OUR GUIDING VALUES AND PRINCIPLES
This summarizes the Values and Principles that serve as a North Star for guiding our coaching work with communities, partners, and systems.
Ultimately, it is about change and the direction we are moving toward together, knowing that every place will start from a different reality, with various constraints, opportunities, and histories. Leadership, organizational, and community capacity will also differ.
OUR VALUES
From the grassroots to global levels, values are shifting toward recognizing the critical role of interconnected systems. As a result, early signals suggest that cross-sector and systemic collaboration are emerging as a priority. Organizations, businesses, governments, and community members are beginning to embrace systems innovation and impact as an effective path to sustainable, equitable solutions for the most pressing local and global challenges.
We recognize that not all of our values are entirely in place in every context. They guide how we design our work, support partners, and make trade-offs when difficult choices arise.
We recognize that not all of our values are entirely in place in every context. The intent is that they will guide how we design our work, support partners, and make trade-offs when difficult choices arise.
Our Principles
R.E.S.E.T. Communities Collective increases responsiveness to complex challenges and opportunities by collaborating with multiple partners to provide a variety of support and services that enhance social, economic, and environmental well-being.
Future-readiness is increased by supporting capacity for (1) community-driven development, (2) systems-practices, (3) strategic foresight, and (4) AI and digital optimization. We've learned these four components are necessary for the project and systems collaboration and informed decision-making that are essential for transformation and innovation.
Innovative approaches require being bold, perseverance, tenacity and a sprinkle of panic.
-- Michelle Baldwin
Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking. You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started.
--James Clear
Leadership today is about courage. Courage to realize our challenges are complex and no one individual, organization, or sector can resolve them on their own. That means we have to let go of the idea that we alone have the answers. Instead, we need to strengthen our individual and organizational competencies in order to become system-catalyst leaders who call meetings before the answers are known, aren't intimidated by messy, and can ensure a culture where all voices are heard. Only then, can our collective gifts, experience, and wisdom be focused on building a better future for all.
--Brenda Herchmer
In times of change it is the learners who inherit the future. Those who have finished learning find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
-- Eric Hoffer
