Leadership — revision 42054

Discussion at Sol 2009

Participants

Discussion

Spiriata may be defined by strong leadership such that you "either love it or run away screaming"
Brandon: By contrast, SolSeedMovement's goal is to awaken more and more people to possibilities
Brenna: Lots of people have no families who love them quasi-unconditionally and make them feel radiant
Across-style management get's more employee buy-in than top-down
However, input from all SolSeedMovement members shouldn't ever remove the core idea of spreading life throughout the galaxy
Hopefully it will serve as inspiration for projects in the present, such as traveling to another country to bring life by working on a water project
But Brenna doesn't buy into the same method of going to space
While the Second Coming may seem absurd to us, space colonization seems absurd to her
There may come a time when people learn to live in perfect community
But maybe Jesus had space travel in mind?
"We were created to create"
Bonnie sees SolSeedMovement as a way for members to encourage each other's dreams
Make sure the language of the starfaring story is inclusive rather than "otherizing"
Bonnie: Provide the safety to try uncomfortable things
Brenna: Examples include not bashing people's politics
Brandon: By contrast, Lion Kimbro's "what makes me feel radiant" speech described a super-strong attachment to a particular way of seeing the world
This distracts from any "building-up" contribution to the group that the message may contain (vs. "tearing-down")
We should practice being open and not so attached to our specific way of seeing the world
The diversity of worldviews within the SolSeedMovement creates greater possibilities
Possible policy:
Stop some conversations if they can't be done in inclusive ways
Proscribe "otherizing" and "wrong-making"