Ivy Tech Executives Master Training to Embed Simplexity

Min Basadur and Tim Basadur traveled to Indianapolis to train the leaders of Ivy Tech on how to engage their employees and teams to solve their own work problems. The backbone of the Simplexity System is the Innovative Results Equation: 

Innovative results require 

• The right content (knowledge) 
• A process of working together innovatively
• Process skills (diverging, converging, and deferral of judgment within and between each process step) 
• Process tools (such as the “Why What’s Stopping?” Analysis and Challenge Mapping)
• Profile styles (Generator, Conceptualizer, Optimizer, Implementer) for breakthrough thinking

The team learned how to engage participants in experiential learning (being a “guide on the side” rather than the “sage on the stage”). By guiding their own team through all 8 steps of the Simplexity process they had a terrific solution ready to implement. The feeling in the room was electric. Everything came together for the team. They had achieved the confidence they were seeking to train others and were truly excited to solve their own problem. It worked!

They collaborated as a team and earned the following individual awards: Best Judgment Deferrer, Best Facilitator, The Golden Egg Award, The Sparkplug Award, The Why/What’s Stopping Award, The Survivor of the Hurricane, and Most Valuable Player.