Systemic and Default Organizational Practices

ACTIVITY 1  Storytelling: Default Organization Practices

Step 1

Take turns telling stories about your experiences with Default Organization Practices. Share stories Popcorn Style, i.e., when the participant is ready versus in an order.

What impact has a default organizational practice had on you personally or in your professional life? Consider the impact on your sense of potential, professionalism, or motivation.

Step 2

Share stories about the feelings you have had in relationship to a default practice.

Step 3

After everyone has a shared a story, as a group discuss:

What is the cost to our organization, to ourselves, and to our colleagues to continue to perpetuate these practices.