In many areas of life we see familiar patterns: In leadership, team dynamics briefly improve after interventions (such as a team-building retreat) only to immediately revert back to prior dynamics. Or in your personal life, you might have trouble achieving or keeping your goals, and every time it seems like the same sorts of things go wrong.

These things don’t happen because there’s something wrong with the individuals or organizations. Instead, you are seeing the effects of a core principle in structural dynamics which Robert Fritz has identified: The underlying structure of anything will determine its behavior, and it applies to all aspects of our lives.

In other words, if you want the outcome to change, you need to create the best possible structure for success. So how do we do that?

Join us for a conversation with Robert Fritz, author of the best-selling classic, The Path of Least Resistance, and Ivan Fritz, CEO of Creatortools, Inc.

Topics Covered:

• What “underlying structure” means in different contexts
• How structures shape recurring patterns in personal and professional life
• Why many change efforts fail to endure
• How identifying and redesigning structure opens the possibility for different outcomes

Who This is For

• Individuals interested in sustained personal change
• Leaders, managers, and organizational designers
• Coaches, educators, and facilitators
• Anyone curious about why patterns persist—and how they might shift

Robert Fritz

Author of best-selling The Path of Least Resistance, Robert Fritz is a leading thinker in structural dynamics. His work has influenced fields ranging from organizational leadership and creativity to personal development and systems thinking.

Ivan Fritz

CEO of Creatortools, Ivan Fritz works at the intersection of structural dynamics, technology, and creative practice, focusing on how underlying structures shape human behavior and results.