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How can we trust each other if we don’t know each other?
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Reminder: Monday, June 12th
Creating
the Future’s board and community (that’s you!) will meet to discuss and
adopt our Statement of our Values in Action. And we want you to join
that discussion! Learn more here…
Also,
if you haven’t already told us what YOU think we value, based on what
you’ve seen of Creating the Future, please do so. As we create a
statement of our values in action, we want to be sure we are walking
that talk. Share your thoughts here…
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| Looking
back on our lives, most of us don’t see a straight line. Instead, we
see twists and bends and unexpected side roads. These are the parts of
the journey that make us who we are today!
Inviting your team members to share their story allows you to get to know the person behind the 30 second elevator pitch.
You
can set aside a whole staff meeting for these stories, or make this an
item at every staff meeting until everyone has told their story. Either
way, allow ample time for those stories to unfold, while keeping things
manageable - perhaps 10 minutes apiece.
Here are some questions you can try:- What is the winding path of your life that has led you to be doing the work you are doing with our team?
- What
are the twists and turns in your journey that have made the biggest
impact on who you are and what you care about? How does that relate to
the work we’re doing as a team?
- Who
are the people who have had the biggest influence on who you are? What
has that influence led you to do that you might otherwise not have
done? How does that connect to the work you’re doing with our team?
- What
parts of your life led you to care about the things you care most about
in your life? What impact does that have on our work as a team?
As
you invite people to share their story, be sure to give them permission
to share only the level of detail they feel comfortable sharing.
Creating trusting spaces means meeting people where they are. Your job
is simply to open the door. It will be up to your teammates to decide
how far into that doorway they feel comfortable stepping.
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your "team" is a work team or your family holiday table, a board of
directors or a brand new community project, understanding the people
around you is a big step towards bringing out the best in them. That is
why sharing stories as whole people (vs. knowing each other by
position) is a critical part of Catalytic Listening and the larger Catalytic Thinking framework of which Catalytic Listening is a part.
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Want to learn alongside other people who are trying out these practices? Join us at the Catalytic Thinking in Action community on Facebook -
a welcoming place where you can ask questions and learn from people
like you who are experimenting with these practices. We look forward to
seeing you there!
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eJournal Archives:
If you’re new to our eJournal, or just want to remind yourself of past practice exercises we’ve shared, check out our eJournal archives here.
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Keeping Our Programs Freely Available Most of the programs at Creating the Future are free or low cost, with liberal tuition assistance when they aren’t.
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Creating
the
Future
is a
collection of
people around
the world,
supporting
each other in
a grand
experiment.
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The
experiment:
To
determine how
much better
the world
could be if
the questions
we ask in our
day to day
lives are
bringing out
the best in
each other.
If
everyone,
everywhere, is
bringing out
the best in
every person
they encounter
– and if the
systems that
guide our
behaviors are
built to bring
out the best
in all of us -
how much
closer will we
all be to a
healthy,
humane world
that works for
all of us?
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