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Dancing with an Octopus
February 7, 2017
Hope is often misunderstood. People tend to think that it is simply passive wishful thinking… This is indeed the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement.
-Jane Goodall, Primatologist

"…an unsuccessful collaboration is like an octopus out of water; it flails clumsily around and goes nowhere. Alternatively, when all members of the collaboration are moving in the same direction, that is, when the collaboration:

  • includes a core planning group,
  • fosters cooperation and teamwork,
  • builds ownership for the project,
  • encourages pooling of resources, and
  • distributes leadership and decision-making power among members,

phenomenal distance toward the goal can be covered through a powerful, efficient and, at times, graceful group effort," writes Elizabeth Morgan Russell in The Art of Leadership: Promoting Early Childhood Services





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Kathi Brady · February 08, 2017
White Heath, IL, United States


An octopus out of water is focused and competent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6L82iJ_NTI



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