The Piti Leadership Lab
The Leadership Lab is the training and consulting division of the
Piti Theatre Company. We offer a customizable program of workshops,
performances and film/web services.
PERFORMANCE
Whether you're looking for entertaining but provocative way to close
your retreat or conference or an "out-of-the-box" way to introduce
trainings in storytelling or personal presence, this acclaimed one
person show takes participants on a financial, romantic and spiritual
journey through the depths of the tech boom in the late 90's and out
the other side. Riding the Wave.com is entertainment which also
provokes real questions about risk-taking, ethics, and investor
behavior. Previously performed at Harvard Business School, New York
University's Stern School of Business and the New York Fringe Festival.
"Mirin... could be the poet laureate of Silicon Valley." (San Jose
Mercury News)
Barry Oshry's musical comedy about organizational life has proven to be
a powerful experience for audiences. Watch some
scenes and post-play reactions
from
our September, 2007 performance at the John Hancock Conference Center
in Boston for
The Partnership.
TRAINING
What's Your Story?
People in organizations need to be able to tell stories - whether it's
about their products or themselves. We tell them all the time with
friends: "
so I'm waiting for the bus and..." But when it comes
time for our two minutes with an important person, we often leave
feeling we could have done better. This workshop is valuable for anyone
who wants to make a deeper impact when you finally have them listening.
The Organization Workshop
While many things happen in organizations that are hard to explain, our
explanations tend to be at the personal level-- "they" are incompetent,
unmotivated, unskilled, etc. Since these explanations are personal, so
are the solutions: fix, fire, or rotate "them" or restructure who
reports to whom in the organization. We also know that these fixes
seldom work in the long run. The Organization Workshop allows
participants to see that the vast majority of these issues are not
personal at all-- they are natural (almost unavoidable) outcomes of the
way our systems are structured and the condition in which organizations
operate. This allows leaders to see the impact of their actions on the
larger organization and to make choices that avoid the worst pitfalls
of organizational systems. The Organization Workshop opens a new door
towards empowering employees at all levels to partner in organization
growth and change. The O.W. was developed by Power and Systems of
Boston. Past clients include Microsoft, NASA, Boeing and Fidelity
Investments.
The Vision Workshop
Often we are so absorbed in our daily emergencies and tasks, we don't
take the time to remember the vision we're working to achieve. Do you
have a vision for your organization? For yourself within the
organization? Are you making progress toward your goal? Could it be
refined or deepened? The Vision Workshop was designed by
Jonathan Mirin as an opportunity for small
group coaching around real situations being faced on the job. Working
in groups of three, participants will have the chance to develop their
vision for a specific project. Then they will rehearse the most
difficult conversation that needs to take place to realize their goal
and practice strategies that have a higher likelihood of success.
The Digital Soap Opera
We will spend a week "hanging out" inside your company, doing
diagnostic interviews, and getting a feel for what life is like for
employees-- the inner and outer stories. Your existing organizational
"scripts" will then be turned into a series of scenes which can be
performed live or filmed for distribution via the internet. This is
followed by a de-brief process in which the organization can use the
scenes as a catalyst for meaningful discussion and change.
Contact us to view a sample podcast.
