The past two weekends I hosted two General Assemblies for the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Mexico City and San Antonio. They are an international and intercultural community working in education, healthcare, literacy, and social justice.
They committed themselves to developing an “Organic Model of Leadership” 4 years ago and have been living into what that means. Within the community they named principles or values for how they work together: Participation, Relationships, Co-responsibility and accountability, Corporate unity, Multiculturalism and Formation (continue growing).
Working from a Livings Systems Model
We explored several aspects of working within a living systems model. First is the nature of change. We explored the dance between Chaos and Order – and the challenge of finding the new forms of organization that serve the mission as the community and world changes. The need to be adaptive as part of this dynamic. This is the The Challenge of Walking the Chaordic Path.… Continue Reading...
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