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Connecting to larger purpose and movement
Hope is sustained by connection to something larger than immediate circumstances. Regularly connect the team's work to larger context: • How does what the team does contribute to broader organizational goals? • How does the work connect to larger movements addressing climate,… An ongoing team scaffold (dialogue/reflection), run periodic (monthly/quarterly), not as a one-off session.
Practical
- Time
- 30-45 min
- Group
- 3–20 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
- Mechanisms
- life-embedding, cognitive-reframing, dialogic-encounter
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice (Periodic (monthly/quarterly))
Origin & where it lives
Thomas Jordan & Claude [AI] (IDG for Teams handbook — team scaffold) — IDG practice (idg.thomasjordan.se)
Instructions: open online
In this directory via Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
Team leader role (Jordan): Regularly articulate how the team's work connects to larger purpose and movement. Share stories of progress from the broader field. Create opportunities to connect with others doing related work. Draw on historical examples.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25