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How Does It Feel?
The Check List
It may take a few minutes to think through the previous
questions, although not all of them will be relevant to every
business issue. This circle question is much simpler “How does it feel?” If it doesn’t feel like anything then perhaps
sit in silence for while or go and do something else, while your
heart carries on working. Eventually, you will reach a resolved
emotional state about the question. These feelings are an
important guide to whether it really is a good idea, as we can often
fool ourselves with fine logical rationalisations, but the heart is also
an important source of information for good decision making.
This layer of our EDMT is a very quick check
If the feelings are struggling to come, try one the following
imaginative exercises:
Does it fulfil our vision of being committed to make a real
difference to the communities we serve?
Is it consistent with our promise to put purpose before
profit, and to give back to our members and local
communities in our Islands?
Is it congruent with our deepest values of cooperation,
openness, passion, empowerment, and recognition?
Does it feel warm, real, open and expressive?
Imagine explaining the decision to a parent or one of your
children
Consider how it would feel to read about the decision in
the papers
Think about what it would sound like to explain the
decision at a future job interview
Imagine someone else had made the decision what would
you think of them?
Clearly imagine both forks of the decision to do it or not to
do it – is there a stronger emotional attachment to one?
If you have a hero or role model, imagine how they would
make a decision on it?
So there we have it – one tool with several
layers to help every colleague make the
right decisions. We know we won’t always
get it right, but if we are all thinking
through the right questions and feeling
deeply about our responsibility for people,
planet, place and partners we know we’ll
be part of the solution.
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