tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79968055458268622042011-04-21T15:30:15.213-07:00Janette Watt, WChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03475373451131218794noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996805545826862204.post-8990857071992677672007-03-28T17:26:00.000-07:002007-03-28T17:42:25.438-07:00<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><b><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">I am going to begin by stating the obvious.</span> </span></b>We are a world divided. Divided has come to be equated with diversity.<span style=""> </span>Divided is not good. Diversity is.</span> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">How are we divided?<span style=""> </span>Often the divides are framed as dualities – rich-poor, black-white, brown-black,<span style=""> </span>yellow-brown, red-white, female-male, young-old, gay-straight, urban-rural, labour-management, right wing-left wing, north-south, east-west. The list is limitless.<span style=""> </span>These are also the labels of diversity.</span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Divided often leads to loss.<span style=""> </span>Diversity has incredible potential for gains.</span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Where there is diversity there is often conflict.<span style=""> </span>Conflict because of opposing interests, emotions, and activities.<span style=""> </span>The conflict can separate us so that we create divides and maintain divides from each other. When we are divided from “the other” we lose opportunities.<span style=""> </span>What lost opportunities? The list is limitless.</span></p> <span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" > What we need instead of division is symbiosis. Our definition of symbiosis comes from the study of healthy relationships in nature. Symbiotic relationships are defined as happening between one or more entities and is mutually beneficial for all the participants. Inherent in this definition is heterogeneity -- diversity. The participants benefit from each others’ differences. Where there is symbiosis there is diversity, where there is diversity there is range and variety, and where there is range and variety there are limitless possibilities. </span> <p class="bodytext" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Conflict arising out of diversity can divide us, or we can use it as a catalyst for opportunities that result in gain.<span style=""> </span>What opportunities for gain?<span style=""> </span>The list is limitless.</span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Knowing this, how do we minimize loss and maximize gain – in our businesses, our communities and our personal lives? How do we generate limitless possibilities?</b></span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The answer is: You identify opportunities for symbiotic relationships, you build these partnerships, and then you go onto manage them so that they are sustained.</span></p> <span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ></span> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>How?</b></span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">That’s where <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/www.wattcommunications.com"><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="http://www.wattcommunications.com"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Watt Communications ©</span></a> </b></a>comes in.<span style=""> We work with you to identify opportunities where there is division, and then we help you to build, manage and sustain partnerships that create</span> value. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">We help you to generate limitless possibilities!</span><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7996805545826862204-899085707199267767?l=wattcommunications.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Janette Watt, WChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03475373451131218794noreply@blogger.com0