Evolutionary Sustainability

Thursday, June 17, 2010

June 17 2010 event on Norms of Collaboration

I'm going to be presenting at the YNPN Pheonix event tonight June 17, 2010 from 6-8 pm.

Info on this event is available by clicking here.

I'll be using this information, and offering a way for people to collaborate.

7 Norms of Collaboration

Pausing to allow time for thought
• Pause after asking questions.
• Pause after others speak to reflect before responding.
• Pause before asking questions to allow time for artful construction.

Paraphrasing within a pattern of pause - paraphrase - question to ensure deep listening
• Listen and paraphrase to acknowledge and clarify.
• Listen and paraphrase to summarize and organize.
• Listen and paraphrase to shift levels of abstraction.

Putting inquiry at the center to reveal and extend thinking
• Inquire to explore perceptions, assumptions and interpretations.
• Invite others to inquire into our perceptions, assumptions and interpretations.
• Inquire before we advocate.

Probing to clarify
• Seek understanding of the meaning of words.
• Seek understanding of data, explanations, ideas, anecdotes and generalizations.
• Seek understanding of assumptions, perceptions and interpretations.

Placing ideas on the table and pulling them off / placing data and perceptions before the group
• State the intentions of our communications.
• Provide relevant facts, ideas, opinions and inferences.
• Remove or announce modification of ideas, opinions and points of view.

Paying attention to self and others to monitor our ways of working
• Balance participation and open opportunities for each other to contribute and respond.
• Restrain our impulses to react, respond or rebut at inappropriate times or in ineffective ways.
• Maintain awareness of the group’s task, processes and development.

Presuming positive intentions to support a non-judgmental atmosphere
• Communicate respectfully whether we agree or disagree.
• Embed positive presuppositions in our paraphrases, summaries and comments.
• Embed positive presuppositions when we inquire or probe for specificity

For more information on the 7 norms of collaboration go to www.adaptiveschools.com

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Adventures in Sustainable Leadership

This fabulous opportunity is available at no cost to anyone who wants to join in the fun who happens to be in Tucson.

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Daring Strategy to Unleash Organizational Success

Check this out! Employees First, Customers Second.

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The Call - by Oriah

I've been re-reading The Call: Discovering Why You are Here by Oriah. Here is an excerpt from the chapter called Being Here - pg. 70.

This is what I learned on my quest: There is simply no place, no location or situation, that cannot be used to wake up to and live all of what and who you are, if you are willing to show up, to be present in the only place you ever have access to: here.

Because what you long for, the awareness of the vast and sacred spaciousness at the center of what you are and the meaning it holds, is always here. Some situations or places will be more in alignment with your preferences. This may make it more pleasurable for you to be there, which may make it harder or easier for you to go to sleep to what and who you are and why you are here. But if our deepest soul's longing is to wake up and fully occupy the human life we have, and if we can do this anywhere we are willing to be fully present, what then is this incredible attachment to and preoccupation with getting the details of our life situation to conform to what we want, to what we think is necessary or ideal for the satisfaction of this deepest longing?

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