Exchanges: How Do We Connect?
How do we connect, and how do we make decisions that fit amid competing forces?
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Today's Flow
How do we connect, and how do we make decisions that fit amid competing forces?
Name one exchange — a message, a meeting, a hallway chat — that shaped your day.
Around the room — one word or one sentence each.
How Do We Connect?
Exchange = any flow that generates change
Information, energy, resources, feedback
The system learns about itself
Content · Media · Frequency
Content — what flows
Media — how it flows
Frequency — how often
In Your Groups
Map the exchanges around a school issue by content, media, frequency.
Flag one that is missing, overloaded, or mistimed.
Redesign it; name the fit you're aiming for.
Share redesigns — check them against the competing forces they must satisfy.
Next Wise Action & Homework
Toolkit Chapter 5: Exchanges.
Post the exchange you will redesign in your AAE #2 and the fit you expect.
Complete AAE #2 (Now What? + action) via an exchange shift.
Before leaving: each person names one next wise action.
Our Simple Rules
Adapted from the HSD-Camino Toolkit (Patterson & Holladay) and HSD Institute learning materials. © Human Systems Dynamics Institute. Used with permission. hsdinstitute.org