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COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATION. IN CREATIVE LEADERSHIP. FOUR PILLARS OF COMMUNITY Each human being is unique. All human beings are the same. No human being is a category. Human beings can engage creatively with each other. DIVERSITY AMONG HUMAN BEINGS IS A FOUNDATION OF CREATIVITY. OUR - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYANDAND
COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYANDAND
COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION
INCREATIVE
LEADERSHIP
INCREATIVE
LEADERSHIP
FOUR PILLARS OF COMMUNITYFOUR PILLARS OF COMMUNITY
Each human being is unique.Each human being is unique.
All human beings are the same.All human beings are the same.
No human being is a category.No human being is a category.
Human beings can engage Human beings can engage creatively with each other.creatively with each other.
DIVERSITY AMONGDIVERSITY AMONGHUMAN BEINGSHUMAN BEINGS
IS AIS AFOUNDATION OF CREATIVITYFOUNDATION OF CREATIVITY
DIVERSITY AMONGDIVERSITY AMONGHUMAN BEINGSHUMAN BEINGS
IS AIS AFOUNDATION OF CREATIVITYFOUNDATION OF CREATIVITY
OUR
COMMON HUMANITY
IS A
FOUNDATION OF PEACE
OUR
COMMON HUMANITY
IS A
FOUNDATION OF PEACE
Beginning With A QuestionBeginning With A Question
How can we be truly humane and
creative with each other as we work
through the difficult issues
and challenges we face today?
CONSCIOUSCONSCIOUS
MEANINGFULMEANINGFUL
RESPONSIBLERESPONSIBLE
PARTICIPATIONPARTICIPATION
OPEN TO LEARNINGOPEN TO LEARNING
The real voyage of discoveryThe real voyage of discoveryconsists not of finding new landsconsists not of finding new lands
but of seeing the territorybut of seeing the territorywith new eyeswith new eyes
Marcel Proust
Only with the support, insight, Only with the support, insight, and fellowship of communityand fellowship of communitycan we face the dangers ofcan we face the dangers oflearning meaningful things.learning meaningful things.
Only with the support, insight, Only with the support, insight, and fellowship of communityand fellowship of communitycan we face the dangers ofcan we face the dangers oflearning meaningful things.learning meaningful things.
Fred Kofman & Peter Senge
TO DO CREATIVETO DO CREATIVECOMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION
WE NEED A COHERENT VISIONWE NEED A COHERENT VISION
AND A WILLINGNESS AND A WILLINGNESS TO EXPLORE THAT VISIONTO EXPLORE THAT VISION
OPENLYOPENLY
WITH A MUTUAL WITH A MUTUAL SENSE OF COMMUNITYSENSE OF COMMUNITY
William IsaacsWilliam Isaacs
TO DO CREATIVETO DO CREATIVECOMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION
WE NEED A COHERENT VISIONWE NEED A COHERENT VISION
AND A WILLINGNESS AND A WILLINGNESS TO EXPLORE THAT VISIONTO EXPLORE THAT VISION
OPENLYOPENLY
WITH A MUTUAL WITH A MUTUAL SENSE OF COMMUNITYSENSE OF COMMUNITY
William IsaacsWilliam Isaacs
Finding a Vision “in Community”Finding a Vision “in Community”
What would people be like within What would people be like within and with othersand with others
in a best-of-all-possible worlds? in a best-of-all-possible worlds?
Not a utopia, a perfect, ideal, Not a utopia, a perfect, ideal, impossible world – no place.impossible world – no place.
But a real, everyday world.But a real, everyday world.
Finding a Vision “in Community”Finding a Vision “in Community”
What would people be like within What would people be like within and with othersand with others
in a best-of-all-possible worlds? in a best-of-all-possible worlds?
Not a utopia, a perfect, ideal, Not a utopia, a perfect, ideal, impossible world – no place.impossible world – no place.
But a real, everyday world.But a real, everyday world.
QUALITIES OF CHARACTERQUALITIES OF CHARACTERin Communityin Community
Living Together Personal Freedom
with Respect with Responsibility
GENUINE INTEREST
“Understanding” Self-understanding
Others
Living Together Personal Freedom
with Respect with Responsibility
GENUINE INTEREST
“Understanding” Self-understanding
Others
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTACKNOWLEDGMENT
AppreciationAppreciation Appreciation Appreciation of Othersof Others of Self of Self
EMPATHOSEMPATHOS
EmpathyEmpathy Openness Openness HonestyHonesty
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTACKNOWLEDGMENT
AppreciationAppreciation Appreciation Appreciation of Othersof Others of Self of Self
EMPATHOSEMPATHOS
EmpathyEmpathy Openness Openness HonestyHonesty
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
ALTRUISMALTRUISM
CaringCaring Self- Self- Support Support actualization actualization
MUTUALMUTUAL TRUST TRUST
Trust Trust Trust Trust of Others of Others of Selfof Self
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
ALTRUISMALTRUISM
CaringCaring Self- Self- Support Support actualization actualization
MUTUALMUTUAL TRUST TRUST
Trust Trust Trust Trust of Others of Others of Selfof Self
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
CREATIVE
COMMUNICATION
SENSE
OF
ONENESS
CREATIVE
COMMUNICATION
SENSE
OF
ONENESS
DOMINATION DOMINATION TO TO PARTNERSHIPPARTNERSHIP
I bet I bet Genuine InterestGenuine Interest I wonderI wonder
I judgeI judge AcknowledgmentAcknowledgment I learnI learn
I pity I pity EmpathosEmpathos I sense/feelI sense/feel
DOMINATIONDOMINATION TO TO PARTNERSHIPPARTNERSHIP
I want I want AltruismAltruism I/we needI/we need
Can I trust Can I trust TrustTrust Can I trustCan I trust you?you? myself? myself?
DOMINATIONDOMINATION TO TO PARTNERSHIPPARTNERSHIP
I knowI know Creative Creative I meanI mean CommunicationCommunication
I’m lonely I’m lonely Sense ofSense of I’m aloneI’m alone OnenessOneness
The most savage controversies are
those about matters as to which
there is no good evidence either way.
Bertrand Russell
Goal: Goal: To resolve an issueTo resolve an issueTo solve a problemTo solve a problem
To answer a question To answer a question
Objective:Objective:To understand each otherTo understand each other
Focus: Focus: Thoughts in the form ofThoughts in the form ofopinions, conclusions opinions, conclusions generalizations, etc.generalizations, etc.
Process:Process:Debate, argument, etc.Debate, argument, etc.
OutcomeOutcomeAn AgreementAn Agreement
Goal: Goal: To be creative within and with To be creative within and with
each othereach other
Purpose:Purpose:To be responsible and to To be responsible and to
respect each other as respect each other as human beingshuman beings
Objective:Objective:To become familiar with To become familiar with
each othereach other
Focus:Focus:Living MeaningLiving Meaning
Process:Process:Clear ExpressionClear ExpressionDeep ListeningDeep Listening
MAKING DECISIONSMAKING DECISIONS
Goal:Goal:To find places of meaning we To find places of meaning we
feel good aboutfeel good about
Objective:Objective:To search for, discover, and To search for, discover, and
explore meaning togetherexplore meaning together(to find emergent meaning)(to find emergent meaning)
Focus:Focus:Living MeaningLiving Meaning
Process:Process:Clear ExpressionClear ExpressionDeep ListeningDeep Listening
Outcome:Outcome:Agreements to “act as if”Agreements to “act as if”
for a while . . .for a while . . .
Living MeaningLiving Meaning
Something that happenedSomething that happened
An experienceAn experience
Something you saw, heard, readSomething you saw, heard, read
Thinking, Feeling, IntuitionThinking, Feeling, IntuitionImagination, InsightImagination, Insight
Living MeaningLiving Meaning
Something that happenedSomething that happened
An experienceAn experience
Something you saw, heard, readSomething you saw, heard, read
Thinking, Feeling, IntuitionThinking, Feeling, IntuitionImagination, InsightImagination, Insight
Out beyond ideas of Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoingwrongdoing and rightdoing
there is a field.there is a field.
I will meet you there. I will meet you there.
Out beyond ideas of Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoingwrongdoing and rightdoing
there is a field.there is a field.
I will meet you there. I will meet you there.
Rumi