What our work together will look like.
Using a simple process that draws on your creativity, Create|Act guides you to take daring, collaborative action in service of your community.
Each phase works in relationship to the others; informing and being influenced by the actions taken in each area.
Articulation
In this phase we are looking to surface the context of the current situation, identify the people necessary to creating a robust response, see what is problematic in the situation, get curious about the challenges that lie underneath, explore in what direction we want our work to travel, and clarify the purpose our work seeking to serve.
Creation
This is the phase where we release the creative energy of the people involved to devise ways to address the challenges. Bounded by the direction and purpose set in the Articulation phase as well as the time frame for action, groups create, learn, re-mix, and share.
Implementation
In this phase we work to build bridges between to the innovations developed in the Creation phase and current practice. The focus here is on creating networks and paying attention to the obstacles for adoption.
These principles will guide our work:
People believe what they help to create.
This reminds us that our work needs to be inclusive and transparent. Rather than working to get “buy-in” late in the process, let's include people, have them contribute, and create connection from the beginning.
Relationship is the medium for transformation.
We are changed by our relationships. Whether they are with people, communities, the land, or ideas. Let’s make the quality of our relationships the focus of our work.
Cultivate emergence.
What if we created the environment for the emergence of transformative elements, instead of trying to make things happen? Let's nurture the conditions for innovative ideas, actions, or relationships to arise, flourish, and take root.
Find the least amount of structure needed.
There is no greater obstacle to emergence than over-complicated structures. Let’s be thoughtfully simple and make the space for amazing things to appear.