Participants:

Resource persons:

Assisted by:

156 students of the Foundation Course

Leslie Nazareth, Vinod Sreedhar, Ayesha Ganguly of Phase Five

Volunteers Zenobia Mistry and Jumana Parkar

Another group of young, dynamic people and therefore the demands on the programme to stimulate change, their capacity to question, seek answers actively and their desire to make a difference. We believe they will be thrown into opportunities to apply what they learned by considering their institution and their future organizations as platforms. In order to keep the programme manageable and personalized it was conducted as a full day programme on three consecutive days for each of three batches.

Philosophy
For any positive change to take place, INITIATIVE is the most important quality. But for this quality to be expressed, one has to feel a strong sense of OWNERSHIP and BELONGING to the organization/ community/ nation/ world. For individuals to feel that they are truly a part of the organization, the environment and processes that make up the organization need to be DEMOCRATIC.

Objectives
These connections were addressed through the following programme objectives:

To understand one's 'self' and face identity issues - parental influence, peer and group influence, culture, education, religion, class etc and its impact on one's environment and behaviour.

To help the participants develop a deeply insightful and experiential understanding of initiative, ownership & belonging and the culture of democracy.

To show the vital connection between these qualities in a way that is relevant to young people entering today's business and corporate environment.

Overview
The theme for the first half of the day was 'Self'. An exercise in observing how elements of our identity and the roles that we play in situations influence each other, the decisions and relationships at hand. This was progressed to intra-group relationships and functions and in the second half of the day led on to inter-group levels of interaction and finally to sub-groups and parent groups that connect an individual with the world.

 

A Question of 'I'

We started our day on a very personal note with an aim to understand oneself at the level of identity, or 'who we are'. Individuals in small groups expressed what identities they related to most in situations and what about 'who they were' disturbed them. This session brought out the importance of individuality as a requirement for a healthy community, the right to an independent identity, the desirability of diversity in a group and facing identity issues- parental influence, peer and group influence, culture, education, religion, class etc. Participants also got to know each other from new and previously hidden perspectives.

 

Games People Play

An exciting role play game which helps participants to understand and observe common roles as they are being played. It demonstrates that just like elements in nature, families, groups and communities also have systems of balance and equilibrium. And that lasting change requires a change in the culture of a whole group rather than in just the apparently dysfunctional individuals.

A Culture for Democracy

Post Lunch, the participants graduated to a larger level of community interactions where interactions were inter-group and brought out issues of representation, leadership.

A game with 3 groups in a conflict situation that may reflect an actual crisis they will face at the institutional or organizational level. Participants discover the nuts and bolts of the ' culture of democracy', through their own behaviour in a situation demanding skills of representation, decision-making and negotiation and also the importance of dissent and minority views.

 

Over the three days a diverse range of reactions, emotions and behaviours were demonstrated, which helped us delve into the dynamics of a community and its psychology.

Learning and realization about oneself, from the first half of the day, was applied by the participants, and where it wasn't, an active observation was made as to the impact of an individual's personality in a group or a community.

 

The Value of Belonging

Over the three days a diverse range of reactions, emotions and behaviours were demonstrated, which helped us delve into the dynamics of a community and its psychology.

Learning and realization about oneself, from the first half of the day, was applied by the participants, and where it wasn't, an active observation was made as to the impact of an individual's personality in a group or a community.

 

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