Architecture is revisioned through Susanka's Not So Big concept, design which starts with the wants and needs of owners. "Masculine" vs. "Feminine" struggle archetypically with house design. Gendlin's Focusing, and Active Listening look for compromise in designing from the inside (unique wants/needs/functions) out as well as the outside (site, location, artistic vision) in.
The Transition Town movement is an example of bottom-up empowerment, local community organization for global climate change. Political action and emotional growth and support are combined with conflict resolution skill training, so that Head, Heart, and Hands are all enlisted in common cause. Listening/Focusing Communities are one model of peer support that could be incorporated into Transition Towns.
The Creative Edge Organization model from Creative Edge Focusing (TM) includes the Interpersonal Focusing method, often with a Third Person Listening Facilitator, for the resolution of interpersonal conflicts. Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening skills are used, either in a separate session or right during a Collaboration Edge Decision Making Meeting. How do you teach Interpersonal Focusing in a business or organization, especially if there are not evident conflicts present? Free download of Interpersonal Focusing Chapter, as well as creative ideas for teaching.
Free Downloads: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual Focusing Out In The World: Interpersonal, Group, Community, AND Organizational models There is an explosion…
Free Downloads: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual This month: From Instant "Ahah!" Mini-Manual, p. 7, #2.Active Listening: Short-Circuiting An Angry Confrontation. Radical Idea:…
DIVERSITY TRAINING: UNDERSTANDING PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES Within this strand on Interpersonal Focusing, I am going to place the emphasis upon Personality Style Instruments, coupled with Empathic, Focused Listening, as a method…
Interactive Focusing: The Double Empathic "Golden Moment" PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT For four weeks, we practice an actual exercise in three different categories: An Instant "Ahah!" to integrate into your every…
THE ONE MINUTE APOLOGY Ken Blanchard, creator of The One Minute Manager idea, and Margret McBride wrote a lovely short book called The One Minute Apology: A Powerful Way…
Replacing The Myth of Dominance With The Personal Power of Focusing In his book, Beyond The Myth Of Dominance: An Alternative To A Violent Society, Father Ed McMahon, co-founder…
Verbally-Abusive Patterns of Speech: Dominance The Goal In her remarkable book, The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Patricia Evans walks us "blow-by-blow" through transcripts illustrating how an individual can use verbal…