Beg? Steal? Borrow? Burrow?

Collaboration is great!  Business as we know and see it is in a tremendous state of upheaval and a group of us met recently at Network 2012 (www.network2012.net) to explore and plan a series of World Café (www.theworldcafe.org) conversations around the global current state.  Whew! 

How does an individual, company or organization cope in these difficult times? 

• Do we beg from others – talent, resources, knowledge? 
• Do we just steal it?  (we are desperate afterall and Les Miserables comes to mind);
• Do we borrow?  Just for while, until things get better (shovels, rose coloured glasses or cases of wine?),
• Or, should we just burrow – bury our heads and hope that this too shall pass?

 

How can we use the inter-relationship between these ideas to create a better path for ourselves, those we love and care about and still make it profitable?  While I wish we had a direct answer to this, somethings emerged from those around the table -- Tom, Val, Anne, Chris and Martin – that are worth sharing. 

Attachment – when things get crazy we attach ourselves to things, people, ideas and organizations.  This is a normal human response -- to create security and stability out of things around us – and we decided – creates a false sense of security – “everything’s fine”.

Opportunity – why is it that ass things fall apart, we see all sorts of opportunity?  Because our very human nature, once out of the fear from above, longs to create solutions, solve the problems we face.  Therefore “everything is possible!”

Community – where can we go in times like these to sort out our feelings, and feel safe?  Our emotional intelligence guides us to connect to others, creating community where an individual and even a group, can feel safe.

Community can equal enterprise – people coming together to create options for themselves has proven to be very profitable in mean and abundant times (what do you think multi-national corporations are?). 

Are you moving from attachment to community?  Who is your community and where do you draw inspiration?  How can alchemists every where support your move?