Mark Smutny is a non profit consultant, professional facilitator, author, coach, and Founder of Civic Reinventions. His central mission is to help nonprofits thrive in an increasingly diverse world.
He is the author of Thrive: The Facilitator’s Guide to Radically Inclusive Meetings, 2nd ed. It is a resource packed with powerful principles and practices to help organizations embrace all voices and embody diversity’s promise of better thinking, better results, and greater organizational health.
When Mark is not working, he is spending time with his soul mate, The Reverend Dr. Barbara Anderson.
In this episode we discussed:
- Mark shared how he found his wife and life's work in a meeting
- the difference energy and excitement make during meetings
- the importance of bringing your best gifts to work
- bringing out the best in others
- how to know what motivates you to do your work (hint: 9 whys)
- we lead the best when it comes from the deepest values inside of us
Connect with Mark:
https://civicreinventions.com
Email: mark.smutny@civicreinventions.com
Here's the link to the 9 Whys exercise Mark mentioned in the episode. It's a means for helping individuals and groups to clarify their deepest purpose.
It comes from an awesome website and body of knowledge about inclusive, engaging, and innovative meetings called "Liberating Structures." Liberating Structures - 3. Nine Whys.
https://www.liberatingstructures.com/3-nine-whys/
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