambiguity

Risky business asking for an Ambiguity Advantage workshop it would appear.
I thought that you might like this. I have been asked to provide a workshop to help develop a bit more tolerance to Ambiguity in a large organisation in London. I agreed and the job of arranging it fell to the organisational HR department.
I was asked by them to provide:
  • A full rationale for doing the workshop
  • A list of all the outcomes of the workshop
  • A full by the minute breakdown of the programme 'so we know what to expect'.
  • A risk analysis of everything that could go wrong and a statement of what I would do to prevent each item.
  • The total cost and a statement of the value this would bring to the company
  • A list of all the resources used and why each would be used
  • A chapter and verse briefing for the participants including a full breakdown of every exercise so that 'there were no nasty surprises'.
  • A full CV and a statement of expertise
  • Details of indemnity insurance in case 'anything goes wrong'.
  • Details of any first aid / medical qualifications I hold
  • Details of how to evaluate the outcome to 'ensure compliance' after the event.
I could see the conflict on their faces as I pointed out the dichotomy. The answer was that they would have to go and seek higher authority to make a decision. Talk about disempowerment.