Thought-provoking Case Studies During 2nd Gathering of 2019

Fifty women beta-tested four different case studies over dinner on July 11th. All four case studies were inspired by our April trip to Alabama as well as stories told to me by women within the 130 women strong Principle Quest community. None of these case studies have simple solutions or a 'right' answer. The hoped-for-outcome is to learn how to have a dialogue, not a debate, and how to build relationships. As Daniel Yankelovich described the need for dialogue in his book The Magic of Dialogue,

If the values of reciprocity, stewardship, responsibility, citizenship, civic virtue, and love describe various facets of how we take care of one another in a civil society, it matters a great deal whether we like, respect, trust and understand one another, or stereotype, distance, distort, and mistrust one another. Civil society stands or falls on this foundation of feelings. Without dialogue, people stereotype one another in a manner that prevents mutual understanding and acceptance."

The four case studies include: 1) Leadership: Which works best to influence hearts and minds – hope or fear?  2) Workplace Bias: What if your clients object to diversity?  3) Social Justice: Is the impact of philanthropy better than public policy?  4) Educational Policy: How to fix what's broken without breaking it even more, the charter school solution or problem?

If you are interested in using one or more of the case studies along with the facilitator guide, please email me or connect through LinkedIn. While there is no fee to use the material, there is a copyright agreement we sign.