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NEEDS - BOUNDARIES - SKILLS - RESILIENCE - EVOLVE In a project that is based in Collaborative Intelligence (CQ) it is Collaboration, rather than Intelligence, that presents challenges. Our community and culture have a tendency toward polarisation, separation, competition and a 'law of the jungle' mentality. It doesn't have to be this way but as we probe and explore the roots of our overly ego based society the causes emerge and, if one comes to view collaboration as a solution, the ways that we become programmed by the way things have been can be seen to be dysfunctional and the solutions clear and relatively easily achievable. We have been researching and developing models and approaches to understand and pioneer and collaborate with ways to recover from that which has been such a default program for so long. The key areas that we are currently weaving together into both visual models and skill development pathways are as follows.
There is much to go into in all of these elements, and a thorough version is being developed for presentation very soon, but right here this is just an overview to give a general insight into each element and also how they fit together. Understanding and balancing individual needs with Group/Community needs. We started with an understanding of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. How can any individual, even before they participate in a relationship/group, function optimally, confidently and effectively when they are having to deal with both basic and also complex needs? Trust (Fear) - [see also: Attachment styles and ability to connect] The balance of Trust/Fear within our present will undoubtedly have roots within our past and when it comes to collaboration, specifically in our past experiences of relating to others.
Trauma/Stress/Safety/Grounding We have discovered over the last 10 years of specific study into this subject, that trauma and stress are a key element in how people relate to each other. The essential component in understanding this is the fight/flight/freeze combination that reside to varying degrees within the body and can be triggered by any number of responses from both situations and other people.
Non-Judgmental communication skills Marshall Rosenberg, the developer of Non Violent Communication [NVC] said "Our attention is focused on classifying, analysing, and determining levels of wrongness rather than on what we and others need and are not getting."
Attachment styles and connect-ability How we learn to interact with others. The normal or default expectations we have of any relational situation and when it comes to collaboration, understanding the degree with which we can connect and the degree with which we need to protect. This is a vital understanding both in terms of self understanding and also what the boundaries are with others and how and where precisely they can be extended.
Self Authority Where do we get our authority from and can we work out reliably what is true, what is our motive for doing things and can we estimate the same in others.
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