National SEED ET.LT Call #1 3.23.18 by https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1 Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2018-03-09 01:10:11 UTC 2018-03-23 18:42:14 UTC hello@padlet.com The prologue offered us a glimpse into windows and mirrors through the parable of Hodja and the Foreigner. unsuk_zucker https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/239978043 Please make a personal connection you have to ONE of the three key concepts:
1) Each of us has a culturally based worldview.
2) We hold a common assumption that others share our worldview.
3) We often assume that what we intend to communicate is what is received. ]]> 2018-03-09 01:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/239978043 This makes me think of the notion that we want to be judged by our intentions but we judge others by their behaviors and don't fully consider their intentions, or at least not generously consider. https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623015

]]> 2018-03-23 18:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623015 https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623206 I am terrible at remembering that everyone doesn't think the way I do. It's the very naive and optimistic part of myself that needs some work.

]]> 2018-03-23 18:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623206 lesley_guggenheim1 https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623335 The common assumption that others share our worldview is something that really resonates with me. I know it isn't true, and yet I'm still surprised when I hear beliefs that differ greatly from mine from people who I really respect. And it makes me rethink my beliefs when it comes from people I know. So it makes me think about how often I discredit beliefs from those I don't know well enough to respect.]]> 2018-03-23 18:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623335 Authentically global https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623486 I worked at a US-based global organization. We prided ourselves on being authentically global -with staff of many cultures and backgrounds. We were often criticized by others for being US-centric and not recognizing our biases and privileges.]]> 2018-03-23 18:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623486 tonya_horton https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623600 It's a good reminder of how even we think we are communicating clearly and effectively bias plays a role in what we hear and what we say]]> 2018-03-23 18:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623600 I often think that some of our work is objective and data-based, so struggle to see that it is based on my worldview when I am rooting my thinking in my interpretation of the data. It seems less cultural - but as a white person, that may be the issue. https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623741 2018-03-23 18:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623741 Response to Prologue zay_collier https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623788 I recently had a meeting with my team where we were setting some broad goals that we wanted to achieve.  Several team members were not present and so two days later we re-convened and I asked each of the team members who were present to recount the decisions and goals we had made in the first meeting.  I was surprised at how differently each individual recounted the  decisions and goals that we had made and it reminded me that we all see and hear in very different ways.

]]> 2018-03-23 18:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623788 https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623949 that very little is objective, and i have to make sure my truth is never shared as "the truth" especially as a leader who is perceived as having power over many based on where I sit in the hierarchy

]]> 2018-03-23 18:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245623949 https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624128 I can think back to so many occasions when when I was communicating wasn't receiving my intended outcome...and have been frustrated by that. And it's a good reminder to keep in mind the question about what others hear. 

]]> 2018-03-23 18:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624128 As an introvert, I often think first, then speak, and often assume that what I communicate is what is received. I also struggle with checking the assumption- verifying that my messages indeed landed. https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624140 2018-03-23 18:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624140 Loved the parable https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624693 I have to remind myself that while I often think that using words precisely will ensure understanding, i have to be aware that my use of terms is being done through my cultural prism and the listener is doing so as well.]]> 2018-03-23 18:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624693 I think of a class that I took about culture and communication. I think about ways that I communicate at home vs. at work. They definitely differ. https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624740 2018-03-23 18:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624740 I have regularly had to think beyond myself so that rather than communicating what serves me, I have to consider how it will be perceived emma_cartwright https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624773 2018-03-23 18:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624773 https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624889 I find myself falling into the trap of assuming people received what I intended to communicate all the time. I think I sometimes convince myself that even when I'm pretty sure I didn't communicate what I wanted to that "checking for understanding" is somehow patronizing/would make things worse, but almost every time that happens I just learn that the person received the wrong message a day or a week or however long later, which just makes things worse.]]> 2018-03-23 18:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/unsuk_zucker/3b0gw91s8fl1/wish/245624889