A-MUSE Bouche – How do we ask a community what it needs?

Oct 27, 2015 | Board Engagement, Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Uncategorized | 0 comments

My Ideas - 39

How do we ask a community what it needs?
By recognizing our individual assumptions and biases as well as letting go of what we think are the answers.

We need to bring ourselves and our…

Respect for each individual’s experience
Recognition of strengths and assets
Empathy for struggles and triumphs
Awareness of differing power dynamics
Trust in the relationships that are forming
Courage to move forward together

Share what you think individuals should bring when asking “what communities need” on Twitter (#CICamusebouche) or on Facebook.

A-Muse Bouche is the product from the minds of Carlo Cuesta and Anne Jin Soo Preston (aka Creation In Common).

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