Our Team > Kai
 |
Kai Here at Kaizen, we are great fans of "Monkey World" the ape rescue centre in Dorset, England. Find out more about the fabulous work they do at www.monkeyworld.org We've recently sponsored an orang-utan called Kai - isn't he adorable? We thought we'd make Kai an honorary member of the Kaizen team - here's a just-for-fun bio: At 18 months, Kai is by far our youngest consultant. Even in human years, he's only 15. Kai is known for his authenticity, flexibility, challenging style, willingness to break the rules and ability to hold a group's attention. In the spirit of brain-friendly learning, Kai does not use PowerPoint, nor does he stand on a podium and lecture. Instead, Kai swings among the group, freely engaging with participants. Kai is available for short but dynamic sessions of 20 minutes - usually terminated with a group hug and mutual grooming session. The training room needs dressing with bananas, scaffolding, rope, lots of straw and a ceiling height of at least 50 ft is recommended. (Itts worth noting that some venues charge a simian surcharge of 10%) Kai specialises in diversity issues. He is fluent in Orang-utan, and we're going to teach him to point to pictures so he can communicate other than by throwing things. Please do not cause embarrassment by asking Kai to facilitate a "chimps' tea party". That is so over. While Kai does not have formal qualifications, he did spend a gap year in a jungle in Borneo, and is a skilled facilitator of outdoor events. Clients using Kai are recommended to lay down plastic sheeting that can be hosed down after the event. (This is unnecessary when using most of our other consultants) In terms of the Herrmann Brain Dominance Inventory, Kai is a Red. In terms of the MBTI, he is probably an ESFP, though it's hard to say for sure because he keeps licking the ink off the questionnaire. You wouldn't catch an INTJ doing that. In his seminal workshop "Are Leaders Born-eod or Made?" he introduces Nap technology - a special trance-like state built on the work of Richard Bandler and Diane Fossey (whose collaboration has been under-reported). This involves consuming masses of material (by eating copies of Harvard Business Review, Rapport, TJ, etc.) and then sleeping for an hour and seeing what sticks (to the plastic sheeting). His forthcoming book "Feel the Fur and Brachiate Anyway" is a celebration of life - and initial reviews are promising. Vegetarian meals only, please. |