{"id":3624,"date":"2020-07-12T13:22:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T21:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworldcafe.com\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2020-07-12T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T21:23:32","slug":"musings-on-world-cafe-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/musings-on-world-cafe-integrity\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings on World Cafe & Integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Collaboratively written by Michaela Sieh and Amy Lenzo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the dynamic, ever-changing movement of these times, when the world seems to speed up even as so much of what we have known is unravelling, it can be hard to discern what a sober, balanced perspective of what\u2019s good for the whole might be. In these moments, the reflective, \u201clistening\u201d stance that distinguishes the World Cafe experience is becoming more and more valuable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From our own collective experience, we know what is needed to create containers where much-needed open conversation can take place, where the promise of a new future can take root. Let\u2019s embrace the opportunity to remember the lessons of our past, keep listening to what is emerging from the moment, and continue exploring ways to take our learning forward into the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living and working in these times of social unrest and economic uncertainty brings many questions to the surface. In looking at our own stance, our own behaviour, and the larger social field under a magnifying glass, one of the questions we are asking ourselves is: \u201cHow can we be in integrity – with ourselves, with our practice as World Cafe hosts, with the World Cafe Design Principles and with the social fabric we all live within?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the integrity we are being asked to live into, each day anew? <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Being in integrity has a unique flavour for each of us. And yet, at the same time, it can also connect us across our differences. For some, the borders are very distinct and crossing our own sense of integrity creates a visceral response impossible to deny. For others, the boundaries are more fluid and change according to context.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some hosting teams may have developed a way of collaborating that supports each team member in their own sense of integrity, while others might struggle with differing perspectives on what integrity means for them as a group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it has always been crucial for World Cafe hosts to be aware of the power dynamics at play in our work; while we always need to question our own assumptions and support each other in uncovering unconscious bias, taking personal time for reflection and self-examination is more crucial now than it ever has been before. It can sometimes be challenging to find, articulate, and act from our own “true north” as World Cafe hosts. Each of us is responsible to do our own inner work, and … we can learn from and with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have always known we are wiser together than we are alone. This is the time for us to come together and find ways to turn to one another and examine our values and standards of practice. No one else can give us the answers to these questions – but we can start by exploring them together as a community of practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The World Cafe Community Foundation offers monthly online Community World Cafes to the international community, not only as a practice ground for new hosts and the opportunity to experience World Cafe for those who are new to it but as a container for these and other necessary conversations. They are our contribution to the collective need for wisdom, community and shared meaning in these turbulent times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We invite you, our community, to participate, and contribute to these community conversations. Let your colleagues know about them, and share any other opportunities you are aware of that can be of support to us as practitioners – this is what our time is calling for, and what we are stepping up to now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s good to have each other\u2019s backs! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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