Behavioral Design for Transformation Leaders

The Netherlands

ai
Behavioral design

In this one-day hands-on training, you will unlock the power of behavioral change in the age of AI. Learn the foundations of behavioral and psychological science that explain why people do what they do, and how to use that understanding to design behavioral change that fits the people in front of you rather than fighting them. Learn how to analyze behavior, build change strategies that adapt to the individuals and teams you’re leading, and accelerate sustainable transformation in your own organization.

You leave with one concrete behavior change strategy experiment to run in your context within two weeks.

Any questions?  

Michiel will gladly help you further with any personal or in-company needs you might have.

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Why behavioral design and why now?

Transformation in the age of AI is rarely a tooling problem. What is missing is the ability to shift behavior at scale, especially as AI transformations becomes the next wave of change that means people need to adopt new behavioral patterns at work.

This is the gap behavioral design closes. It gives transformation leaders an evidence-based toolbox to improve their leadrership cabailities and create lasting behavior change.

Key Takeaways

01

Learn to see transformation the way people experience it and lead it accordingly

So you can create change for people not to people.

02

Diagnose behavioral blockages

Find what’s keeping current behavior in place before designing change.

03

Design lasting behavior change

Design conditions that make new behavior likely and drives positive change in your organization.

04

Built on scientific evidence

Evidence-based behavioral and psychological frameworks applied to transformation contexts in leader-language. Without buzzwords and theories. 

What you’ll be able to do by the end of the day

Learning through a real case

Based on a case we are going to discover:

  • The root – causes that block behavioral change & cause resistance in teams.
  • How to create change flow in organizations that brings clarity, ownership and commitment.
  • How behavioral change works beyond new communication plans and transformation mandates.

Who is it for?

Leaders driving transformation in their organizations, change leads, transformation directors, program leads, senior managers, and executives who own a piece of the people side of change.

It is especially useful if you’re currently navigating AI adoption, new ways of working, organizational restructuring, or a culture shift where the technical pieces are in place but behavior is the bottleneck.

No prior knowledge is required. Bring your curiosity along.

Course information

Training will consist of a healthy mix of theory, examples, and exercises

The price includes all course materials, literature, and a great lunch on each course day.

Meet the trainers

Chris Baron

Meet Chris Baron, a leadership and behavioral change trainer at Xebia Academy. View his profile and training courses here.

Evelyn van Kelle

Evelyn van Kelle helps organizations align Business and IT by focusing on behavior and system-wide improvement for lasting change.

Andrea Clasquin

Meet Andrea Clasquin, a change Transformation consultant who helps organizations bridge the gap between Business and IT. View her full profile and training courses on Xebia Academy.

Tina Armasu

Tina Armaşu (PhD, University of Groningen) is a organizational transformation consultant. View Tina’s full profile and training courses on Xebia Academy.

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