Chaordic Stepping Stones

Chaordic Stepping Stones

I use this primarily as a helpful planning tool. It is called chaordic, from the work of Dee Hock, pointing to the sweet spot between chaos and order and the relationship between the two. I also use this model as a way of charting the landscape when first interacting with a client. It is good to hear the story of what they are up too and what they feel is important. It’s a smart move to pull out a piece of paper and start placing things from the story into these categories:

1. Need (the core story, the nerve, the essence of why a project would matter)
2. Purpose (the need translated into an intention to guide a project)
3. Principles (values that are important to keep a project in integrity)
4. People (participants from the system that can help us learn well together, that can help sustain an on-going effort)
5. Organizational Concept (the beginnings of ideas and format — a meeting, a conference, a series of dialogues, etc.)
6. Limiting Beliefs (engrained thoughts, limits, elephants that will impede full commitment — they are there anyway; might as well bring them to the surface)
7. Structure (next steps, resources that need to be in place, things that move a project along)
8. Practice (thing things we will do and return to with each other — our learning, our relationships, our updates, our requests for help)

If I see that any of these categories are sparse after listening to a clients story, I know where to ask a few more questions. This also serves as a great roadmap for a team or group of people that is in longterm work together.

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Gifts of Circle is 30 short essays divided into 4 sections: 1) Circle's Bigger Purpose, 2) Circle's Practice, 3) Circle's First Requirements, and 4) Circle's Possibility for Men. From the Introduction: "Circle is what I turn to in the most comprehensive stories I know -- the stories of human beings trying to be kind and aware together, trying to make a difference in varied causes for which we need to go well together. Circle is also what I turn to in the most immediate needs that live right in front of me and in front of most of us -- sharing dreams and difficulties, exploring conflicts and coherences. Circle is what I turn to. Circle is what turns us to each other."

Question Cards is an accompanying tool to Gifts of Circle. Each card (34) offers a quote from the corresponding chapter in the book, followed by sample questions to grow your Circle hosting skills and to create connection, courage, and compassionate action among groups you host in Circle.

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This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes)  quotes a few favorite passages from poems in In My Nature. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.

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This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes)  quotes a few favorite passages from poems in Most Mornings. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.

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