The Tipu Ake ki te Ora Lifecycle
We share Tipu Ake - an easily applied, and action focussed organic leadership model that exploits Kiwi style teamwork.
Resources provided include: downloadable model information, stories, application case studies, an organisational self-assessment tool, seminars, workshops, retreats and a "learning community" of users to help you grow a better future for all. A video presentation is available in many libraries in New Zealand and Internationally.
This radical behavioural model can be used by any organisation, project, group, team, or even family that needs to make new things happen. A fundamental premise of Tipu Ake is that participants start with an examination of themselves, then share their knowledge and listen to other's perspectives so all become wiser.
Tipu Ake is a holistic leadership model that encompassses and extends many other current management thinking and tools. See links to other sites.
The seven level model covers in its middle level (3) the strong process focus that characterises the management of most organisations, with the other levels incorporating radical thinking on chaos, innovation, leadership, courage, vision, stakeholders, team commitment, change information sharing, learning, responsiveness, agility, values and sustainability. It encourages us to think well beyond project risk management, capitalising on opportunities that move us towards the future we seek to grow. It is a framework that gives a wider perspective on leadership principles and knowledge. It demonstrates those project manager / team / organisational behaviours that drive real project success.
The Tipu Ake Lifecycle is based on the simple, but very powerful, natural analogy of a tree growing in a forest ,whose growth is subject to "pests" that attempt to constrain it and "birds" that plant the seeds that create a long term future for the species. "Poisons" are super pests that inhibit the process of germination. It can be applied at any level in any organisation to help make a well future happen.
Its organic approach is far from being soft and cuddly; it is a pragmatic roadmap for survival that suits organisations competing in a global marketplace. It capitalises on the same "WE can do" Kiwi culture that Peter Blake and Team NZ did, (something that is too often left buried deep under colonising management practices imported from beyond our shores)!
Tipu Ake includes an organisational assessment tool to allow people to assess where they are, question their assumptions, benchmark their organizational behaviours against others, and start making some radical changes for a better future.
How was it produced?
It was inspired by the transformation of Te Whaiti school. Here a proactive unemployed (decile one) Maori community called on its own internal strength and traditional wisdom to grow its school from failure and imminent closure to the top of its class.
Their stories and unique processes were captured after the event in Tipu Ake by a team of volunteers from Te Whaiti, the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and other NZ organisations. Many young students at AUT and other volunteers are now working together on a range of innovative projects (including this website) to help them share it.
All intellectual property and copyright of Tipu Ake will belong for all time at the place Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi. The people there are its Kaitiaki (Guardians). Acknowledgement is by koha (a gift in return based on its value to you).
Its full name is Tipu Ake ki te Ora which means growing ever upwards towards Wellbeing. It is gifted to the world, dedicated to the wellbeing of all its future childrens.
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Download your own copy of the Tipu Ake Lifecycle (pdf) and Powerpoint presentation now.