Often we know what we need to change in our behaviors; however, for some reason we either don’t, won’t or can’t sustain the change. This session teaches a method, Immunity to Change, that can help get to the root of the resistance to those changes. This session introduces a method for discovering why we often know exactly what to do differently, but for whatever reason fail to do so. This is the face of really knowing, believing and wanting to change! In the session we explore the theoretical underpinnings of the Immunity to Change (ITC) method. And throughout the session each participant has the opportunity to build their own ITC map and perhaps discover meaning for a personal change in their lives.

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Immunity to Change
Henry Dittmer
Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com
@hcdittmer

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Physical Immune System

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Physical Immune System

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Physical Immune System

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Psychological Immune System

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Psychological Immune System

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Psychological Immune System
While nearly 100% make a
commitment to be heart healthier,
ONLY 1 in 7 actually sustain the change!

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Immunity To Change (ITC)
NOT ABOUT:
WORKING HARDER
BEING STRONGER
KNOWING WHAT TO DO
HAVING THE WILL POWER
A PERSONALITY DEFICIT

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Immunity To Change (ITC)
A TASTE of ITC
Highly Recommend:
The Book
An ITC knowledgeable friend
A Coach
Applicable:
Self
Coachees
Teams

10. Worry Box
Presented by Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com

11. Worry Box
Presented by Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com
1. COMMITMENTS
(Improvement Goal)
2. DOING/NOT DOING (vs #1)
(‘Screwing up my Goal’ – Kegan)
3. Competing Commitments 4. Big Assumption(s)

12. Focusing Question:
If you could get better at one thing – the
ONE BIG THING that would make the
biggest difference to you – what would it
be?
Worry Box
Presented by Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com
1. COMMITMENTS
(Improvement Goal)
2. DOING/NOT DOING (vs #1)
(‘Screwing up my Goal’ – Kegan)
3. Competing Commitments 4. Big Assumption(s)

13. Focusing Question:
If you could get better at one thing – the
ONE BIG THING that would make the
biggest difference to you – what would it
be?
Focusing Question:
When you look at your map, what must
you be assuming that makes your Column
4 commitments absolutely necessary?
- Or complete an If/Then –
IF
[the opposite of each Col 4
commitment]
THEN
[Big Time Bad thing would happen]?
Worry Box
Presented by Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com
1. COMMITMENTS
(Improvement Goal)
2. DOING/NOT DOING (vs #1)
(‘Screwing up my Goal’ – Kegan)
Focusing Question:
What are you currently doing and what
are you not doing that works against your
Column 1 commitment?
3. Competing Commitments
Focusing Question:
If you imagine yourself doing THE
OPPOSITE of each of those behaviors listed
in Column 2, what would be
scary/yucky/troubling/distressing about
that?
4. Big Assumption(s)
I am committed to giving
presentations at conferences
5 – I can reach more people,
and perhaps even generate
more business

14. Focusing Question:
If you could get better at one thing – the
ONE BIG THING that would make the
biggest difference to you – what would it
be?
Worry Box
Presented by Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com
1. COMMITMENTS
(Improvement Goal)
2. DOING/NOT DOING (vs #1)
(‘Screwing up my Goal’ – Kegan)
Focusing Question:
What are you currently doing and what
are you not doing that works against your
Column 1 commitment?
3. Competing Commitments 4. Big Assumption(s)

15. Focusing Question:
If you could get better at one thing – the
ONE BIG THING that would make the
biggest difference to you – what would it
be?
Focusing Question:
When you look at your map, what must
you be assuming that makes your Column
4 commitments absolutely necessary?
- Or complete an If/Then –
IF
[the opposite of each Col 4
commitment]
THEN
[Big Time Bad thing would happen]?
Worry Box
Presented by Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com
1. COMMITMENTS
(Improvement Goal)
2. DOING/NOT DOING (vs #1)
(‘Screwing up my Goal’ – Kegan)
Focusing Question:
What are you currently doing and what
are you not doing that works against your
Column 1 commitment?
3. Competing Commitments
Focusing Question:
If you imagine yourself doing THE
OPPOSITE of each of those behaviors listed
in Column 2, what would be
scary/yucky/troubling/distressing about
that?
4. Big Assumption(s)
I am committed to giving
presentations at conferences
5 – I can reach more people,
and perhaps even generate
more business
I don’t do talks!
I have excuses (ex. No time)
I typically don’t submit anything, and if
I do submit, I submit minimally
I think I have nothing unique enough to
present
I don’t plan in advance to submit a talk
I tell myself I’m not good at giving talks
I readily judge others talks
I don’t go to many others talks
I don’t practice

16. Focusing Question:
If you could get better at one thing – the
ONE BIG THING that would make the
biggest difference to you – what would it
be?
Worry Box
Focusing Question:
If you imagine yourself doing THE
OPPOSITE of each of those behaviors
listed in Column 2, what would be
scary/yucky/troubling/distressing about
that?
Presented by Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com
1. COMMITMENTS
(Improvement Goal)
2. DOING/NOT DOING (vs #1)
(‘Screwing up my Goal’ – Kegan)
Focusing Question:
What are you currently doing and what
are you not doing that works against your
Column 1 commitment?
3. Competing Commitments 4. Big Assumption(s)

17. Focusing Question:
If you could get better at one thing – the
ONE BIG THING that would make the
biggest difference to you – what would it
be?
Focusing Question:
When you look at your map, what must
you be assuming that makes your Column
4 commitments absolutely necessary?
- Or complete an If/Then –
IF
[the opposite of each Col 4
commitment]
THEN
[Big Time Bad thing would happen]?
Worry Box
Presented by Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com
1. COMMITMENTS
(Improvement Goal)
2. DOING/NOT DOING (vs #1)
(‘Screwing up my Goal’ – Kegan)
Focusing Question:
What are you currently doing and what
are you not doing that works against your
Column 1 commitment?
3. Competing Commitments
Focusing Question:
If you imagine yourself doing THE
OPPOSITE of each of those behaviors listed
in Column 2, what would be
scary/yucky/troubling/distressing about
that?
4. Big Assumption(s)
I am committed to giving
presentations at conferences
5 – I can reach more people,
and perhaps even generate
more business
I don’t do talks!
I have excuses (ex. No time)
I typically don’t submit anything, and if
I do submit, I submit minimally
I think I have nothing unique enough to
present
I don’t plan in advance to submit a talk
I tell myself I’m not good at giving talks
I readily judge others talks
I don’t go to many others talks
I don’t practice
• I’m going to be a blithering idiot
• I have nothing worth sharing
• I’ll lose respect of colleagues
• People will talk about me & laugh at me
• I’ll realized I don’t know anything, and
that means I’m worthless
• Someone is going to challenge me, and
I’ll fail to be able to respond
• Someone can do it better
I am also committed to not
putting myself out there to
fail

18. Focusing Question:
If you could get better at one thing – the
ONE BIG THING that would make the
biggest difference to you – what would it
be?
Focusing Question:
When you look at your map, what must
you be assuming that makes your Column
4 commitments absolutely necessary?
- Or complete and If/Then –
If
[the opposite of each Col. 4 commitment]
Then
[Big Time Bad thing would happen]?
Worry Box
Focusing Question:
If you imagine yourself doing THE
OPPOSITE of each of those behaviors
listed in Column 2, what would be
scary/yucky/troubling/distressing about
that?
Presented by Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com
1. COMMITMENTS
(Improvement Goal)
2. DOING/NOT DOING (vs #1)
(‘Screwing up my Goal’ – Kegan)
Focusing Question:
What are you currently doing and what
are you not doing that works against your
Column 1 commitment?
3. Competing Commitments 4. Big Assumption(s)

19. Focusing Question:
If you could get better at one thing – the
ONE BIG THING that would make the
biggest difference to you – what would it
be?
Focusing Question:
When you look at your map, what must
you be assuming that makes your Column
4 commitments absolutely necessary?
- Or complete an If/Then –
IF
[the opposite of each Col 4
commitment]
THEN
[Big Time Bad thing would happen]?
Worry Box
Presented by Henry.Dittmer@AgileForAll.com
1. COMMITMENTS
(Improvement Goal)
2. DOING/NOT DOING (vs #1)
(‘Screwing up my Goal’ – Kegan)
Focusing Question:
What are you currently doing and what
are you not doing that works against your
Column 1 commitment?
3. Competing Commitments
Focusing Question:
If you imagine yourself doing THE
OPPOSITE of each of those behaviors listed
in Column 2, what would be
scary/yucky/troubling/distressing about
that?
4. Big Assumption(s)
I am committed to giving
presentations at conferences
5 – I can reach more people,
and perhaps even generate
more business
I don’t do talks!
I have excuses (ex. No time)
I typically don’t submit anything, and if
I do submit, I submit minimally
I think I have nothing unique enough to
present
I don’t plan in advance to submit a talk
I tell myself I’m not good at giving talks
I readily judge others talks
I don’t go to many others talks
I don’t practice
• I’m going to be a blithering idiot
• I have nothing worth sharing
• I’ll lose respect of colleagues
• People will talk about me & laugh at me
• I’ll realized I don’t know anything, and
that means I’m worthless
• Someone is going to challenge me, and
I’ll fail to be able to respond
• Someone can do it better
I am also committed to not
putting myself out there to
fail
A speaker has to have all the answers
A speaker has to have to something
novel…for everyone
If I don’t have everyone’s approval,
then I have no-one’s approval
You have to have everyone’s
approval to be successful

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unlock team capacity and support leaders to
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