‘Beyond Black Summer’ is a session that will help you and your team navigate the terrain on the recovery side of disaster -- scroll down to discover how you can access this session now!
A question undoubtedly on the lips of many Australians as the Black Summer bushfires blaze across the country for seven months in 2019/20.
Two weeks after the last burn is under control, the world's attention quickly shifts to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the same question echoes across the globe.
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Bushfire recovery provides us with a lens on how we can process disaster, and then seek to flourish in our own recovery.
For most of us a bushfire disaster is far more tangible than the disaster of pandemic, but there’s little doubt that that’s what we’d call it — a disaster.
A large scale disaster can have a deep impact on leaders — leaving us feeling disoriented and languishing. Whether you’re leading a family, school group, church, not-for-profit, or business — you’re processing a set of questions you’ve never had to face before.
Intuition might help in the first response to disaster, but ‘fight or flight’ will only get you so far.
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‘Beyond Black Summer’ is a session that will help you and your team navigate the terrain on the recovery side of disaster.
This session takes the phases & principles of disaster recovery and invites you to apply them to your leadership context. You and your team are given language, frameworks and a simple strategic plan process to guide you into your new season.
Part spiritual reflection, and part strategic planning, Beyond Black Summer invites you to create a safe environment for your people to emerge from their state of emergency.
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You can access this session one of two ways:
Personal presentation -- email us now to arrange a 1 hour in-person or video conference presentation, on a 'pay what you like' basis.
Self-led online course -- for $49 you will have access to the session content through 7 short videos and the corresponding charts for personal reflection.
The session outline is as follows:
INTRODUCTION -- introducing the metaphor, and providing your reflection charts for download.
PICTURE A BUSHFIRE -- considering the strengths and limitations of the metaphor.
PHASES OF RECOVERY -- introducing the phases of bushfire recovery, and considering how they correspond with your experience.
MOVEMENT TO RECOVERY -- considering the contrast between bushfire and your experience of pandemic.
RECOVERY DOMAINS -- considering how you might prioritise energy and resource distribution in a recovery process.
RECOVERY PRINCIPLES -- considering the environment you can foster for meaningful recovery.
BUILD BACK BETTER -- considering how you build resilience and sustainability into your new season.
Sample the content here through our introduction video: