Checking in with the Two Loops! DFWA methodology comes alive in projects! DFWA PROJECTS 1. Work Culture -everybody's business. Invigorating team participatory leadership. (Leonie, Dawn and Margo) 2. Doing things differently. how can we authentically work/engage with the most vulnerable (Angela) 3. Develop practice Principles - UCC ownership and engagement (Paul and David) 4. Creating a Community Hub for whole community 2014 and beyond (Kellie) 5. Exploring embedding professional practice supervision in organisations going through rapid change (Kitrina) 6. FROM WITHIN - staff team owns and generates response to NDIS (Brendan) 7. Practicing Participatory Leadership -embedding to create space for learning (Nithi) 8. Inspiring collaboration within the Logan gambling community (Jan) 9. Townsville Community inclusion project vision (Dorothy) 10. Men's Gathering Inclusion project (James) GRATITUDE CIRCLE What are you grateful for? Help given (humbled) Generosity Input, information, wisdom Grappling together challengers helped growth I'm not alone energy and assistance confidence in the process Rich inputs and reflects harvesting Investment of core team diversity Clarified, confirmed My two next wise steps Ask for help Bring team together Refine questions and recruit champions Gain more clarity and move forward Explore what community means Demonstrate and communicate with management call the question Take help/support offered by core team Workshop back at work with team Invite core group on journey Gather core team Hosting guide - Designing for wiser actions Criteria for calling for designing for wiser action
Project callers brief - Designing for Wiser Action (click to download) Questions - Designing for Wiser Action (click to download) Harvest template - Designing for Wiser Action (click to download)
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How can co-design, collaboration and innovation inspire us in our work? 60 people from across Queensland, NSW and Northern Territory have gathered together in Brisbane for a two day exploration into deepening practice, creating connections and designing for wiser action. Thanks to NDS Queensland and Workforce Council, and the Art of Hosting Community of Practitioners for the invitation! We checked in, hearing Who am I and what is my place in the world? Thanks Michelle Moss for the harvest below :) Why have I chosen to be here?Cause I need to! My boss asked me to come and I've always been keen. Cause I feel great when I'm part of this I'm here to learn To identify and learn to apply my strengths and work collaboratively My principles are aligned and I want to check it out To learn more for my work and my team Longstanding commitment to collaboration which is often only one of the discourses I am drawn to aoh, want to practice Don't want to lose what we have in our team and our sector, find ways of sneaking stuff in.. Good time to be talking about practicalities Exploring dealing with change - hosting self deepening practice - 4 fold, open space Making connections, to get help put theory and practice together trying to understand what is Art of Hosting Asking the right questions, creating good questions process design how to put art of hosting into practice participatory processes to develop work culture and a great program How to embody these practices hierarchy and grass roots - how to shift organisational culture invitation - practice and learn from everyone learn, develop skills, techniques embedding participatory leadership into my workspace team community inclusion work giving staff a voice for an organisation to innovate be flexible, move with time collaboration to be able to provide strategic advice looking at how to make the conversation with diverse group to listen and hear how to translate into practice strengthen muscle - holding conversation, being intentional, organisation transformation art of hosting a rudder to help navigate in a peaceful way through a changing environment personal discovery at crossroads share wisdom deepen my skills have a voice with my organisation - a regional voice how do I move this way of working into the meetings outside my organisation embedding in the organisation What am I here to deepen?![]() Open space: What is the exploration I need to have now? Transitioning in / through change? Jan U what is it that I fear? ok to sit in discomfort acknowledge there are dying parts in old system Is the change we want the change we need? Veronica why are we changing something? some changes you can't control only control our response and actions methodology of change take people on journey of change What are our strengths and opportunities in an increasingly commercial and market-driven environment? Dotty What does the world look like if everyone you know and work with practiced participatory leadership? Nithi The others are here today! Just have to practice it together How can an online harvest best serve us - during these 2 days and moving forwards? Mel the session was a bit of a struggle - and now have a site up and running we have clarity around purpose - a place for sharing stories of practice! theharvesthub.org - send photos, harvest notes etc to Mel How can I make a compelling call? Jan power of circle to clarify what was wanted good sharing learned there is more than one question How can community service organisations employ innovation practice and leadership to best serve their communities? Matthew Working regionally across programs Marie issue - invite to new future be proactive - not reactive feedback to management - want commitment to process of participatory leadership If the collaborative egalitarian ethic of participatory leadership was fully embraced within an organisation, what alternative forms of organisational structure might emerge? David DAY 1 photo gallery What's the clarity I now have?
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