CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Institut für systemische Beratung, Wiesloch

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Narrative approach  Intuition  Background images  Dreams  Guided imagery  Metaphors  Storytelling 3

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Intuition – Aristotle, Berne and others  We don’t know how it works  We know little “what” our intuitions are  But we act “as if we knew”  Intuition organizes action  Intuition can be qualified or unqualified, can lead or mislead 4

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Intuition Science Berne: Scientific methods, which offer more security, and Intuition, which opens up more options, are the Basis for creative action. 5

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Typology of C. G. Jung 6

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Experience and Inspiration  Intuition is interpretation and judgement  Intuition has “grown” in biography  Inspiration from the possible future  Conjoint inspiration in communities  Understanding and “maturation” by dialogue 7

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Freeing intuition 1.Detect and question: Taboos, desires and fears and habits 2.Gain competence and knowledge 3.Organize experimental flow 4.Organize connection with each other's spirit 5.Open up for inspiring ideas and creative designs 6.Integrate intuition 8

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Professional Intuition  Professional intuition must be trained and must become focussed according to what sphere is relevant and for which professional purposes it is needed  Different professionals should have different masteries of intuition, because they have different spheres of reality to deal with, different roles and different responsibilities 9

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Background images 10

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Life is meaning  Humans are narrative beings. Life is myth, is telling your story.  People are always oriented to what they want to become, telling you somehow who they want to be or are going to become.  Empathy for the possible: Intuition for the possible future of the other. 11

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Life plans are influenced by  Nature of the individual, talents and ambitions  Equipment and requests from family  Attitudes to life and lifestyles of the milieu in which one was brought up  Qualities of surrounding culture  Formative experiences, often represented by key events and inner images 12

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Meaningful background images  People "adopt“ or filter images from their life or from stories, which represent experiences, self-perception or tendencies of the soul.  By exploring those images and mirroring in dialogue with others, we get a sense of the personality, the myths and lifestyles, that the soul is interested in and ingredients of life situations, which fit. 13

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Dialogues on background images for profession and organization 1.For understanding and creating meaningful professional situations and one's professional career 2.Understanding one's perception of organizational developments and matching those with one's own development 3.Monitoring, matching and dialogue about it 14

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Orientation in Professional Life 15 Example from interview: Q: When you were young, what were your images of what you would do some day, professionally? A: I wanted to be a train conductor! Q: What images/scenes are related with this occupation in your mind? A: 1. Me and my engine - nobody knows it as I do! 2. My colleague and I - two comrades travel around the world! 3. So many people who trust me - I shall guarantee them a safe trip! 4. Oriental Express - Many foreign countries. Great Uniform! I personally welcome all VIPs.

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Where to look for? 16 Individual:Organizational: Own imagesFounding mythology Family, milieu of originTypically internal stories Literature, art, dreamsImages presented to the world Crucial events

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Exercise: Images for Matching Individual and Organization 17

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Why work with background images? 18  Humans are meaning-oriented and mythical!  You can touch the essence of people without intimate information!  Reveals background drifts in processes and relationships.  Very effective in connecting on many levels.  Permits relating to these spheres in a professional world.

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Dreams, guided imagery, metaphors and storytelling 19

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität 2015 Benefits of narrative approaches 20  Dealing with dreaming, guided imagery or storytelling as example for dealing with creative realities  Building up a “permeable” creative, sensible communication culture  Professionals realize that they can create stories and metaphors much better and in a more useful way than they expect.  Connecting with traditional wisdom and teaching.  Indirect suggestions activate creative solutions.

CC-by-Lizenz, Author: Bernd Schmid for isb-w.euisb-w.eu Systemische Professionalität Circus