How might we...
- Sustainability: How might Change Elemental be more sustainable?
- How might we engage in collective inner work practices in ways that beneficially impact us individually and also collectively?
- How might we get unleashed from our computer screens?
- How might we engage in collective inner work practices in ways that beneficially impact us individually and also collectively?
Hypothesis
Walking during the check-in portion of our staff meetings will increase presence for remaining portion of meeting.
Design
- During June Staff meetings, all staff are encouraged to walk during the checkins.
- Meeting facilitator will tell us how long is allotted for the check in to ensure people can be back on zoom video at that time.
Metrics
At the end of each staff meeting call we will take 3 min answer:
- What effect did the walk have on you?
- What effect did the walk have on you presence and participation in the rest of our meeting?
Min Success:
- The energy of call is the same as when we didn’t do a walking checkin
Target Success
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- The effect of the walk has a personal and collective effect of increasing our connection to each other and the world
- The quality of individual and collective participation increases (eg. presence, discernment, focus)
Failure: walking checkins fail, people feel really scattered, we can’t figure out how to pass to each other and people don’t feel like they have been heard.
Learnings
By going outside and walking, staff were able to untether themselves from their computers for a portion of our staff meeting and really looked forward to and savored the time.
It is unclear if the quality of presence increased.
Despite technical issues and different understandings of if we were walking, the majority of present staff walked.
If you join zoom via phone and computer, only mute yourself on phone if you’ll be away from your computer.
Decisions
Alison continued to try to implement this when possible in her own meetings, especially when only with one other person. This included some internal calls and supervision time.
Questions
What shift towards collective inner work and connection with land would occur if we instituted the habit of walking for a 15 minute checkin as the norm for the second staff meeting of the month?