37 people from 9 different countries came together in Vienna in September 2024 to learn and deepen the theory and practice of Whole-ScaleTM Change.
A three-day experience hosted by Paul Tolchinsky and Lothar Wenzl.
This inspiring journey resulted in 17 key principles: The Whole-ScaleTM Manifesto.
What is Whole-ScaleTM Change?
- Whole-ScaleTM Change is the overarching process for transforming organisations: it is both a framework and a mindset that helps professionals to steer the process with double impact, half the time and considerably lower cost.
- It’s all about changing living systems – meaning: work with what is.
- Whole-ScaleTM might not include all the people, yet it is thinking whole system at any scale.
Workshop Highlights
- The Accordion Principle: Converge – diverge the organisation
- Continuously expand the circle of influence
- Don’t fix yesterday, create tomorrow
- Don’t start if you don’t have the why. The purpose of the change is … in order to …
- When deciding: apply the 70/100 rule: 70 % satisfied comfortable is enough with 100 % commitment
- Start anywhere – follow everywhere
- When you are stuck: change the setting
- The process you use to get to the future will be the future you get
- Involve the whole system via microcosms Involve who wants to be involved
- Not everyone can decide, but everyone can be engaged
- Resistance is a gift
- People own what they help to create
- Enable shared leadership: create a tribe around the changemakers
- Feel the change, embody it
- Appreciate the effort: sound preparation and solid design are key
- Be bold and ask people: you will be amazed at how smart they are
- Mean it, mean it, mean it
Workshop participants and supporters of the manifesto:
Gerhard Abel, Susanna Achleitner, Barbara Bindl, Cornelia Bründlinger, Christiane Brunner, Heike Ehmann, Philip Ginthör, Peter Gollowitsch,Jeanny Gucher, Karin Haselböck, Britta Heissenberger, Oda Heister, Mirjam Hirsch, Lāsma Ivaska, Dušan Janković, Marija Jovanovic, Elvira Kalmar, Kirill Kondakov, Johannes Köpl, Elias Lemmel, Christine Mattl, Johanna Mory, Helmut Nagy,Birgit Neuburger-Hillmayer, Jules O‹Donnell, Maria O‹Shea, Marika Püspök, Marie Ringler, Florentine Roth, Katrin Schwaiger, Rebecca Stilwell, Zsófia Takács, Paul D. Tolchinsky, Angela Uhl, Maximilian Wedl, Lothar Wenzl and Sabine Zhang.
Your WHOLE SCALETM CHANGE experts
Paul Tolchinsky and Lothar Wenzl bring decades of experience in organisational development, change management, and leadership sparring. They have guided numerous organisations through successful transformations, helping them achieve their goals and realise their full potential.
Trainconsulting cooperation partner Paul Tolchinsky is recognised internationally as a trailblazer in Whole ScaleTM Change. Renowned for his proficiency in organisational design, he applies socio-technical principles and Whole Scale methodologies to drive change within organisations.
Systemic organisational consultant and Trainconsulting CEO Lothar Wenzl is specialised in facilitating deep transformation processes that cultivate flourishing and prosperous organisations. Typically centred on strategic concerns, business models, or organisational design, with a primary focus on decision-makers.
