Re-defining leadership post quake: Self organising leaders embedded in communities

Re-defining leadership post quake - self

organising leaders embedded in communities

chris.jansen@canterbury.ac.nz

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…a dynamic of experimentation and innovation…

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Think back over your experience as a community leader and locate a moment or period that was a high point in your leadership, when you felt a sense of satisfaction in your role, when you went home saying YES!

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• Describe the situation. What happened? What was the result?

• What was your role in creating this experience? What other people and factors contributed to this exceptional moment?

• When you reflect on this experience– what beliefs and values guided you in your leadership?

Community leadership….

Example of deeply held values

Equality

Social Justice

Compassion

Dignity and respect

Generosity

Honesty and integrity

Passion and energy

Humility

Quality

Commitment

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Collectively draw out the key themes from the peer interviews in step 1

• Listen to each sound bite

• Consider key themes emerging

• Build up collective mind map of

clusters of similar type

Engaged

Gutsy

Inspired

Agile Un-precious

Connected Informal

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Community

leaders…?

Community

facilitators…?

Community

animators…?

Community

weavers…?

Idea

Initiative

Influence

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Leaders vs leadership? Position of a leader vs action of leadership

Hierarchies and Networks

The Starfish and the Spider…

The unstoppable power of leaderless organisations

Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom

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“Its 2020 and across wider Canterbury, the Shirley Papanui area is renown as a thriving, collaborative, sustainable and well led community…”

What would be happening?

What would you be seeing? Hearing? Feeling? Experiencing?

Keeping in contact….

chris.jansen@canterbury.ac.nz

www.ideacreation.org

www.leadershiplab.co.nz

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