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Four tools I shared with my clients today
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Dear community Sharing some of the tools I explored with my amazing clients today. They are showing up with courage amid uncertainty. They are holding the tension of trying to be within a capitalist world while bringing relational and long-term approach. They are making space for fear and creativity at the same time. My approach to decolonial practice is rooted in compassion, service and relationships. The congruence between my clients and me is that we care deeply about justice and creating a better world, while also trying to make a living, holding the responsibilities of relationships, family and the whole having-to-live thing. Let me know if you can’t read my handwriting! 😁 Press 'download' or 'accept' if the images do not show Changing patterns and catching the skateboard moment Inspired by my course at the Sheffield Buddhist Centre. Creating a social impact product or service Energy regulation when we are in service and tend to over-give Inspired by one of my mentors Sophy Banks A quote shared to disrupt thinking From my favourite book at the moment: Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing WorldsBook by Adrienne Maree Brown And my favourite creative writing song - my clients know it well! :)
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Mohammed Ali (The Innovation)
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Dear community Gosh, what a week it’s been! I feel privileged to be around people who are holding big problems but also holding bandwidth to look at big themes too. Here's some themes coming out. Send me an emoji which section resonates. 🤖❤️🩹😁 Power and responsibility 🤖 When we have a homogeneous team, there are going to be blind spots. This could be class, colour, schooling or less obvious. If you ignore that you have a homogeneous team, it will bite you on the a** sometime. Are we afraid to...
Dear men of the community I sometimes forget that others see me as a man. I’m often more aware of my femininity, my colour and my neurospicyness. But I am seen as a man, and I need to pay attention to what comes with that. This week, a dear friend sent me the image below. Please download it. 🔽🔽🔽 Some of its words stopped me. It reminded me that, however I understand myself, I have a responsibility to face the harm men cause. I have caused harm. I have used male entitlement, sometimes without...
Dear community I’ve been sitting with Lara Sheehi’s phrase psychic militancy. It has hit my heart hard and rocked how I think about my “career” (loose career!). As I understand Sheehi, it is a practice of noticing how power shapes our thoughts, and refusing to let it decide what futures are possible. The question underneath it feels familiar: What happens when systems of oppression start to live inside the way I think? How much have I lived true to my vision of an anti-oppressive future? How...