Thread by @louise_a

Insights from our experience of facilitating the messiness of change….….based on learning from @forumforthefuture #SchoolofSystemChange @BoundlessRoots + more

1. Persistence - act like a squirrel cracking a nut 🐿
2. You get what you put in - put the time in, you learn and get things back ✨
3. Feedback is essential - so you don’t just have the ‘things you learnt graveyard’ 💀

4. Learning to work with emergence, you can’t control it - it's about spotting patterns and finding a way of working with what's next 🐛
5. Paying attention to how we work is as important as what we work on 🌊

6. There will be different energies present that pull you in varying directions ↖️⏬⏫➡️
7. Beginnings and endings happen all of the time 🌱

8. Relationships are central, conflict & unhealthy power are inevitable - we need to pay attention and learn how to work with it🤝
9. The importance of creating a safe space, invite the person as a whole, how the person embraces or not messiness in their life 🧜🏻

10. It can feel risky and you’ll feel vulnerable - it can be a sign you’re challenging the status quo *️⃣
11. Have people you can call on when you’re not sure what comes next - human to human always works better than documents ☎️

12. You’ll be navigating between different mindsets in different places - it feels really hard especially if you try to get it "right" 🤪
13. Old patterns die hard - we need to learn about how to create compost from our work 🍂

14. Things always take longer than you think - you need to invest in the communication and feedback loops so people feel part of the journey ⏳ 15. There is power in the practice of holding questions ❓

All gathered from this fab bunch of humans I have the pleasure to work with…@leilahoballah @DanielGFord @futuresforensic @AnnasQuestions @AnnaWarrington @laurachaosmilk @joellaox4 @Rodgox @RGIley

What would you add?
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