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Shared – dare I call it – WISDOM

Professor Stuart B. Hill Western Sydney Universitywww.stuartbhill.com.aus.hill@westrnsydney.edu.au

Askofallaction– whatisitintheserviceof?– beforesupportingorcopyingit

Workmostlywithsmallmeaningfulachievableinitiativesvs.Olympic-scaleprojects

mostoftheseareabandonedorfail,&oftenhavenumerousnegativeside-effects

Don’tgetstuckin‘measuringstudies’:‘monitoringourextinction’

theseareoftendesignedtopostponechangethatisperceivedasthreateningtoexistingpowerstructures

Toachievesustainableprogressivechange,focusonenabling‘benign’agendasofothersvs.tryingtoimposeonthemyourown‘benign’agendas

Focusonenablingthepotentialofpeople,society&naturetoexpressitself

sothatwellbeing,socialjustice&sustainabilitycanemerge(inintegrated,synergisticways)

Collaborateacrossdifferencetoachievebroadlysharedgoals

don’tendupisolated,aloneina‘sandbox’

Don’tlet‘endpoint’/goaldifferencespreventpossibilitiesofearlystagecollaboration

Outcomesareonlyasgood&sustainableasthepeoplecreating&implementingthem

sostartwiththepeople;rememberingthatwearearelational/socialspecies!

Usethemedia– letmerepeat- usethemedia!such‘political’communicationiskeytochange

Workwithbusiness&thepublic/communitygovernmentwillalwaysfollow,butrarelylead!

Celebratepubliclyateveryopportunitytoenablethegoodstufftobecome‘contagious’

Keepworkingon&implementingespeciallywithothers

your(shared) benignvisions

Mostofwhatis remainsunknown,whichiswhatwisepeopleareabletoworkwith;sodevotemostefforttodevelopingyourwisdomvs.justyourcleverness,whichrelatesonlytotheverylimitedpoolofwhatisknown (Einsteinunderstoodthis!)

Alwaysbehumble&provisionalinyourknowing,&alwaysopentonewexperiences&insights

Takesmallmeaningfulriskstoenableprogress,transformationallearning&development

Devotemostefforttothedesign&managementofsystemsthatcanenablewellbeing,social

justice&sustainability,&thatareproblem-proofvs.maintainingunsustainable,problem-generatingsystems,

&devotingtimeonlyto‘problem-solving’&control

Worksensitivelywithtime&space,especiallyfromthepositionof‘others’

ask:who,what,which,where,when,how,if&ifnot?

Actfromyourcore/essentialself:empowered,aware,visionary,principled,passionate,loving,spontaneous,fullyinthepresent(contextual)vs.fromyourpatterned,fearful,compensatory,

compromising,de-contextualselves

Seeno‘enemies’:recognisesuch‘triggers’asfeedbackfrom/indicatorsofwoundedness;alsoofsystemmaldesign&mismanagement

everyoneisalwaysdoingthebesttheycan,giventheirpotential,pastexperiences&thepresentcontext

thesearethethreeareastoworkwith

Beparadoxical:askforhelp&getonwiththejob(don’tpostpone);givewhenyouwanttoreceive;givelovewhen

youmightneedit,orwhenyoumightfeelhate

Learnfromeveryone&everything,&seekmentors&collaboratorsateveryopportunity