Jon Berghoff shares what his company is learning about designing and facilitating powerful interactions online.
If you are trying to move in-person events online, find new ways of serving your customers, gathering communities or teams… this is for you. Contact Jon @
jon@xchangeapproach.com and cc Laura@xchangeapproach.com
Call Outline
0-6 min — Jon Berghoff intro by Jon Vroman
6-10 min — Berghoff provides context to the discussion “The World’s Transcendent Purpose” & serving your total reach
13-17 min — Quick Exercise “Story of Adapting to Change”
For those playing from home | Think of a time in live you had to adapt to change. What happened. What did you learn about your self, what lessons from that moment do you need to be reminded of right now? What’s a strength or super power from that moment you expressed, that you’ve lost during this time?
18-26 min — Lessons that emerged from our small group shares on adapting to change
26-29 min — Reflecting on the emotions surfaced by the break out room experience and it’s application to our own communities
29-35 min — Excerpt from an article by Otto Scharmer
35-48 min — The Evolutionary Leap | Understanding where we were, where we are and how to take the Evolutionary Leap
48-52 min — Unlocking Collective Wisdom
52-66 min– Jon draws a diagram on Tapping into Wisdom & Designing the Conversation
66-75 min — Q & A with Jon Berghoff
80-86 min — How to train more with Jon Berghoff & Xchange
Online XCHANGE Experience, May 6-8: Register at — http://xchangeapproach.com/online/
86-120 min Q & A with Jon Berghoff
The Evolutionary LEAP
If we are facing an evolutionary leap, what does that leap look like?
— How to accelerate the rate of strategic renewal
— How to enable innovation to come from everywhere
— How do we create the conditions that inspire people to voluntarily bring their passion, creativity, and innovation, to work?
— How do we enable self managed learning
–How do we strive for experiences of wholeness
–How to we connect to our evolutionary purpose
In a time of crisis, people will not tolerate in-authenticity.
Unlocking Collective Wisdom | Key Points
1. The Primary Indicator that consistently predicts which groups tap their collective intelligence are the interaction patterns between the group members
2. The most common place that people experience FLOW is in conversation with others. At work, conversation with colleagues is of of the most flow-inducing activities
Designing the Conversation
How to invite people into the conversation
1. Tell people what it is and is not
2. They need to have their tech ready | create availability to help them master their technology controls
3. Invite to confirm that they understand it will be interactive
Conversation Format
1. INTRO | How you introduce the group to the content and each other. Giving everyone an equal voice opportunity to create psychological safety.
–Ask life-giving questions | which bring life, are relevant, and are accessible (simple)
–Give people time to reflect on the question
2. CONVO | The convo itself. When you go into groups with the powerful question(s) with 2-3 people
3. OUTRO | Identify, vote on, and present best lessons/ ideas
Overlap of Leading & Learning
Otto Scharmer Excerpt
Key Points
1. Everything we knew wasn’t sustainable is now collapsing
2. RISE: As systems collapse, people rise
What are you going to do to be the person that helps another person be that person that rises..
3. CONNECTION: We are one system
4. A brand new superpower: Awareness-based Collective Action
5. Systemic Failures: Big Government, Big Market, Big Data
6. STOPPING: When you face disruption… you need to wake up
7. CHOICE: When waking up, we have a choice
8. Re-imagining our civilization: New innovation infrastructures
The Impact of Organizational Change on Employee Well-Being in American Workplaces
–Why Measure The Impact Of Organizational Change On Wellbeing?
–What Did We Learn About Successfully Creating Change While Supporting People’s Wellbeing?
–How Can You Improve Change & Wellbeing In Your Workplace
–Where Might You Start?
Mentions
The Living Company by Aric de Geus
The Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Taylor
The Future of Management by Gary Hamel
Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux
Father | Husband | Founder XCHANGE
Jon Berghoff is the founder of the XCHANGE Approach, a scientific approach to unlocking collective wisdom in any group.
These are extraordinary times, which call for exponential conversations. This is why innovative leaders have run to XCHANGE as the solution for bringing together companies, communities, customers in powerful ways.
Before COVID-19, XCHANGE was leaned on by companies like Facebook, BMW, Costco, to facilitate powerful, large scale conversations… when the stakes were highest.
In the last two weeks, change agents of every type: coaches, consultants, and thought leaders… are using XCHANGE to create connection, community and accelerated learning in every imaginable environment. all of it digitally, of course.
Jon is in high demand, known for his authenticity and highly engaging style of creating powerful learning experiences for participants.
If you are trying to move in-person events online, find new ways of serving your customers, gathering communities or teams… this is for you. Contact Jon @
jon@xchangeapproach.com and cc Laura@xchangeapproach.com
