6. “ Disaffection, cynicism and distrust were expressed about the whole political spectrum from Parish Councils to some of the region's MPs.” “ Numerous examples were given of consultation exercises carried out by public sector agencies in which participants had little faith, regarding them as tokenistic, tick-box exercises…”
12. Complex problems require creativity and innovation, and diverse groups are the best source of these.
13. “ groups made up of many people who think in different ways can trump groups of people who are very bright but alike….”
14. “ Groups do not need to be dominated by exceptionally intelligent people to be smart. Even if most of the people within the group are not especially well informed or rational, it can still reach a collectively wise decision.”
16. An Empowerment Framework Awareness Transformation Vision Growth Where am I now? Where do I want to go? What’s my compelling vision? What do I have to change to get there? What are my limiting beliefs? What is my next growth step? Where is my ‘growing edge’?
But just in case you think this is idealistic thinking…. 4 th Floor - personalisation
Simple but profound research Ellen Lander
She re-visits Ellen Langer and Judith Rodin’s 1976 study, conducted in a New England nursing home, Arden House. When the two psychologists set up the experiment so that residents on two floors of the 360-bed home for the elderly would experience some changes in their everyday life, they had no idea that they were introducing factors which could prolong life. While residents on both floors were given plants and film shows, only those on the fourth floor had the opportunity to control these events: choosing the plant and looking after it themselves, and choosing which night of the week to view the film. Eighteen months later, when Langer and Rodin returned to the home, they were astonished to discover that twice as many of the elderly residents in this ‘choices’ group were alive, compared with the control group on the second floor, who had been given plants that the staff tended, and were told which was their film night. It appeared that taking control made you live longer. These findings fit in well with the work on learned helplessness
Stronger Communities: Understanding NI 1 AND NI 4 in the North East region 26th, July 2009
What stops us is our world view that stems from our beliefs
In researching complex systems, Scott Page found that groups made up of many people who think in different ways can… trump groups of people who are very bright but alike, as long as they are well organised.
In the Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki says: “ Groups do not need to be dominated by exceptionally intelligent people to be smart. “ Even if most of the people within the group are not especially well informed or rational, it can still reach a collectively wise decision.”
