Practices.md

Practices

Practices are ongoing and shared. We use them to deepen in our Values and uphold the Dynamic Tensions. If our Values are our North Star, the practices are the ships we sail in. They help us get there.

Our practices are aspirational. By definition, we will not do them perfectly, or consistently. Our commitment is to practice, fail, and then return again to the practice. Reminding each other when we forget, and reflecting to each other as we progress.

A practice is usually associated with a shared skill, or shared knowledge. For example, to practice Non Judgement as a collective there needs to be shared understanding of what judgement is and shared language around it.

Workshops

Introducing a practice usually happens at a workshop. While everyone is committed to attending the foundational workshops, they have a right to pass on any activity they choose not to participate in.

Foundational Practices

• Practice Accountability
  • Accountability
  • Agreements
• Practice Agency
  • Collective Vision
  • Distributed Authority
  • Radical Responsibility
• Practice Feedback
  • Circle Feedback
  • Climate Check
  • Radical Honesty
• Practice Tending Relationships
  • Clearing
  • Clearing Withholds
  • Conflict
  • Non Triangulation
• Practice Overcoming Oppression
  • Overcoming Oppression
• Practice Vulnerability
  • Check In
  • Check Out
  • Non Judgement

Additional Practices

Over time, members of our learning collective can and will add practices that they value and offer them to the rest of us.