1 Luminescence Consulting luminescence.org The emerging BHRS transformation An exploration with staff and partners

2 The implementation pyramid Foundational concepts + practices Shared understanding Helping us learn together better Helping all of us get on the same page Creating shared understanding © Luminescence Consulting

3 Results Driven by the question: Is anyone better off? Leadership Development Inviting collective wisdom by welcoming the leadership of all Community Capacity-building Promoting wellbeing beyond services Fiscal Sustainability Budget prudence, and inviting others to join us BHRS Transformation Fiscal Sustainability Results Community Capacity-Building Leadership Development Four commitments The transformation framework © Luminescence Consulting

4 Results Driven by the question: Is anyone better off? Leadership Development Inviting collective wisdom by welcoming the leadership of all Community Capacity-building Promoting wellbeing beyond services Fiscal Sustainability Budget prudence, and inviting others to join us BHRS Transformation Fiscal Sustainability Results Community Capacity-Building Leadership Development Four commitments The transformation framework © Luminescence Consulting

5 A question What moved the tree? © Luminescence Consulting

6 Any action that helps a group become capable of effective action is an act of leadership Two nuances ‣ Leadership, not leaders ‣ Leadership, not authority Essence of this commitment, take 1 Leadership development © Luminescence Consulting

7 Leadership development Essential to sustain the transformation Capacity for collective wisdom Why this commitment © Luminescence Consulting

8 When human beings gather in groups, a depth of awareness and insight, a transcendent knowing, becomes available to us that, when accessed, can lead to profound action. We call this transcendent knowing collective wisdom. John Ott Rose Pinard: Manuscript of forthcoming book Leadership for Collective Wisdom

9 Leadership development A capacity for deeper knowing that can lead to profound action Available to us only in groups, not as individuals The potential for collective wisdom © Luminescence Consulting

10 Leadership: the capacity of any individual or group to cultivate the conditions for collective wisdom in support of effective action Leader-ful: the commitment of a community, group, or organization to cultivate the leadership capacity of its members cultivate the conditions Leadership development The essence of the commitment: take 2 © Luminescence Consulting

Thoughts + feelings Sense of identity Motives Imagination and dreams Personal history … Behaviors Skills + competencies Public commitments … Purpose Values + norms Feelings + relational field Alignment of individual, group, + higher intentions Collective history … Budgets Technology Systems Organizational structures Collaborative agreements … Portal for Collective Wisdom 11 Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior © Luminescence Consulting

12 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Self leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Deepen self awareness ‣ Embrace not-knowing ‣ Strengthen relationships Collective leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Orient to the whole ‣ Welcome all that arises ‣ Nurture alignment of intention © Luminescence Consulting

13 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Self leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Deepen self awareness ‣ Embrace not-knowing ‣ Strengthen relationships Collective leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Orient to the whole ‣ Welcome all that arises ‣ Nurture alignment of intention © Luminescence Consulting

14 Self leadership © Luminescence Consulting

15 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Self leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Deepen self awareness ‣ Embrace not-knowing ‣ Strengthen relationships © Luminescence Consulting

16 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Sustained commitment to: ‣ Deepen self-awareness Individual practices to deepen self- awareness, including: Self-inquiry Inviting feedback Receiving feedback with gratitude Self leadership Collective leadership © Luminescence Consulting

17 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Sustained commitment to: ‣ Embrace not-knowing Individual practices to deepen not- knowing, including: Distinguishing facts and stories Inquiring of others Focusing on interests Self leadership Collective leadership © Luminescence Consulting

18 Practice to support not-knowing: focus on interests Self leadership Positions: what we want Interests: Why we want what we want © Luminescence Consulting

19 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Sustained commitment to: ‣ Strengthen relationships Individual practices to strengthen relationships, including: Offering appreciation Taking responsibility for our impact on others Self leadership Collective leadership © Luminescence Consulting

20 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Sustained commitment to: ‣ Deepen self-awareness ‣ Embrace not-knowing ‣ Strengthen relationships Individual practices, including: Self-inquiry Inviting feedback Receiving feedback with gratitude Distinguishing facts and stories Inquiring of others Focusing on interests Offering appreciation Taking responsibility for our impact on others Self leadership Collective leadership © Luminescence Consulting

21 An exercise © Luminescence Consulting

22 Want a partnership? Try this self-inquiry Self leadership Why do I want to be in relationship with … ? Am I willing to be influenced by … ? Am I committed to helping them meet their interests? And: “Why would a reasonable, rational, loving human being act this way?” © Luminescence Consulting

23 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Self leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Deepen self awareness ‣ Embrace not-knowing ‣ Strengthen relationships © Luminescence Consulting

24 L…u…n…c…h © Luminescence Consulting

25 Collective leadership © Luminescence Consulting

26 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Collective leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Orient to the whole ‣ Welcome all that arises ‣ Nurture alignment of intention © Luminescence Consulting

27 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Collective leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Orient to the whole © Luminescence Consulting

28 Orient to the whole: Remember the scallop principle Collective leadership The principle: Each one of us is an eye (I); the whole discerns and acts through us. The corollary: when we do not hear from any eye (I), the whole is at greater risk. The nuance: group members can look inward as well as outward. © Luminescence Consulting

29 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Sustained commitment to: ‣ Orient to the whole Group practices, including: Participation check Safety check Gradients of agreement Check-in Group centering process Stakeholder processes Learning circles Self leadership Collective leadership © Luminescence Consulting

30 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Collective leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Welcome all that arises © Luminescence Consulting

31 What do you see? © Luminescence Consulting

32 What do you see? © Luminescence Consulting

33 What do you see? © Luminescence Consulting

34 A single organism in south-central Utah Covers more than 107 acres Over 6000 tons May be more than 1 million years old What you are seeing: Pando Collective leadership © Luminescence Consulting

35 The principle: It’s all of us The corollary: It’s all data Welcome all that arises: Remember the Pando principle Collective leadership © Luminescence Consulting

36 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Sustained commitment to: ‣ Welcome all that arises Group practices, including: ‣ Learning styles ‣ Parking lot ‣ Inquiring into divergence Self leadership Collective leadership © Luminescence Consulting

37 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Collective leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Nurture alignment of intention © Luminescence Consulting

38 Nurture alignment of intention: 3 aspects of intention Collective leadership Highest aspirations Self-interest Disowned interests © Luminescence Consulting

39 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Self leadership Collective leadership Sustained commitment to: ‣ Nurture alignment of intention Group practices, including: ‣ 4 dimensions of change as diagnostic tool ‣ Tending to all aspects of intention ‣ Dialogue © Luminescence Consulting

40 Practice to nurture alignment of intention: Dialogue Collective leadership Collective commitment to not-knowing: no pre-determined answers Begin and return to silence Listen with the intent to understand, not respond © Luminescence Consulting

Our attention Speaker’s message My turn Gist point What we miss A practice to avoid: Listening with intent to respond Dialogue © Luminescence Consulting 41

42 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Self leadership Collective leadership Sustained commitment to: ‣ Orient to the whole ‣ Welcome all that arises ‣ Nurture alignment of intention Group practices, including: Safety check Participation check Check-in Gradients of agreement Group centering Parking lot Stakeholder process Learning circles Learning styles Inquiring into divergence 4 dimensions of change diagnostic tool Tending to all aspects of intention Dialogue © Luminescence Consulting

43 An exercise © Luminescence Consulting

44 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Self leadership Collective leadership Sustained commitment to: ‣ Orient to the whole ‣ Welcome all that arises ‣ Nurture alignment of intention Group practices, including: Safety check Participation check Check-in Gradients of agreement Group centering Parking lot Stakeholder process Learning circles Learning styles Inquiring into divergence 4 dimensions of change diagnostic tool Tending to all aspects of intention Dialogue Sustained commitment to: ‣ Deepen self-awareness ‣ Embrace not-knowing ‣ Strengthen relationships Individual practices, including: Self-inquiry Inviting feedback Receiving feedback with gratitude Distinguishing facts and stories Inquiring of others Focusing on interests Offering appreciation Taking responsibility for our impact on others © Luminescence Consulting

45 Portal for Collective Wisdom Creating a portal for collective wisdom Leadership development Individual Group InteriorExterior Self leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Deepen self awareness ‣ Embrace not-knowing ‣ Strengthen relationships Collective leadership Sustained commitment and practices to: ‣ Orient to the whole ‣ Welcome all that arises ‣ Nurture alignment of intention © Luminescence Consulting

46 A quality of deeper connection A quality of knowing beyond the mind alone Positive, often surprising results Leadership development Signs of collective wisdom arising © Luminescence Consulting

47 AOD Stakeholder process PEI ABCD Project Leadership development Examples of this commitment emerging © Luminescence Consulting

48 Why this commitment ‣ Essential to sustain the transformation ‣ The potential for collective wisdom Summary in 1 slide Leadership development Essence of the commitment ‣ Leadership: a capacity of any individual or group ‣ Two nuances: Leadership, not leaders Leadership, not authority ‣ A leader-ful organization The commitment emerging ‣ Signs of collective wisdom emerging: A quality of deeper connection A quality of knowing beyond the mind Positive, often surprising results ‣ Examples within BRHS: AOD stakeholder process PEI ABCD project Essential concepts ‣ Self leadership: Deepen self-awareness Embrace not-knowing Strengthen relationships ‣ Collective leadership: Orient to the whole Welcome all that arises Nurture alignment of intention © Luminescence Consulting