Techniques

When considering leadership, team or personal development, many organisations are coming to the realization that some of the traditional approaches and techniques used in developmental programmes tend neither to bring about sustainable transformations in people’s thinking and behaviour, nor improvements in motivation and efficiency.

These methods are generally based on theoretical “chalk and talk” lecture programmes, case studies, motivational courses with well-known “inspiring” figures or a certain type of experiential learning.   Unfortunately, the latter tend to reinforce the ‘us and them’ discourse already implicit in all areas of corporate life, by employing military inspired ropes courses, abseiling and bridge building.

In contrast, The Wild Peak’s techniques and methods draw on a number of more systemic and holistic disciplines and practices, which we combine in different ways. These are:

• Leadership, executive and team coaching

• Group facilitation practices

• Experiential and action learning

• Role-playing/drama

• General & Complex Adaptive Systems Theory

• Appreciative inquiry

• Creative Problem Solving (CPS)

• Gestalt and cognitive behavioural psychology

• Human ecology & eco-psychology

• Communication and behavioural training

• Wilderness/nature-based experiences.

Our methods are informed, among other things, by the Transformational change model of Otto Scharmer at MIT (“Theory U”), Albert Ellis's Rational, Emotional, Behavioural Therapy (REBT), the Experiential Learning methods of David Kolb, General and Adaptive Systems Theory as developed by John Holland, Fritjof Capra, Francisco Verala and Peter Senge, the Eco-psychology work of Theodore Roszak and Joanna Macy and the educational and creativity work of Rudolf Steiner and Ken Robinson.