Why are values so messy? We think they are important, but we don't understand how to use them well. Are there times when values actually get in our way? Here are some of the answers.

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VALUES AS SYSTEMS
Presented by Kathryn Alexander, MA
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SYSTEMS DYNAMICS
All living systems have a purpose
Feedback loops maintain purpose
All are composed of
interconnected parts that form
wholes
They are non-linear in cause &
effect

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VALUES
Important to our identity
All seen as equal
Mostly tacit - rarely surfaced of
reflected upon
They generate behavior
Key aspects of every culture

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PROTECTIVE VALUE SET™
First proposed by Jane Jacobs

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PROTECTIVEVALUES
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The key value - Loyalty
Trust - Obedience & discipline/
honor
Traditionally government, military,
police, religion
Shun Trading
Exert Prowess
Obedience & discipline
Adhere to tradition
Be Loyal
Take vengeance
Deceive for the task
Make rich use of leisure
Be ostentatious
Dispense largesse
Be exclusive
Show fortitude
Be fatalistic
Treasure honor

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EFFECTIVEVALUES SET™
first posited by Jane Jacobs

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EFFECTIVEVALUES
Shun force
Come to voluntary agreement
Be honest
Collaborate
Compete
Respect contracts
Use initiative & enterprise
Be open to inventiveness & novelty
Be effective
Promote comfort & convenience
Dissent for the task
Invest for productivity
Be industrious
Be thrifty
Be optimistic
Traditionally Trading
Key value - Honesty
Trust - Respect contracts

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SUSTAINABLEVALUES SET®
Proposed by Kathryn Alexander, MA - distilled from nature

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SUSTAINABLEVALUES
Integrity of the whole
All actions create the conditions that support Life
Right relationship
Humans are intrinsic to the web of Life
Precautionary principle
Dynamic stability
Interdependency
Optimization
Self-organization
Diversity
Reciprocity
Empowerment
Co-creation
Ecologies
Zero waste
Curiosity & experimentation
Expressed by nature
Key value - All actions create the
condition that support Life
Trust - Integrity of the whole

10. QUESTIONS?
Your Quiz

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SMALL GROUPS
Share a time when you acted on the key value from one of theValue Sets.
What happened? Why do you think you got the results you did?

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IMPLICATIONS
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Create leadership style and
culture!
Are strategically impactful !
Are a hidden contact for
decision-making!
Can misalign purposes!
Constrain behavior!
Can create corruption

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CONSEQUENCES
Lack of consciousness
means;
Not strategically aligned
Poor culture
development
Corruption &
unintended
consequences
Your Values

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EVOLUTION?
As we have moved (progressed?)
from Protective to Effective to
Sustainable we have:
Expanded our ability to trust
Taken more responsibility for our
actions
Widened our circle of caring
The stem is protective, the leaves
effective and the blossom (from
which seeds come) is sustainable.

15. WHAT HAVEYOU LEARNED?
Please share

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