Programmes are mechanisms used by organisations to meet their strategic objectives in uncertain and complex environments. The programme team operates as a Middle between the Top (investing organisation) and the Bottom (change target). Therefore, the tensions affecting the Middle and their ways of seeing themselves and others as people in contexts have a significant impact on achieving the desired outcomes and building long-term agility into the target operating model. This session will propose using two systems thinking methodologies to assist Programme Managers in making sense of the systemic relationships and processes they operate and co-create with their stakeholders, and how to influence these relationships in empowering ways. First, the session will explore the stakeholder landscape programmes operate in, and the various positions (Tops, Middles and Bottoms) the programme teams are finding themselves in when relating across boundaries. Secondly, the session will then explore the unique contributions programmes could make to the Total System Empowerment (Oshry, 2007) by reframing their condition and seeking to engage with others as convenors (Wenger et al., 2014). Finally, the session will conclude with suggestions for future landscape assessments and interventions. References: Oshry, B. (2007). Seeing Systems: Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational Life (2nd ed.). Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Wenger-Trayner, E., Fenton-O'Creevy, M., Hutchinson, S., Kubiak, C., & Wenger-Trayner, B. (Eds.). (2014). Learning in Landscapes of Practice: Boundaries, identity, and knowledgeability in practice-based learning (1st ed.). Routledge.
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