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Maintaining perspective through difficulty
Difficult periods are inevitable. For teams working in awareness of climate and political crises, the broader context itself can be a source of ongoing difficulty. When facing difficulty, create space to acknowledge what is hard without catastrophizing. Name the challenges honestly. Allow people to express frustration, disappointment, discouragement, or grief—including… An ongoing team scaffold (dialogue/reflection), run during difficult periods, not as a one-off session.
Practical
- Time
- 30-60 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 (During difficult periods)
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
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
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): Model realistic hope—acknowledge difficulties while maintaining belief in the team's ability to navigate them. Create space for people to process difficult emotions. Help the team maintain perspective. Focus on possibilities.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25