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Part 2 - How Whole System Interventions?


Large Scale Interactive Process Methodology

The LSIP is a methodology which simultaneously involves large or very large groups of people by enabling impactful conversations leading to transformational changes. It is used for formulating, strategizing and implementing change. 
In this method, consultants see themselves as an expert in the process of WSI and view clients as an expert in the content. The process could be participative or democratic depending on the context of change. The method employed is based on the formula of DVF > R for change to happen wherein D= Dissatisfaction, V= Vision, F=First Steps and R=Resistance to change. 

 The role of the consultant is to create a shared understanding of the above components. They make the dissatisfaction with the current way of things general knowledge, undertake vision activities to make people visualize a common future and develop first steps to achieve the said vision. While the consultant does this the first time, a unique feature of this method is the belief that change is continuous and hence there is a need to develop internal capability to initiate the process when it becomes necessary for the organization to change.

Simu Real

This is one of the more recent methodologies which came into the picture in the 1990s. It is a one-time intervention which assumes that informal culture dictates most of what happens in an organization and awareness of that will enable the successful implementation of change initiatives.
In this day-long intervention, a specific issue is chosen and alternative ways of organizing are put for experimentation in hourly slots. It is followed by half-hourly periods of analysis in which observations are shared among the participants.

The role of a consultant is to identify the issue to be dealt with beforehand and facilitate the active experimentation and discussions thereafter.


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