Applet 1: Personal “Awareness”
Thinking
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1.1: Become aware of your thinking |
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o What kind of thinker am I right now? o Do I ask a lot of questions? o Do I think for myself or do I rely on the thinking of others? o How often do I consciously think about improving my thinking? o Do I know how my core beliefs/biases impact my thinking? |
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1.2: Assess ways to
improve your thinking |
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o Am I a good questioner? If not why not? o What are my personal strengths? How can I use them better? o What are my life dreams and goals? o Would becoming a better thinker help me reach my goals? o If I could, what would I start and stop doing right now? |
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1.3: Develop personal mindfulness and contemplation |
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o Do I consciously think before I act or do I mostly just react to
situations? o Am I mindful of situations from other people’s viewpoints? o Do I evaluate how my biases may influence my understanding of
situations? o Do I have any roadblocks for becoming mindful? o How do I get myself into a “mindfulness” flow state where
everything comes easier? |
Applet 2:
Community “Oneness” Thinking
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2.1: Develop collective mindfulness |
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o What
known problems are being ignored that shouldn’t be? o Have we prioritized what is important to our community? o What
problems are really opportunities? o What is at the core of our community … good and bad? o Who
should be working together, but aren’t? Why? o What can be done to develop better community awareness? |
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2.2: Hold community
conversations |
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o Do
I enter conversations with openness and trust of others? o Do I build trust by being truthful
and honest myself? o Do
I regularly do empathetic (mindfulness) listening? o Could I lead a community conversation session? o Do
I try to balance my goals with goals of others? o Is an Asset Map needed? o Do
community connectors need to be identified? o What is our ideal community? How do we get there? |
Applet 3: Systems
“Wholeness” Thinking
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3.1: Correctly frame the
situation |
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o How do I view this situation/problem? How would I state it in 15
words or less? o How would you frame the situation as an opportunity or
something positive? o How might other people state or frame the current situation
(problem)? o How do other people view the situation differently than I do?
Why? o What responsibility do I have with this situation? |
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3.2: Acquire truthful
information |
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o What are the key questions that I need to ask to understand the
current situation/problem? o How might others be trying to shape my understanding of this
situation? o What is the source of the information? Does this source have any
biases? o How did this situation/problem come about? o How do I separate fact from opinion? |
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3.3: Understand the
wholeness of every situation |
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What is the shared
understanding of this situation? o
What is the big picture
understanding? o
What small things added up to make the current situation? o
What are the main
obstacles that should be removed from this situation? o
Is this situation part of
something bigger, do I need to look at the whole more? o
What other problems/opportunities are linked to this one? |
Applet 4:
Creativity & Sustainability Thinking
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4.1: Develop creative
ideas |
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o What are at least five ideas I can develop to resolve this
situation/problem? o What do I think is the most practical idea (solution) for the
problem? o If I could develop an ideal solution or idea, what would it be? o
Should I incubate the
problem before I develop ideas and solutions? o
What creativity tools can
help me develop good ideas or solutions? |
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4.2: Develop scenarios
and futures ideas |
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o What
is the most likely or probable thing to happen in the future? o
What ideally or
preferably should the future become? o What
are likely to be your biggest problems in the future? o What opportunities might
exist in the future that do not exist today? o
Are goals in the future likely to be
the same as the current goals? |
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4.3: Turn ideas into
innovative solutions |
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How can I group my ideas? o
How can I refine my
ideas into more valuable ideas? o
How do I transform ideas
into workable solutions? o How could I combine all the best options of all the ideas? o Are there two ideas that could be combined to make one great
idea? |
Applet 5: Discernment
& Actions Thinking
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5.1: Predict consequences
and make spiritual decision. |
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o What criteria will I use to judge ideas? o What is my decision? Can it do more harm than good? o Do I have a strong feeling that my decision is correct? o Who might not agree with my decision? Why? o What would the consequences
be of not making or deferring a decision? |
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5.2: Take action to implement
your decision |
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What are the key obstacles to implementing the idea/solution? o
What are the key action
steps I need to take to implement my solution? o
What is the first step I
will take? o
What help will I need?
From whom? o
Do I need to get this done
by a certain deadline? |
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5.3 Listen for feedback |
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o Do
I need to follow-up and evaluate results after implementation? o Do I need to get any on-going feedback? What kind? o Who
will give me feedback? o What will I do with the feedback? o What
will I do if I don’t like the feedback? |