Assertiveness

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Activity 1 – Accelerating Knowledge Sharing

Each Catalytic Thinking Lab is supported by a WindTunneling project. WindTunneling is a systemic methodology to accelerate learning and knowledge sharing. Share what you learned from the lab transparently and anonymously. Compare your thinking and respond to the ideas of others. Everyone gets to see every idea; no one knows who shared which idea.

Go to WindTunneling. Use Project Code 52SKQ  to record your insights.

Activity 2 – Teaching as Learning

Make a knowledge map of the Assertiveness Spectrum to use as a visual tool. Teach at least 2-3 more people about the spectrum and how it can be useful to us as individuals and to the groups we work in.

Activity 3 – Core Concept Expansion

Do a core concept expansion for the words: passive, receptive, and aggresive. You can do this on a big sheet of paper, like a knowledge map, or you can write it out in sentence format.

1. Write out the Lexical or Dictionary Definition and Etymology (optional)
2. What is the opposite word?
3. What is a synonym of the word? How are they different?
4. How is this word used (and/or mis-used) in professional settings?
5. What is your first memory (or earliest feeling impression) of the word?
6. What is the colloquial (everyday common) use of the word?
7. Does the word evoke a color, shape, image, or heat (feeling)?

Other References, Articles, and Books

• Share references, articles, or books in the WindTunneling Project that you think will be good supplemental content for future participants.