Workshop 1:
. Chartered Management Institute present:
“Challenging the Status Quo”
presented by Dr Paul Thomas, BBC Cymru Wales’ Business Doctor and Founder of DNA Wales
In this workshop Paul will encourage you to:
• Challenge the status quo in your business or organisation
• Encourage you to consider if you need the usual approach
• Make you think about how you could do things differently to unlock the talent in your organisation
• Support you to become more critical about managerial thinking and practice
He will draw on case studies from his work as BBC Cymru Wales’ Business Doctor: The BBC Business Doctor (http://www.thebusinessdoctor.me/index.html). The workshop will provide theory from the presenter and will have opportunities for interaction, discussion, Q&A and addressing specific issues that may come up from the audience members.
Dr Paul Thomas is on a mission to rid the world of managers.
He believes the workplace would be better off if we ditched the traditional way of managing, and instead gave every single member of staff a say in the running of the business. His aim in life is to make organisations democratic, fun and enjoyable places to work.
Paul is a familiar voice to listeners of BBC Radio Wales as The Business Doctor. The series follows him as he tries to prove to companies that his unconventional views really will make them more productive and profitable.
An expert in complexity theory, Paul is the founder of a think-tank called DNA Wales. About three years ago he was speaking at a conference when he was challenged; if he really knew how to make businesses better, why didn’t he stop talking about it and start actually doing it?
“Challenging the Status Quo”
presented by Dr Paul Thomas, BBC Cymru Wales’ Business Doctor and Founder of DNA Wales
In this workshop Paul will encourage you to:
• Challenge the status quo in your business or organisation
• Encourage you to consider if you need the usual approach
• Make you think about how you could do things differently to unlock the talent in your organisation
• Support you to become more critical about managerial thinking and practice
He will draw on case studies from his work as BBC Cymru Wales’ Business Doctor: The BBC Business Doctor (http://www.thebusinessdoctor.me/index.html). The workshop will provide theory from the presenter and will have opportunities for interaction, discussion, Q&A and addressing specific issues that may come up from the audience members.
Dr Paul Thomas is on a mission to rid the world of managers.
He believes the workplace would be better off if we ditched the traditional way of managing, and instead gave every single member of staff a say in the running of the business. His aim in life is to make organisations democratic, fun and enjoyable places to work.
Paul is a familiar voice to listeners of BBC Radio Wales as The Business Doctor. The series follows him as he tries to prove to companies that his unconventional views really will make them more productive and profitable.
An expert in complexity theory, Paul is the founder of a think-tank called DNA Wales. About three years ago he was speaking at a conference when he was challenged; if he really knew how to make businesses better, why didn’t he stop talking about it and start actually doing it?
So he did – now Paul works with private and public sector organisations of all sizes, including multi-nationals, trying to show them there is another way to run the workplace. But don’t call him a consultant – that’s the ultimate insult to Paul. He says consultants will try to impose their own solutions on a company. He believes in unlocking the potential of the staff to solve the problems themselves.
Paul says his dislike of management is nothing personal – he just thinks the way most businesses are managed is outdated. The idea of “command and control” just doesn’t work in the 21st century, he says, and we need to move on.
Paul is currently at Glamorgan Business School and Director of the Welsh Research Unit for Governance and Leadership. His work has taken him to India, China, Malaysia, Pakistan, the USA and many European countries. He has recently completed a global action research project on leadership and complexity thinking, visiting 19 countries in six months.
Paul is a fascinating and impressive business speaker, and is much in demand throughout the world.
Workshop 2>
Paul says his dislike of management is nothing personal – he just thinks the way most businesses are managed is outdated. The idea of “command and control” just doesn’t work in the 21st century, he says, and we need to move on.
Paul is currently at Glamorgan Business School and Director of the Welsh Research Unit for Governance and Leadership. His work has taken him to India, China, Malaysia, Pakistan, the USA and many European countries. He has recently completed a global action research project on leadership and complexity thinking, visiting 19 countries in six months.
Paul is a fascinating and impressive business speaker, and is much in demand throughout the world.
Workshop 2>
