The Road to Culture Change

Kristie Wiedenfeld, Marie Van Louwe & Tiffany van Someren (Village of Wentworth Heights) presented a workshop about their experiences during the culture change journey as they work through the Destiny cycle of the Appreciative Inquiry process. They shared their successes which include an Aspiration Education Day, an Aspirations-In-Action Photo Contest, and a resident Paint-A-Picture project. The team also shared some of their “road-blocks” or challenges, such as difficulty finding family participants and the importance of using resident-centred language. Participants were engaged in activities such as creating a safe and secure environment for advisory team meetings and designing a culture change t-shirt slogan which helped them  visualize their own culture change journey.

The Village of Wentworth Heights (Reaching for New Heights Culture Change Coalition). (2014). The Road to Culture Change (PDF)