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Articulating and co-developing shared purpose
Mobilization requires compelling purpose that others can connect to. Purpose becomes even more powerful when co-developed. Develop clear articulation of the team's purpose: what you are trying to accomplish, why it matters, and what difference it will make. This should be concrete enough to guide action and compelling enough to… An ongoing team scaffold (purpose development), run for collaborations, not as a one-off session.
Practical
- Time
- 5-90 min
- Group
- 3–20 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
- Mechanisms
- life-embedding, dialogic-encounter, values-clarification
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice (For collaborations)
Instructions
- Where
- idg.thomasjordan.se/idg-team-scaffolds-webapp.html — Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
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Origin
Thomas Jordan & Claude [AI] (IDG for Teams handbook — team scaffold) — IDG practice (idg.thomasjordan.se)
In this directory via Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
Team leader role (Jordan): Lead development of clear purpose articulation. Model communication of purpose in your own interactions. Where sustained collaboration is important, initiate processes for co-developing shared purpose with key partners.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25