Transformative Services made SIMPLE

Are you looking to break down the barriers between divisions of power and create a more collaborative culture in your workplace, school, or community? Do you have great ideas that are met with negativity, criticism, apathy, even hostility?

You need the S.I.M.P.L.E solution.

S.I.M.P.L.E. is the process Transformative Results uses to bring ideas to life. From The Gatehouse to CAVE, to Laser Eagles, to Schools and places of employment S.I.M.P.L.E. has been transforming lives and communities.

S.I.M.P.L.E. stands for...

Setting In Motion Powerful Liberating Events to create a dynamic organizational community.

There are nine S.I.M.P.L.E. steps to success:

1: Awareness

2: Apprehension

3: Acceptance

4: Acquaintance

5: Action

6: Achievement

7: Engagement

8: Enablement

9: Ennoblement

If you're an employer, employee, community builder, or educator that's been through any structural change, re-org., or government amendment on your job description you understand the missing link to success.

Anyone or organization who has ever attempted to implement a change of any kind has experienced resistance from those within the organization. It is much easier to decide on change than to get people to change. Why?

Most change initiatives focus on the operational and technical side. What is too often ignored, or, at best, paid lip service to, is the human element of change. People are creatures of habit, and changing habits is more difficult than changing structures or systems.

Today, people in all sectors--private, not-for-profit, and public--are beginning to appreciate the power of cultural change. We need only look around at our schools, places of work, and communities to know change is paramount to bringing peace and harmony into our lives.

Unfortunately, most organizations don't address cultural barriers as mindfully as needed.

The only way to ensure the maximum success of any broad-based change initiative is to understand and deal with the culture; that is, the people and their relationships within the organization and greater community.

To truly change an organization, you need to change the culture. How do we do this?

The answer is S.I.M.P.L.E.

For a more detailed strategy to bring about any vision read Community Lost and Found.

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Ideal as a text for Capacity Building and Community Development courses. Workbook format complete with practical exercises.

Arthur and Michael have decades of experience on the streets and with people who have been excluded. They have created sucessful programs for people who most say cannot succeed. This book is about their experiences - and how they did it - so you can do it. It is a guide with practical experience and lessons. If you are 'organizing complex progreams for people labels difficult, or if you are wondering 'what should I do?" - this is the book for you.

"As our organization engages students in positive social change, this book provides the background and the strategy we need to realize our vision."

Dave Kranenburg, Meal Exchange

Have a look at some of the ways SIMPLE has been used to bring about cultural change when "they" said it could not be done. All of the following initiatives were met with cynicism, doubt, apathy, criticism and in some cases outright hostility.

The Gatehouse

Laser Eagles

Canadian Student Institute

Restorative Justice in the Ontario School System

CAVE