Resources: Guides

A group's culture affects how individuals interact and how the group approaches its aims. Ideally groups can avoid getting stuck in ineffective processes and relationship conflicts, and transition toward a…

A feedback culture is a foundational aspect of transitioning toward conflict resilience and a more collaborative group culture.  Ideally it supports self-awareness, cooperation, learning, and conflict resilience in groups. Feedback…

Not all conflicts have to be negative.  Many conflicts can have positive or generative possibilities. Some of the best ideas, or the strongest relational bonds, result from conflict situations. Conflict…

This guide aims to help individuals to more skillfully offer feedback, and make the most of any feedback they receive. Smaller topics can be discussed quickly by using constructive feedback.…

Any kind of societal transition may involve individuals learning to interact with, connect with, and be in relationship with people who are different from them.  Such a transition will benefit…

Cultivating compassion for challenging behaviour may include things which at first seem difficult, like conversations or conflicts which may feel uncomfortable. Navigating discomfort is often part of any kind of transition,…

Cultivating a loving and compassionate heart is a common and important challenge for most people. A personal transformation, or a transition in group culture, may involve learning how to express…

Uncomfortable emotions can arise for many reasons, like a growing awareness of the destruction of nature or the suffering of humans. During any kind of transition , many people may…

It can be completely reasonable to feel emotions like sadness, anger, or depression in response to historical oppression, or social injustice, or marginalisation, or climate change.   Rather than dismissing emotions,…

You can embed awareness of diversity and social justice in everything you do.  How might you begin to address domination in your group?  How might more celebration of diversity enable…

A template for getting clear with your group or project team about 👉 orientation: how your project(s) can contribute to deep, wide-spread, and lasting impact 🎯 objectives: what you intend…

Most groups tend to develop in very similar ways by going through stages of forming, storming, norming, and then potentially performing. All of these stages have possibilities and challenges. It…