A free online course on change leadership!
Our awarded and very popular “Facilitating Change” course kicks off on April 20th! The lectures are open and free for anyone to attend. This course is for professionals and students interested in leading change to create responsive, autonomous and happy organizations.
The course is taught by Risto Sarvas and Jari Ylitalo, both highly acclaimed and awarded teachers, and veterans of leadership and organization design.
There are three ways to join:
- You can join the lectures as a “tourist”, i.e., you can listen and take part in the lecture discussions. No strings attached, no weekly exercises, no credits — you come and go as you please. Register here.
- You can also enroll as an active professional via FITech. You get the credits and a course certificate, and you commit to attending every lecture and doing the weekly pair exercises. To register via FITech you need a Finnish social security number.
- If you are an Aalto University student, then you can enroll as usual via Sisu.
This course is a powerful blend of hands-on practice and academic theory for anyone interested in change leadership, organisational transformation, organisation design, and becoming a change agent.
The course materials are already available as an online handbook.
The course outline is as follows (all lectures are broadcast live on Wednesdays from 16:15–18:00 using Zoom, you’ll get the link via email, so register above):
20.4. Opening lecture: paradigms, theories and the actual changing landscape. The fundamental change in thinking about leadership and organisations.
27.4. Organisational transformation in practice. The perspectives of top management, hands-on practitioners, and the people in the middle.
4.5. Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, Lean Startup… Which religion to choose? The common denominators behind all of these paradigms.
11.5. Facilitation in depth. The reasons why leadership is more about the experiences created than structures and commands.
18.5. Tools, sprints, and workshops. Why are “canvases” suddenly everywhere and how to master them all?
25.5. Closing, reflection, and looking forward. Coaching and facilitating in an online environment. Paths towards your personal leadership and facilitation mastery.
