The world is rapidly changing around us. The Coronavirus pandemic is affecting people very acutely across the world. The evidence for how best to respond is emerging. Each day more and more is learnt. However, so much remains uncertain. And this health crisis is on top of other short and longer term emergency situations - such as ongoing conflicts in some countries and the climate change and biodiversity emergency that affects us all. We can all draw from multiple sources - including the many wisdoms around us - to help discern the best way forwards in the particular circumstances we face; to try to keep our focus fresh and our actions relevant; to try to remain as compassionate and kind as possible. We offer two recent articles that we found helpful.
Click here for something about social movements. Why does this matter? Across the world, we’re all being asked to change our behaviour in remarkable ways. A growing movement is necessary to respond positively to the strictures faced. In the article, various aspects are explored of what constitutes an effective social movement. For instance, it is reasoned that: ‘beyond mutual aid, a common story, strategy and structure can allow a mass movement to legitimate political demands that might otherwise be deemed impractical or undesirable, and to compel public officials to adopt them’.
And here, for something from the ‘Collective Psychology Project’ (CPP). We were inspired by the impulse in this. In particular, to be encouraged to think how we might all respond to perceived threats by going to ‘tend and befriend’ rather than ‘fight or flight’.
We are very proud to be part of our Caplor Community. We would like to appreciate and pay recognition you all, knowing the very important work that you do and realising how hard it is to consider the best way forward in the emerging circumstances. With news of some people being stranded out of their home country - and some within their home country - we offer our friendship and support.
And we will continue to be actively involved. We know that our work to help deal effectively with change and transition is more important than ever. It is a very busy time and we’d like to thank our Advisors especially. We’re still delivering the services we provide, albeit shifting everything online for the time being. This is thankfully something we’re very used to doing. Our work has always very much focused on ‘managing change’ and this remarkably intense period of change is something none of us would wish for. If we can offer anything to support you or your organisations, please let us know. Meanwhile our efforts to address climate change through The Commitment continue too.
Good courage and warmest wishes to you all
Rosie, Lorna and Ian