The organizational triangle can be used in many ways and for many different scopes. Here it is proposed as a tool to check the status of the project at a […]
Conflicts, problems and tensions form a natural part of the life of a group project and we only have a few social tools to manage them in a positive way. […]
Throughout the Global Ecovillage Network, many people use Dragon Dreaming. At every annual GEN gathering, Dragon Dreaming workshops will be held. It is a widely used and cherished tool and […]
Process Work and Deep Democracy are terms often used or heard in ecovillage environments. Therefore, these schools of thought and practice have been included as sources in CLIPS, to better […]
A group needs practices for sharing.This is one that is widely used within the ecovillage movement and therefore a recommendation for each community group to experiment with – and find […]
Any group needs to set its boundaries in a transparent manner for members, both new and old, to be able to navigate more smoothly within the community. What is needed […]
Some groups establish car-sharing schemes, thus using common cars more effectively: having on average more passengers per ride, distributing ownership and maintenance costs, reducing the number of cars on the […]
Consent is an agile , efficient decision-making method. It brings a different way of relating to the proposals which are in the center to be decided upon, highlighting the importance […]
Before starting with their tasks team members meet in a circle and spenda few moments in silence, listening within, noticing how they are, connecting to the larger purpose of theirwork […]
Sharing an innovative toilet culture is a great opportunity for community building. The group needs to find answers to many questions: Who will create the system? Where to place it? […]
A common feature in many groups (e.g. the ecovillage and cohousing movement, community gardens, transition groups) is the practice of dining together. This ranges from sharing every meal to having […]
The collaborative flower or tree is a method for attentive and precise listening. The person learns to differentiate from where s-he communicates: from facts? From thoughts and beliefs? From his/her […]
This is a very complete method that allows the integration of various group processes into each person. For this reason, it can be adapted to different situations, and generate variants, […]
The main goal of this method is to use the Mat to learn about the clips model and to put it at the service of a group project. The Mat […]
Many of the challenges that a group project entails for each person are expressed in the individual layer. This method proposes a way for a positive understanding of these challenges, […]
Tensions can be seen as a piece of emergent information at a given time. A group project will go through situations with tension as part of a changing, growing, and […]
The term ‘Collegial Coaching’ is widely used in social enterprises to target issues of importance to one person for which this person seeks advice from their peers. The method has […]
A method to create working groups, know each other better, create synergy and evaluate the real strength of a group in the present time. A visual representation of human resources […]
Sociometry is often used in decision-making to get a clear picture of the current situation of the individuals within the community. It can support the decision-making process and is thus […]
This method aims at supporting groups to develop a meta-perspective about their group from a CLIPS perspective. A typical example of the use of this method is the first day […]