Are you a creative leader (working* in arts and culture) looking to challenge traditional power structures and cultivate more equitable, collaborative practices in your organisation or community? Join Jamie Pett for an interactive workshop exploring practical strategies for unlocking the potential of distributed leadership.

In this 2-hour session, we'll dive into the complexities of shifting power dynamics and governance. Through group activities and guided discussions, you'll have the opportunity to:

Discover tools and frameworks for mapping power dynamics in your context
Learn about what ‘healthy power’ can look like
Examine the barriers and risks involved in disrupting entrenched hierarchies
Collaborate with peers to respond to common scenarios
Reflect on your own role and agency in catalysing change

Whether you're a seasoned leader or an emerging creative practitioner, this workshop will provide a supportive space to rethink assumptions, share experiences, and develop plans for change.

Session Structure:

10.30am - 11am: Arrival, tea and coffee and a chance to informally chat.
11am - 1pm: The two hour session will include small group work; working in pairs; and quiet time for individual reflection.
1pm: Finish.

*working in arts and culture can be as a freelancer, salaried or volunteer

Jamie Pett Biography:
Jamie Pett is a freelance facilitator, coach and consultant. He aims to contribute to the emergence of a more equitable, regenerative future. He has gradually learned about how power dynamics are everywhere through experiences like being an economist in Zanzibar and a Co-Chair of a charity board. Jamie is now part of the Stewarding Group of the Transformational Governance Collective - whose vision is of a world where the ways we organise and work together are based on trust, care, and equity - for the good of all beings and the planet. He is also the learning partner for the Summerfield Community Chest - an initiative to distribute £6m by engaging communities in Gloucestershire. Having grown up on a dairy farm near Launceston, Jamie returned to the South West last year and lives with his Dutch wife and fluffy cat near Exeter. https://jamiepett.com/

Access:
The session will be in Workshop 2 in Ocean Studios, on the first floor. There is a lift to all floors, and level entry on the ground floor. There are accessible gender neutral toilets. There is blue badge parking available in Royal William Yard.

If you have any access needs, please get in touch with Sophie Mellor on sophie@plymouthculture.co.uk

Getting There:
You can take the number 34 bus from Royal Parade to Royal William Yard. There is paid parking on site, and sometimes street parking off site.

More details on Access and Getting There - https://ramp.realideas.org/about

Rethinking Leadership: Pathways to Distributed Power