Janet Macaluso introduces regenerative leadership starting with evolving yourself within the systems you're already part of: family, workplace, neighborhood. Pick one ecosystem where you can act from your own essence rather than waiting for external direction, then she'll ask Socratic questions to deepen what you're learning and unlearning.
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So the third line, mastermind, is based on this regenerative leadership framework and it covers me, we and community. First point on this hexad is circled above evolving self and system. So if we think of ourselves as nested in, as a living and social system, we are nested inside of other living and social systems like our family, our neighborhood, our community, with our work. And so these are our ecosystems. And the work that we will do is very specific and concrete. You will choose an area, a certain system that you think you could play a role and help regenerate. That's the third bullet here, is designing your unique outside in role, looking around you, not waiting for your purpose to fall down from the heavens above, but for you to look around and say, in my ecosystem, where could I play a role? I would need to develop my own role. And also I could use my own essence to help evolve that part that really is motivating to me. It's not about vague generalizations or that don't really apply to us, generic case studies, best practices. It's about really specific, your life, your work. Another difference is in the past, I used to have people break out and talk about something and then they would come back and do report outs like this reporter. I won't do that anymore. This is something I've unlearned. What I will do in terms of a Socratic approach is based on your reflection of the Socratic questions that I've asked you. I will then ask you deeper questions to elevate your thinking and discernment even further. What are you learning or unlearning? And what did you have to let go of to gain that insight? What was the actual thinking process that helped you see that? Why is that important to you? And how did you have to manage your personal state of being? And what was the process that was helpful so that you can do it again? Those are just a little bit of the questions that actually go beyond any report out. So you're continually learning and growing. So that's about yourself in your ecosystem. And as we think about developing your corner of the world, whatever that could be for you. It's also the approach that I like to think about is dialogue. And I sometimes share. Oops. I sometimes share the video for Dances with Wolves where the Native American Indians are all sitting around the fireside talking about, and we use this word as a, in a dialect fashion, where they're talking about what to do with this Kevin Costner character. Some says, kill him. Another one says, no, he'll bring medicine. Another one says no more will come. Another one says, they'll steal our women. So all of these thoughts are heard, and it's kind of creating a container so the group's IQ goes up on that specific topic. And that's something else we will work on is how do you create this ancient wisdom of dialogue so that all voices are heard? I'm going to stop here and hold on for the next video where we'll see the second point.
