IMO we need to re-learn how to foster a spirit of “Your perspective is welcome and important, and so is the perspective of everyone else in this room. And if we need to reach a consensus, some of us might not get everything we want. And if you didn’t get everything you want this time, you can keep pushing, keep advocating for your perspe…
IMO we need to re-learn how to foster a spirit of “Your perspective is welcome and important, and so is the perspective of everyone else in this room. And if we need to reach a consensus, some of us might not get everything we want. And if you didn’t get everything you want this time, you can keep pushing, keep advocating for your perspective, and bring it up again next time.” It’s frustrating, and it’s too slow, but that’s how change happens. As a woman, there are a number of items on my “change agenda” that I’ve yet to see come to fruition. (And other items I thought were settled that are moving backwards.)
IMO we need to re-learn how to foster a spirit of “Your perspective is welcome and important, and so is the perspective of everyone else in this room. And if we need to reach a consensus, some of us might not get everything we want. And if you didn’t get everything you want this time, you can keep pushing, keep advocating for your perspective, and bring it up again next time.” It’s frustrating, and it’s too slow, but that’s how change happens. As a woman, there are a number of items on my “change agenda” that I’ve yet to see come to fruition. (And other items I thought were settled that are moving backwards.)