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

THE S THE S R MODEL R MODELOF COMMUNICATIONOF COMMUNICATION

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

CREATIVE CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION

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