A Philosophy for Change group exercise. The aim is to explore a collaborative activity that draws on the primary sources of power of the members the group and cultivates an emergent power in common.

1. Collaborate for the Sake of it A Philosophy for Change Group Exercise

2. This exercise is a creative game that clarifies the value of quality collaboration.

3. STEP 1.Form teams of two to four people. STEP 1.1. Write the names of team members at the head of a Collaboration Chart.

5. STEP 2. Reflect individually on your personal talents and powers and the situations that enable them. Identify three sources of power with an important value for you. STEP 2.1. Each member of the team should now record their sources of power in the cells below their name on the Collaboration Chart. Write your most valued source of power in the top cell, the second most valued in the second cell, and the third most valued in the third cell.

7. STEP 3.Take a look at the contents of the top row of the Collaboration Chart. This row now contains the primary sources of empowerment for your team.

10. COLLABORATION CHART BEVAN JUNE SARAH HENRY BEVAN JUNE SARAH HENRY CAN / CAN'T CONTROL EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES CAN / CAN'T CONTROL EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES Felt upset by a story I heard on the Felt upset by a story I heard on the Tick Tick Time with the kids Travelling o/seas Marathons Time with the kids Travelling o/seas Marathons Competition surfing morning news morning news Tick Argued with my mother on the phone Tick Argued with my mother on the phone Surfing Adventure racing Cooking Meditation Surfing Adventure racing Cooking Meditation On the way to work, another car cut On the way to work, another car cut Cross/Tick Cross/Tick me off – it made me angry! me off – it made me angry! Travel Gardening Reading Origami Travel Gardening Reading Origami Cross/Tick Got laid off from my job (sob!) Cross/Tick Got laid off from my job (sob!)

12. COLLABORATION CHART BEVAN JUNE SARAH HENRY BEVAN JUNE SARAH HENRY CAN / CAN'T CONTROL EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES CAN / CAN'T CONTROL EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES Felt upset by a story I heard on the Felt upset by a story I heard on the Tick Tick Travelling o/seas Marathons Surfing Travelling o/seas Marathons Competition surfing morning news morning news Tick Argued with my mother on the phone Tick Argued with my mother on the phone Adventure racing Cooking Meditation Time with the kids Adventure racing Cooking Meditation On the way to work, another car cut On the way to work, another car cut Cross/Tick Cross/Tick me off – it made me angry! me off – it made me angry! Travel Gardening Reading Origami Travel Gardening Reading Origami Cross/Tick Got laid off from my job (sob!) Cross/Tick Got laid off from my job (sob!)

13. STEP 4. You are ready to explore a collaborative activity that draws on the primary sources of power of the members your group and cultivates an emergent power in common. The task is to collectively design an item of value that leverages each of the primary sources of power on the Collaboration Chart. This item can be anything that you choose: an object, product, or service. The only requirements are that it has some sort of function and value, and can be seen to draw on the primary sources of power of each member of your group. Go crazy! Have fun. Collaborate for the sake of it.

14. STEP 5. Once you’ve come up with your item of value, give it a name and provide a brief description of its value and function. STEP 5.1. What if you decided to take things further and make this item a reality? How might this help you concretize new powers to think, feel, do, and be? How might it enable you to cultivate a mutual power that you wouldn’t possess independently of the project?

15. Lesson: Collaboration is intrinsically rewarding when it empowers the members of the group. To set up quality acts of collaboration in the workplace and elsewhere, ensure that participants are able to leverage their personal powers in collaborative acts, and harmonize their powers to produce emergent powers-in-common.