A new CEO beginning their tenure. A new strategy challenging old assumptions. A trusted structure appearing too stiff. A steady rate of growth suddenly losing momentum.
Often: an environment where inertia prevails over novelty.
These are the kinds of challenges we help organizations wrestle with in the Messy Middle.
A space where social complexity runs high and progress is made by mobilizing people—supporting their initiative and their growth.
In this space our work spans four areas, frequently overlapping: Navigating Transitions; Unleashing Innovation; Developing Leadership; Rewiring Communities.
Navigating
Transitions
When the context shifts and the organization struggles to adapt...
We invite people to explore-discuss-diagnose their collective challenges, before co-designing their paths forward and ready-to-launch experiments.
Condensing massive amounts of work into a 3-to-5-day intense, dynamic, collaborative experience—and sometimes supporting the work over the following few months.
We have supported executives and teams move through critical transitions at The Bridgespan Group; MDIF-Media Development Investment Fund; Independent Sector; Emergency; IED Spain; Moderna; Renault Group; Alpine; FIAT World Class Manufacturing; Jeep; Alfa Romeo; Volkswagen; Audi; SEAT; CheBanca!; Unicredit; Barclays Italy; Barclays Iberia; Ferrero Australia; Ferrero Benelux; Ferrero China; Lavazza; Bip Consulting Services; Kering.
Unleashing
Innovation
When innovation becomes an imperative and the organization must accelerate its pace...
We create InnovationLabs, Incubators, and Garages where individuals and teams practice leading for innovation, reshaping the way they pursue their own challenges.
Crafting strategies, programs, and sometimes physical spaces to help develop new outcomes and new ways of thinking-doing-being—all at once.
We have helped bring new ideas to life at Harvard Business School; Moderna; World Economic Forum; Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Barcelona Global; Renault; SNCF; AUDI Global Marketing; Volkswagen Group; Vinci; Telia Company; Cementir; Ferrero HQ; Carlo Ratti Associati; Mediobanca Premier; BearingPoint; Oasi Zegna; and countless organizations whose executives and managers participated in our open enrollment programs dedicated to “Leading for Innovation.”
Developing
Leadership
When academic institutions and corporate universities want to push toward the edges of learning and leadership development...
We help them launch a new wave of experiments, combining unorthodox practices and established approaches on adult development.
Moving beyond traditional ways of teaching—making a dent in the lives of organizations and of individuals involved.
We have developed new programs in Europe, United States, and Latin America, working with: Harvard Business School (Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation • Boston, ongoing since 2017); Moderna University (L4i – Leading for Innovation • Boston, Basel, Zurich); Harvard Graduate School of Design (Leadership and Design Thinking; AMPD Indy Projects • Boston, Medellin, Mexico City); Adaptive Leadership Network (e-volve: Mastery in Design, Teaching, and Facilitation of Leadership Development Experiences in Virtual and Hybrid Environments with Prof. Ron Heifetz, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (virtual); École des Ponts Business School (LearningLabs for the Executive Doctorate of Business Administration • Paris, ongoing since 2015); Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (L4i – Leading for Innovation • virtual); London Business School (Inside Innovation • London); Bureau Veritas (Manager Academy • hybrid).
We have helped design, launch, and sometimes run several learning spaces: UniCredit UniManagement Learning and Innovation Center (Turin); Harvard Business School Hives-Classroom of the Future for the MBA FIELD Method - Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (Boston); Harvard Innovation Lab (Boston); General Electric John Welch Leadership Development Center (Crotonville); Unilever Four Acres Leadership Development Center (Singapore).
Rewiring
Communities
When large-scale gatherings must gain more spark, meaning, and impact...
We help organizations and communities reimagine concepts, formats, and participants’ engagement—beyond charismatic speakers, digital tools, and gigantic screens.
Connecting people through more intense, more authentic, more personal conversations.
We have worked to transform large-scale gatherings with World Economic Forum (Annual Meeting); OECD Annual Forum (IdeaFactory), Young Global Leaders (Annual Summits); Harvard Business School (Centennial Conferences); Adaptive Leadership Network (Annual Gatherings); Alumni Bocconi; Barcelona Global; Fira Barcelona SmartCityExpo); Jewish Agency for Israel; Young Arab Leaders (Arab-American Action Forum); Dubai International Design Forum; Club de Madrid.
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