Engaging in Community

A guiding value at Storywalkers Consulting is to bring people together in community. There are many ways to bring a group of people into a brave space with shared agreements and clear purpose. This value is present throughout the delivery of all of our services.

Two particularly transformative approaches utilized by Storywalkers to meet in community are:

• Communities of Practice – A group of individuals who share a common focus or purpose to their work and who commit to learn together and design solutions together. COPs often explore topics that are complicated, sensitive, challenging or even controversial.
• Council – A practice of meeting in circle, with a focus on open, heartfelt expression and attentive, empathic listening. Council is for individual growth and shared learning. It can be complementary to more conventional organizational development strategies but is most frequently utilized for the purpose of fostering community.