Practices

Awake at Work offers education and practices to organizations, groups and individual leaders based on the fact that consciously aware individuals are the thriving roots of healthy groups, organizations and society.

When the “quick fix” has failed once too often, it is time to get to the root of the matter.

Practices for Individuals

Individual are the “roots” of the organizational tree. They anchor the organization in ground.

Any organization wishing to be healthy over the long term absolutely needs individuals who are:

Able to evolve and grow professionally and personally in terms of character, skills, insight and leadership.
Able to face conflict and speak up for the benefit of the organization — even when others don’t want to listen.
Able to collaborate with others who are entirely different from them.
Able to work within and across organizational boundaries.

Individual Practices

Practices for groups

Groups or teams are like the branches of a tree; they provide the support and structure for producing the fruit — the organization’s services and products offered to the public.

Well-functioning groups or teams have several characteristics:

Collaboration across skills, knowledge and roles.
Focus on shared goals, standards and rewards.
A system of communication which serves them well during hardships.

Group Practices

Practices for Organizations

We need for new kinds of organizations that are based on new ways of –

Designing industry supply chains for sustainability and renewability

See The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and The Circular Economy

Creating worker-owned cooperatives to build healthier communities

See the Sustainable Economies Law Center

Funding new enterprises and family homes through public banking

See the Public Banking Institute

Organizational Practices