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Cultivating a mindful relationship to consumption and resources
Beyond specific practices lies a deeper question about orientation—the team's fundamental relationship to consumption and resources. Create periodic opportunities to reflect on the team's relationship to resources: Examine assumptions: What assumptions about resource use operate in the team, often unexamined? Is growth always assumed to be… An ongoing team scaffold (reflection/dialogue), run quarterly, not as a one-off.
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
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice (Quarterly)
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): Create space for reflection on resource culture. Model mindful resource use in your own choices. Appreciate team members who demonstrate resource consciousness. Connect team practices to larger values and purposes.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25