exercise · all tools
Making Courageous Decisions
Depth · what it can open●●●○3 — emotional
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional
Participants practice recognizing fear in the moment of decision and acting on values anyway — informed by Theory U's letting-go and letting-come: releasing the safe option, allowing the value-aligned one. Real dilemmas, named fears, committed next moves.
Hold with care
- Naming what one fears in front of colleagues is itself the courageous act — protect the first speakers
Practical
- Time
- 60-90 min
- Group
- 4–12 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- Paper, pens, sticky notes
- Mechanisms
- emotional-processing, values-clarification, behavioral-rehearsal
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Origin & where it lives
Hubertie Kroon, Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA), Theory U-informed; team adaptation by Thomas Jordan — Courage practice / Theory U
Instructions: open online
In this directory via Transition Makers Toolbox · Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
Related: the small stand (pairs-with)
status: checked · added 2026-08-25