Format

Two online sessions on May 25 and June 1, 2021, 12PM - 3PM EST (6PM - 9PM CET) supplemented with optional prework, inter-session work, and afterwork including videos, readings, and discussion thereof.

Overview

This masterclass addresses the organizational and social aspects of leading teams. It completes the triad of classes that have replaced our Software Architecture Workshop for remote delivery. It also pairs well with our Technical Leadership Masterclass (there is some overlap in context setting, but otherwise the focus is different).

Organizational Dynamics

We explore leadership demands and challenges in technology-intensive system design and evolution. And we practice some tools that help discern, shape and attain more the organizational outcomes and impact that our various teams are striving for. These include visualizing and understanding cultural features and organizational forces (and impedances), with collaborative modeling-informed practices and guidance to help respond and adapt.

Organizational Effectiveness

We explore a range of topics and practices that fall under soft skills, and have to do with being more effective as we lead, collaborate and partner with others. Topics and practice areas include:

• Self-awareness, self-management
• Empathy and other-awareness
• Relationships, trust and teams
• Persuasion and Influence; Negotiation, Disagreement and conflict
• Sociology of organizations and culture
• Nudges, enabling constraints
• Coaching and facilitating, feedback
• Coping with uncertainty and organizational stressors
• Ethical considerations

Scholarships and Discounts

For more information on discounts and scholarships, see our Organizational Dynamics Masterclass page.