The guide functions similarly to a handbook for activists and organizations working in the field of protection of minority rights and interests. There exists a large legal framework on international and pan-African level which support minority rights. The guide informs about these frameworks and the relevant instiutions, which can be used to the benefit of minorities. The link below directs to a website where the guide can be downloaded in PDF. … Read more
Traditional African education for peace building An argument for holistic African education to foster peace
Traditional African had an inbuilt mechanism to controlling violence. This instrument was education. Notably, African education aimed at developing the total man and making him or her responsible member of the community. The curricular includes physical, mental, spiritual and moral development of the citizens. The thrust of the moral education was solidarity. This link directs you to a paper by Okoro Kingsle of the Ebonyi State University on this argument. … Read more
Good education fosters ethical leaders Argument: Ethical leadership starts with good education
Patrick Awuah from Ghana pleads for an education system in African countries which stresses independent thinking rather than repetition, a sense of responsibility rather than entitlement, and ethics and engagement with their society. … Read more
Group Decision Making Method Using all expertise in the group to make decisions
The link below directs to a short description of several decision-making methods, as well as a short video about one particular method. This latter method explains how groups can make decisions using one primary decision-maker, while also including the entire group's expertise in the process. Even if this method may not appeal to the reader due to its slight hierarchical tinge, it might hold some interesting ideas to experiment with in finding decision-making models that work. … Read more
Group Decision Making Guide Developing interpersonal skills for good decision making
Good and smooth group decision making requires a good understanding of the decision making process, as well as developed skills of all individuals involved in the process. The below link directs to a very exstensive, step-by-step guide for proper group decision making. It includes an overview of different necessary phases in decision-making processes, a list of core interpersonal skills, a test to estimate your level of interpersonal skills, and more tools. … Read more
Charismatic Win Win Communication Speaking our inner truth
Charismatic Communication is the attempt to say what really wants to be said from deep inside. It works similar to automatic writing. All we have to do is to turn off the little voice in our head. This often takes a lot more courage than we think. Charismatic Communication is based on trust. We need to trust that we can share our feelings and dreams without being laughed at our made fun of. Our daily everyday communication acts like a shield, we hide behind facts and judgments. And yet if we … Read more
Dream Circle Building Collective Dreams
The Dream circle is a process used in Dragon Dreaming in which an individual dream can become a collective dream. It is important as it changes the energy and builds group commitment. It is only when the dream is allowed to grow from the dream of an individual into a collective dream that creativity can be maximized and collective wisdom can work its magic. The dream of the individual must die in order to be born anew as the dream of the whole group. During the dream circle, each team member … Read more
Celebrating The key to successful sustainable projects
Celebration is about gratitude, thanks giving, recognition and acknowledgement. It is the importance of Celebration that makes Dragon Dreaming different from many other project management tools. Celebration is an important process that reconnects the doing of a project back to the dreaming. It is a way of looking at how the project we are doing gives meaning to our lives. Celebration is where we are being personal. It is strongly suggested 25% of the cost and energy used in all Dragon Dreaming … Read more
Dotmocracy Decision making
Dotmocracy is a simple method for recognizing points of agreement among a large number of people. Participants write down ideas on specially designed paper forms called Dotmocracy sheets and use pens to fill in one dot per sheet, recording their levels of agreement. The result is a graph-like visual representation of the group's collective opinion. Compared to surveys, voting, or typical meeting formats, Dotmocracy provides unique and valuable opportunities. In a Dotmocracy process, every … Read more
What is Dragon Dreaming? Dragon Dreaming definitions
THE SHORTEST DEFINITION Dragon Dreaming – is love in action THE ONE LINE DEFINITION Dragon Dreaming – a way of making 100% of your dreams come true. USED IN WORKSHOPS Dragon Dreaming – a living systems approach to building successful organisations and projects for the Great Turning. CREATED AT A WORKSHOP Dragon Dreaming – an integral design philosophy that takes sustainability into account in every aspect of our lives. AN ENHANCED VERSION FROM WORKSHOPS Dragon Dreaming – a living systems … Read more
