Sometimes a moment in a video, a comment on social media, or a discussion in a team meeting is a catalyst for thought processes that helps me improve my work, my being, my perspective. Each week with such a moment is an exemplar week, and this week I’ve had at least two.<\/p>\n
The first simple and yet game changing one was in a collaborative meeting between a couple of state authorities, working on greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and strategies. The people in the meeting all were of the same mind that working together is more powerful than working individually, and that accolades to any one of us is honor for everyone in the team. Most of you may already be working daily with this understanding. However, in government work that has severe budgets and where agencies are often in competition to illustrate their worth, sometimes it gets lost. I breathed a big sigh of contentment and inspiration at the culmination of that meeting. Celebration is powerful, and mutual admiration can, and does, “move mountains”.<\/p>\n
The second comment is something that percolated in my mind for a while, and achieved added import as my brain processed and reprocessed what it meant to me. I’m working with a wonderful group of staff at my day job to understand Integrative Design Process. We have hired a consultant, John Boecker of 7group, to help us define a workshop for our design and construction staff so we can understand the potential of IDP for our work and begin a process to identify how to engage in IDP.<\/p>\n
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