My ULab Prototype II: The "Greek Hope & Pain" Project

THE GREEK CRISIS PROBLEM (or how all various stakeholders are collectively producing something that nobody wants)

Explore the different views and approaches of the current situation in Greece and the kind of conflicts arisen with the European authorities, countries and nations, the conflicts and controversies into the country itself and how the different stakeholders deal with all these. Goal of the project is to come up with a proposal for action to support the process of Greece's transition to a better future; to become a better place to work, live and enjoy. 

A PROPOSAL FOR A WORKING FRAME 

Project goal is to create awareness to the different actors inside and outside Greece in order to support change by getting connected to the "now". The operation field for deploying our assumptions would be the 4 sources of distraction from being present in the “Here & Now”, which are: Past, Future, Them, Me.

PAST: History of Greece and EU interaction. What Germans and other Europeans think about Greeks and vice versa. What do they explicitly say? Replaying conflicts and politics. Connection to the present by questioning---->What have we learned all these years?

FUTURE: Worry for what is coming, fear of the unexpected that it may be perceived to be equally torturing and devastating for the Greek people like the recent past. Connection to the present----> Sensing the unknown, which will emerge in the future in a fearless way by being connected to the present

THEM: Exploring and working with the projections coming from all parties and the potential denial of accountability. Exploring the deflection due to stereotypes. Acknowledge the existing polarities and support finding the middle ground for effective negotiations and harmonic co-existence. Connection to the present---->Support the process of deep and empathetic listening before acting

ME(the Greeks): Work with the national patterns (e.g. The Narcissistic ego, The Family cast profit, risk of radical disappointment to apathy, societal fatigue, etc.) The perception that I am able to change the world by myself, or that I am able to "keep my cast kingdom" no matter the consequences. Connection to the present---->Shift the bonding with ourselves to the engagement with the environment (natural, social, etc) including ourselves. Experience the approach to mindfulness, being aware and paying attention to our attention.

SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES/CONCEPTS TO EXPLORE: Social Presencing Theater - Coercive persuasion - "Start small" - "Start at the periphery" - U.Lab Scotland

INVITATION: If you like to participate in this project, please get in contact with me. Initially, it only requires some of your time for virtual hangouts where you bring in your thoughts and ideas. My idea is to start our group working process with the questions that we are trying to ask and match them with the Theory U journey:

      1.    What are our current perceptions of the situation? (co-initiating)

      2.    What are our fantasies about possible futures? (co-sencing)

      3.    Which of these possible futures we desire and which we don’t? (co-presencing)

      4.    What actions could we take for the different futures to support emerging or not? (co-creating & co-evolving)