Swimming in a sea of change - the exhilarating work of facilitating organisational transformation
A few years ago I facilitated a workshop for an organisation that I was accompanying through a transformation process. At the end of the workshop I gave the group an individual reflection exercise in nature and fortunately we were at a most beautiful beach resort so I took the opportunity to find a place of rest and do some reflection of my own. I found myself pushing my feet into the lovely therapeutic beach sand and watching the waves and thinking what a wonderful analogy the ocean presents us with about transformation and change. More recently I went to the beach with a friend after a long hiatus and jumped and swam in the fresh blue ocean allowing the waves to bash against me and it was the most exhilarating feeling - I felt refreshed and energised. This is exactly the work of facilitating transformation in organisations. When visiting the beach you have to be willing to embrace and step into nature, get sand in your feet, trust even though you may not know what lies bene...