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Worldview Intelligence is Essential for Anyone Working in Community
The framework of Worldview Intelligence is exciting to Jaime Smith, not just because of the academic rigour and research that supports it, but also because it provides a different way to think about your own worldview and to think about community engagement. She is reflecting on what it truly means to bring diverse perspectives into a room and how to frame those needed conversations in more
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Chaos, Order and Control are Worldviews at Play In Mergers and Acquisitions
(This post was inspired by generative conversations between Jerry Nagel and Kathy Jourdain as we think (often) about our Worldview work, our Art of Hosting back ground and our clients.) Mergers and acquisitions are known to have a high failure rate – anywhere from 50% to 83% or even 90% depending on which report you read. A 2010 McKinsey and Co. report indicates more attention needs
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The Unwritten Rules
People the world over have played the game of Monopoly and I would hazard a guess that almost everybody plays by at least one unwritten rule – accumulating money in Free Parking that a player “wins” when they land on it. How many people were surprised to discover this “rule” is not written in the
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Community of Membertou: a Story of Success and Worldview Expansion
If you find your way to the Mi’kmaw community of Membertou, in Cape Breton, NS you will find a sign that says “Membertou ~ Welcoming the World”, a sentiment fully expressed there now. It wasn’t always that way though. The story of Membertou’s evolution from a community struggling with forced relocation, racism and a Band budget
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Tolerance is Insufficient
It is not enough to tolerate something or someone. We cannot tolerate each other into connection, understanding or belonging. We will not tolerate our issues, concerns and challenges into progress or tolerate our way into finding paths forward on issues that matter to us all. Say or think the word. Feel into it. Roll it
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Why Asking Someone to Change How They Work May Not Be as Simple as You Think
It happens all the time in work environments. The organization wants or needs to change – the way it works, delivers service, makes its products, is organized. Often this point is missed: change is not just about the mechanics of what is to be changed, it is about the people. People make up and deliver
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