Susan Davis is joining us to lead a KINS process at the Ojai Forum, September 25-27.
Following is an introduction of the process:
• Choose a mission statement that is inspiring, daunting and measurable!
• Identify the top 30 constituencies which could most help achieve that goal.
• Within each constituency, do research to find people whose peers say they most have these qualities:
• High credibility in their field
• Gives back most in their field
• Have a reputation for integrity
• Have advanced collaboration skills
• Have some kind of heartfelt spiritual practice
• Are passionate about the network’s mission.• Review the 30 finalists and rebalance for sex, age, race and geography (unless the network mission is to empower folks around one of those features).
• Invite the finalists to a founding meeting and facilitate them to design the network.
• Make clear the operating principles, such as:
a. Our strategy is generosity
b. “A deal is a good deal when it is good for all concerned.”
c. Everyone does what they love to do and do well…and little else
d. Everyone gets equal time at the mike.
e. As experts, we sit at the table of unknowing and invite the spiritual world to co-create with us
• The design creates a picture of the future that works for all the constituencies while accomplishing the mission of the network. By asking them to put forward what their constituencies can contribute and what they need to receive back, the giving and receiving are in balance and a picture of the whole emerges.
