The Capacity To Connect: How To Change People’s Lives

This is a story of social innovation at the Choctaw Nation–the third largest Native American tribe in the United States.

BY FAISAL HOQUE | October 30, 2013

If something sustains, it continues over a period of time. Living things grow. Sustainable growth for an organization requires leaders to act as a catalyst. What’s crucial, then, is to understand the nature of catalysis. When we recognize the constellation of relationships within an ecosystem, we can begin to understand their shared alignment. So seeing these relationships is one of the keys to catalysis.

I call this the capacity to connect to influence, shape, and lead. The Choctaw leadership aspired to transform its people’s lives. What they needed was to identify the path to get there by connecting with its people. Read the full article @FastCompany.

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