accountability - jahse symposium 2011

Crafting a New Accountability

Francis WadeFramework Consulting

An Inescapable, Unique Past

We Need to be Productive

Import “Mainstream”

Solutions?

We Need Our Own Solutions

1. Own Our Own History

2. Go Past Mere Understanding

3. Practice Response-able thinking

1. Own Our Own History

“Jamaica” Meant Work

Force

Our ancestors – the compliant

Fear

Accountability Became Blame, Guilt, Punishment

“Work” is seen as “Theirs”

Case: Black

America

Case govt job

Case: A Government Job

Today – Invisible Threads

Case 1 – Migrating Jamaicans

Case 2 – Churches and Communities

Vision Appeals Don’t Work as Well

Identity Appeal Focuses on Who You Are

“Gentlemen”

gentlemen

Give Up Understanding

Instead, Practice

Response-ability

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Expanding the Circle

What are you willing to be responsible for, that would be new for you?

I am willing to be responsible for ___________ for the very first time.

Practice: Keep asking that question

A New Accountability Takes Work

We Need Our Own Solutions

Continuous Practice is the Answer