
Practicing Connection
Improve your resilience and readiness in a rapidly changing world.
Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch host this exploration of personal and collective practices that empower us to work together to help each other, our families, and our communities improve our resilience and readiness.
Practicing Connection
Finding Your Purpose as a Group
Getting to a shared purpose as a group often requires digging a little deeper than usual. Jessica Beckendorf talks about the chaordic stepping stones, a helpful tool for going below the surface with a group, and shares four questions that can help groups work toward a clear statement of purpose together.
Links
- "You don't have to be local" by Derek Sivers
- "Keep Going" by Austin Kleon
- Stepping Stones for Designing Impactful Work: Part 1
- Stepping Stones for Designing Impactful Work: Part 2
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