Collaboration
WE have been building The Ecosystem Incubator for months and indeed before we opened the door a year before, shaping towards the needs of the collective that would work and build inside it.
I was clear from the start that it wasn’t to be about ME – but about US. This way of working is not usual, and even with a ‘WE’ mentality it’s still hard to continue to bring myself back to US/WE, even as the facilitator/architect of the ecosystem. When the ecosystem was created – we all put our intentions inside the seeds, so it was less about me and more based in the needs of the businesses and people inside it.
Our ‘Into The Regenerative’ podcast showcases some excellent people so far and to come from the regenerative and new economics space. our current speaker is no different, Jose Leal co-created ‘Radical Purpose’ and shares a spotlight on building with what he calls ‘’collaboratives’’ when I met Jose I realised that was exactly what we had built in The Ecosystem Incubator. It was great to hear him talk about building with ‘feelings’ – what’s missing on each of our inners and understanding that the Collective also probably feels this way.
He shares that once you have seen this and followed your feelings, then it is very hard to go back – so one must be absolute and ready to move into building in this way.
Collaboration was highlighted a lot also in the corporate event ‘Sustainability live’ though I couldn’t help but think it was more about co-operation which in itself is a different distinction.. Collaboration is something different, it uses tools not rules – it doesn’t stipulate a list and tick box system, one based in the old paradigm of control. It uses trust and indeed feelings as well as sharing the benefits of creating win win win joint ventures in this current economic system whilst we co-create a new one.
Building in this way offers naturally a whole systems perspective, as once you realise your human-centric you also open up to the ecological-centric and put those together to for a life-centric lead. It isn’t easy and therefore to be that bridge between this world and the next is the main purpose of The Ecosystem, working with the constraints in this world to build the next world.
Welcome along to ‘try on’ The Ecosystem Incubator in our weekly intros and watch out for our special mastermind sessions coming soon.
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