GAIA SESSION. Back to Basic Design
Education
Nonviolent communication
What the
BBDE term it as NVC or the nonviolent communication was taught in the previous
session but couldn’t be completed, so the afternoon class was dedicated to
recapitulating what we learned in the previous class. We were taught about
shifting our mindset and seeing the difference it brings with the change we are
willing to go through.
To focus our mind on the problem
solving. In the NVC it’s all about reframing the statement, fulfilling your
needs without doing any harm to the other person. There are different modes in
communication, like the passive, manipulative, aggressive, and assertive.
During the communication, if you are more passive, it will lead to aggressiveness.
Person who are being passive are bound to be used.
If you are aggressive in your
communication than the opposite will be aggressive too. Even if you are
manipulative, it will lead to an aggressive result. These type of conversation
will yield nothing in the end. There is presence of energy everywhere. Energy
moves from one direction to another. The feeling, need for communicating, need
for success, need for development are all energy passing from one direction to
another. When two person are communicating, the energy is passed from one to
another. The energy is being communicated.
To see the presence of energy around
us. Rub your finger together for some time, close your eyes and empty your
mind. Then move your hand back and forth, you will notice something between
your fingers. Presence of thread like structure depicts the presence of energy.
The transition takes place between your fingers at different level.
Assertive or nonviolent communication
bring different type of energy. Every time there is transition and energy
passing, If you change your behavior or energy passing, you will see the
positive energy.
Leader
Sum up the
point of leadership. There are different types of leaders. Some are low task
and low relationship who are bureaucrats. Some are high task and low
relationship and some high relationship and low task. The compromising ones are
the ones who are in middle with 5.5 ratings. All the types of leaderships are
effective leaders in different ways.
Low task, low relation type of leaders can be in bank,
public sectors and government jobs. These type of leaders are the ones who do
things as said. They will take only single step in doing things. These type
will not take initiative in doing things, very good with following rules and
regulations. High task and low
relationship type of leaders are the ones who are good in taking
initiatives and are task masters. They are all about completing the task and
task oriented. They are least bothered about relationship and sentiments of
other people. These types of leaders can be good grandparents and task oriented
boss. High relationship and low task leaders
are the ones who value relationship than anything else. These type of leaders
can be good developer, councilor and teachers. They are not bothered about task
but highly feeling oriented. Compromising
leaders, those who come on the 5.5 scale are the ones who will be
successful executives. They will complete the task and value the relationship
too.
Now what
matters is know where you stand and make the change. Increase the task or start
valuing the relation according to your needs. Leadership is about enabling the
others to grow. Take a step, mobilize people around you. Concentrate on the
subject, become the task master and keep them happy.
Task and leadership
Time Matrix
Task can be
classified as the following
a) Some are important and urgent
b) Important but not urgent
c) Urgent but not important
d) Not urgent and not important
How leaders immerge is solely based upon your dreams and interest. So one
must hold on to your dreams and have an interest.
The collaboration to collect plastic bottles and building a bottle brick
house was discussed based on the above class. Followed by presentation on each
topics by individual in the group. The group discussion was done based on the
leadership technique and procedure. Form this we learned, the importance of a
leader is to connect with nature, relationship and task. You need to plan your
weekly/monthly plan according to your task. Time matrix is important for a
leader to plan. A leader is one who facilitates. What is important in doing a
task is to see what is urgent and important first. With this immediately
classification of thing takes place. Thinking can come only when you have the
idea of classification.
Pink slip
In software companies if you are not performing up to the mark of the
company. You will be given a pink slip. If you see one lying on your table, it
means you can take rest. You are not going to be the part of the company
anymore. Now a days people go through disease called pink slip syndrome in
multinational companies which are treated by councilors in big cities.
Thinking process
Task
Process
relationship
Relationship is based on contribution. It about
what type of relationship you have with each other. It is important to measure
the relationship in order to be an effective leader. Process is how you design. The vision matrix and how it is managed.
In the process you discuss how is the process, how you are going to do.
Somebody will come up with the rule and the real essence of the project will
not be there. How individual function in the group is the essence of the group.
The three(task, process and relationship) comes only when the leader emerges.
The process
has to be
·
Celebrate
·
Encourage
·
Appreciate
The process
is very important in the group. How you are going to do it matters. The
information to create awareness has to be a unique, so prepare yourself. The
title has to be unique and creative. Visualize what’s going to happen, put it
in the left side of your brain and you will play exactly like that. You have to
start and once you start, it will be created.
Group Discussion
During a group discussion,
different types of individual occurs. Based on the role they are taking in the
group, the fellow people involved in the group discussion can be classified as
·
Detractor
–specific and will talk outside about the group.
·
Observer-
okay, let me see what happening type of individuals.
·
Participators-
those who participate
·
Contributor-
contribute and they like to take leadership.
Leader level
Leader in
the group has to be sensitive and handover the leadership. To be an effective
leader in a group one must move into higher level of leadership and lead the
group. Always try to bring others to another level too. In a group one must
always shift the level. Participants will take the lead and ask the observers
to participate. Leader is all about making the shift. You have to move forward and
take the initiative. In the end a leader in a group is all about making all the
members contribute. Take the best from all and keep everyone happy.
Economy
What comes
to your mind when you hear the words?
-economy
-money
-investment
MONEY
100 times
you tell a lie, it becomes truth. Money is for circulation so the coin is
round. We all have to be the part of the system. If you think you are abundant
then you are. Money is only a medium. We all are greedy and we create crisis.
Today we enjoy and enjoy it fully, never thinking of tomorrow. Economy in the
new direction. Either use it or lose it.
Economic leak
Village produce
different products, where it is going? To the town and cities. Economy which
can create happiness and which can sustain is the local economy. We have to
develop local economy.
To further clarify
on the economic leak a game was conducted. Leaks are taking place mainly
because we buy products from outside and we have nothing to roll in the
economy. But this wasn’t all the reasons behind. The name of the game was “win
as much as you can”. It was a auction, each member was given certain money to
do the auction. We were to ask to invest and win more. At last after investing
in the auction, each group were cheated. We were left with less money than
before. But the one who conducted the auction had more money than ever. It all
showed how economic loop is happening.
All in all
we have to stand together to stop the loop. We can invest less instead of
investing more. The best way to prevent economic loop is by a simple method of cooperativeness.
·
Association
·
Common
thought
·
Come
as volunteer
·
Achieve
common social end.
·
Develop
economy
To boost the
local economy. It’s best to keep the economy in circulation within the cooperatives.
Cooperation where multiple owners can come together and create a business. They
will work and they will earn. The participation will include members and
directors. The limitation of share capital will depend on the interest and volunteerism.
To get started with the cooperative, first you need to get organized. Prepare
general statements, draft cooperative laws, draft article and repair CDA.
The benefits
of cooperative business are
·
Thrift/wise
use of money
·
Avail
loan
·
Needs
solving
·
Love
and concern for fellow mates
·
Unified
participation
The membership
is to any person who express willingness, who are regular. They should know the
right and privilege. The members share the money. The offers of the
cooperatives are
Ø Directors
Ø Different communities
Ø General manager
Ø Secretary
Ø Treasurer
Management Resources (7M)
ü Money
ü Machine
ü Man
ü Market
ü Materials
ü Measures
ü method
To keep the
local economic of our school, a general assembly is formed by BBDE students. To
start and learn from the practical form of cooperative. It consist of BOD (Board
of Directors) which includes chairman, sectary, Treasurer and Manager. The share
capital is from the members. The shop is up and running. We are learning from the whole scale,
integration and management.
