Workshops that deliver quick, effective results
- Choose from 7 Workshops
- We recommend Workshops 1 and 2 as a solid, measurable foundation to leverage more value from any of the other Workshops
- Use Workshop 7 ('Pick 'n' Mix') to co-design your own Workshop
WORKSHOP 1
Your Team-level Adaptability
SWOT Analysis (based on Quantitative data)
Discover how and why Adaptability is key to your team success, now and in the immediate future
Measure the AQ (Adaptability Quotient) scores and sub-scores for your team. Review the SWOT analysis for your team using QUANTITATIVE DATA across the 17 factors that impact your success and your experience of pressure at work
See how you compare to your peers globally
Uncover valuable truths about your personal and team dynamics and how that is affecting your team. Decide what you want to leverage or change.
Appreciate how different factors interact. This will multiply the impact of what you choose to improve.
Understand your own 'AQ' score
Your AQ Ability. You can think of these as five muscle groups you can develop to grow your Adaptability. In AQ these show up as % scores, with Red/Amber/Green status colors, for Mental Flexibility, Unlearn, Mindset, Grit and Resilience.
Your AQ Character. These factors reflect your preferred styles of operating. You can think of these as your preferred exercise movements to develop your 'Ability' muscle groups. Your preferences are shown along five continuums: Emotional Range, Extraversion, Hope, Motivation Style and Thinking Style.
Your AQ Environment. Here we gain % scores (and Red/Amber/Green status) for five factors that reflect your perceptions of the environment within which you operate. Think of this as the gym you attend to exercise your adaptability muscle groups. The AQ Environment factors are: Company Support, Emotional Health, Team Support, Work Environment and Work Stress.
Discover the 'Adaptability Profile' of your Team
Gain Visual Snapshots - in a SWOT Analysis - to understand the 17 AQ factors affecting your team at present and how you can improve your situation
Data, Data, Data! Gain research-informed data where you only have instinct at present! Data from the AQ Model is trusted by organizations such as IBM, Mastercard, GSK, Mars Inc, Microsoft, LVMH and UNIDO
Benchmark your results to peers globally
What's different about the AQ Assessment?
Focus. The focus is on YOU and your Adaptability in the context of your team. Not on what you do or where you fit in the team.
Data. Gain research-informed data where you only have a hunch right now. Model and data field tested by experts and practitioners in leading organizations.
Space & Framework. A process that gives space to voice and understand powerful emotions that are present.
A framework to deal with emotions and thoughts positively, and to turn them into learning, progress and better results.
SUMMARY: Workshop 1
Your Team-level Adaptability SWOT Analysis (based on Quantitative Data)
Your INPUT: You and each of your team members take your 40 Minute On-Line AQ Assessment.
Your OUTPUT: Your personal AQ Report, direct to your email Inbox
Your WORKSHOP:
A 2.5hour SWOT Analysis Debrief, Recommendations & Q&A session
A heavily visual presentation, at team level.
All individual results are Confidential and not attributed to individuals.
Typical investment: $700 per person (including sales tax).
WORKSHOP 2
Your Individual Adaptability Development Plans (based on Qualitative data)
You and each of your team members discover your own Personal AQ Score, Sub-scores and SWOT Analysis based on the confidential QUALITATIVE data generated as part of this Workshop.
Receive a 90 min 1:1 Debrief & consultation on-line. Identify a simple, powerful development plan to grow your Adaptability muscles, capabilities and skills.
Appreciate how different factors interact. This will multiply the impact of what you choose to improve.
Team Debrief. Receive a Team-level Debrief highlighting the QUALITATIVE data findings from this Workshop. This is an important enhancement to the QUANTITATIVE data SWOT Findings in Workshop 1. All findings are non-attributable to individuals.
Leverage adaptability as part of your Personal Change journey
Leverage 'Scared So What', the world's first system and Model for Personal Change. In Workshop 2 we will leverage the 'Scared So What' Model to help us to take ownership of our situation.
Growing our Adaptability muscles will make the risky business of 'taking ownership' more personally sustainable. One of the challenges of leading ourselves and influencing others effectively is the uncertainty of where, how and on what terms we're leading. If we embrace that challenge - to decide the WHAT, WHERE and HOW we'll lead- we still need the skills to actually deploy 'on the ground and 'in the moment'.
Workshop 2 will provide you with a solid base for deciding your adaptability goals to survive and thrive as a leader. How to Lead Tough Change without Getting Eaten Alive.
SUMMARY: Workshop 2
Your Individual Adaptability Development Plans (based on Qualitative data)
0Your INPUT: You and each of your team members receive a 90 Minute On-Line AQ Debrief (confidential Coaching and Consulting session)on your Personal AQ Report.
Your OUTPUT: Your decide your Personal Development Plan for Adaptability
Your WORKSHOP PRESENTATION:
A 1.5 hour presentation to you and your team - at Team-level - of the Qualitative findings from Workshop 2.
A heavily visual presentation, at team level.
All individual results are Confidential and not attributed to individuals.
Typical investment: $700 per person (including sales tax)
SUMMARY:
Workshops 3-7
These Workshops are the 'How' of 'leading tough change without getting eaten alive'. The tools and habits introduced and practiced here are what cause the shifts in your quality of life: experiencing greater leadership impact, achieving more with less, and having less uncertainty, anxiety and work stress.
The tools and techniques taught and practiced in Workshops 3-7 are all research-informed and proven in the real world.
Synthesized from decades of experience (bound by Non-Disclosure Agreements and often legislation) we cannot disclose absolute case studies.
But please feel free to 'grill' us on a video call, so you can decide if we're bluster and overpromise. Or the real thing.
Typical investment per Workshop: $900 per person (including sales tax)
WORKSHOP 3
Believe You Can Impact
Your INPUT: Active Play of 6hrs (with breaks). A mix of personal work, roleplay, games and Reflection.
Your OUTPUTS: Quick Win tools and techniques you can deploy straight away. An easier leadership and results delivery journey.
Access to the BEAR Community and 'Live' Weekly group Q&A Video calls with David for 1 year.
WORKSHOP 4
Energized to Impact
Your INPUT: Active Play of 6hrs (with breaks). A mix of personal work, roleplay, games and Reflection.
Your OUTPUTS: Quick Win tools and techniques you can deploy straight away. An easier leadership and results delivery journey.
Access to the BEAR Community and 'Live' Weekly group Q&A Video calls with David for 1 year.
WORKSHOP 5
Attuned to Impact
Your INPUT: Active Play of 6hrs (with breaks). A mix of personal work, roleplay, games and Reflection.
Your OUTPUTS: Quick Win tools and techniques you can deploy straight away. An easier leadership and results delivery journey.
Access to the BEAR Community and 'Live' Weekly group Q&A Video calls with David for 1 year.
WORKSHOP 6
Reasons to Impact
Your INPUT: Active Play of 6hrs (with breaks). A mix of personal work, roleplay, games and Reflection.
Your OUTPUTS: Quick Win tools and techniques you can deploy straight away. An easier leadership and results delivery journey.
Access to the BEAR Community and 'Live' Weekly group Q&A Video calls with David for 1 year.
WORKSHOP 7: Pick 'n' Mix. Co-Design your Customized Workshop (with David)
Pick and mix the upskilling areas (Bear Secrets) you feel will give you the Breakthroughs you need most urgently.
Welcome to the BEAR Community - with 'Live' Weekly group Q&A video calls for 1 year
Ask David anything to support you on your 12 Bear Secrets journey. This includes questions on any aspect of your AQ (Adaptability Quotient) or Scared So What journey.
BEAR Retreat 2026
Are you open to visiting real bears under expert guidance? Presentation by a leading bear expert. In the pipeline. Maybe not for everyone :)
Of practical use - and
research-based:
what's under the hood/
bonnet of 12 Bear Secrets?
We leverage many powerful Diagnostic and Measurement tools as part of 12 Bear Secrets.
Just so you know that David didn't just make this stuff up, here are just three examples of what underlies the 12 Bear Secrets Workshops:
1. The 'Adaptability Quotient' (AQ). Created by Ross Thornley and Mike Raven of Aqai Ltd, in partnership with leading business schools and piloted with organizations including IBM, GSK, Mars Inc and UNIDO. This is the world's first and most used 'Adaptability' measurement tool
2. Scared So What. Created by ex-Royal Caribbean executive Dr Grant Van Ulbrich, this is the world's first model for Personal Change. It has featured in the Oxford Review and is gaining widespread use at Cranfield University and with ambitious organizations.
3. The Oxford Scenarios Approach.
This is a highly sought after decision-support, future-proofing and foresight stress-testing approach used by well-known organizations to handle uncertainty and risk. The approach has been used by Said Business School since 2005 to support organizations (in the private, public and third sectors) in high-stakes situations.
Don't worry. You don't need to learn much here. We'll be at your side as you discover practical new insights to make leading yourself and influencing others, far easier, more enjoyable and more in tune with your preferred personal styles.
Enjoy the short videos below to get a feel for some of what's under the hood/ bonnet.
AQ - The Adaptability Quotient
Scared So What - Personal Change System
The Oxford Scenarios Approach -Decision-support, future-proofing and stress-testing