CORMETIS CONSULTING
Insight to Move People and Organisations from Understanding to Action
An introduction to wilful blindness:
The introduction to wilful blindness is a universally applicable course that can be delivered in mixed formats and adapted to suit the needs of various audiences. It is ideally suited for executive and non-executive directors working in health and care, senior and trainee managers, NHS governors, team leaders and Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.
Participants on this course will:
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Learn what wilful blindness is, understand how it arises and why it matters,
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Explore real life examples that illustrate it's presence and impact,
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Gain tools and techniques to help identify and address wilful blindness.
Wilful blindness is present in each of us, in the teams and groups we work in and the organisations we work with and for. It is a naturally occurring phenomenon that can manifest in many different ways. We use wilful blindness in our everyday lives as a means of protecting our sense of self and we apply it in work situations as a means to explain and rationalise events that occur around us which may not sit comfortably with us or feel aligned with our instincts. The unchecked unchallenged presence of wilful blindness in teams and departments creates unsafe services at the operational level and leads to uninformed and often dysfunctional decision making at board level.