Gracious Space Gracious Space Creating A Safe Place for Authentic Creating A Safe Place for Authentic Dialogue Dialogue Amidst Diversity Amidst Diversity 1 Rita K. Adeniran, DrNP, RN, CMAC, Rita K. Adeniran, DrNP, RN, CMAC, NEA, BC NEA, BC Director, Diversity and Inclusion Director, Diversity and Inclusion University of Pennsylvania Health University of Pennsylvania Health System System Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse PA Action Coalition Nursing PA Action Coalition Nursing Diversity council Diversity council
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Gracious SpaceGracious SpaceCreating A Safe Place for Authentic DialogueCreating A Safe Place for Authentic Dialogue
Amidst Diversity Amidst Diversity
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Rita K. Adeniran, DrNP, RN, CMAC, NEA, BCRita K. Adeniran, DrNP, RN, CMAC, NEA, BCDirector, Diversity and InclusionDirector, Diversity and Inclusion
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemUniversity of Pennsylvania Health SystemRobert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse FellowRobert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow
PA Action Coalition Nursing PA Action Coalition Nursing
Diversity councilDiversity council
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ObjectivesObjectives
Discuss “gracious space” and “confident humility” as effective tools for creating a safe place for authentic dialogue
Describe the principles of gracious space and confident humility as enablers of excellence amidst diversity
Creating a Safe Place Creating a Safe Place ……
The principles of gracious space can help us create an environment where we trust enough to be vulnerable, have the courage to engage in authentic and respectful dialogue and utilize a sense of confident humility to further interpersonal and group understanding
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(Hughes, 2004; Center For Creative Leadership, 2013)
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A spirit and a setting where we ‘invite the stranger’
and we ‘embrace learning in public’.
To invite the stranger means we need diverse perspectives to see the whole picture and gain clarity on the subject
Learning in public means we will “truly listen to a new thought or a conflicting idea and are open to changing our minds.”
(Hughes, 2004)
What is Gracious Space What is Gracious Space (GS)?(GS)?
Why Gracious Space Why Gracious Space (GS)?(GS)?
Contemporary organizations are fast and complex
Need for efficiency has justified and almost eradicated relationships among individuals and groups
Presence of incessant escalation of violence in the political and entertainment media
Existence of polarizing forces that dictate who is included and excluded
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Let’s embrace Gracious Space- a willingness to infuse some gentleness into the rising cruelty of our world
GS principles empower individual to:GS principles empower individual to:
Give opinions without fear of criticism
Have respect for difference in spite of disagreements or conflicts
Hold off judging based on different perspectives or culture
Step back and reflect on assumptions, especially in conflicting situations
Be curious, willing to learn and be influenced
Slow down and truly listen.
GS is useful when there is a GS is useful when there is a need to:need to:
Bring openness and creativity to work
Make decisions with-out all the information
Resolve conflicts, difficult issues and divergent
viewpoints
Utilize more data than can be truly processed to make
decisions
Work with diverse groups towards a common goal
Vulnerable
Voice disagreement
Curious
Compassionate
Inclusive
Confronted by unprecedented change in our country’s healthcare, the need for graciousness could not be clearer or louder. Healthcare providers, staff, organizations and society must respond to the diverse viewpoints and/or polarity with graciousness
(Rita K. Adeniran)
The gracious space environment makes it The gracious space environment makes it possible for people to possible for people to trust trust enough to enough to be:be:
Confident Humility Confident Humility
Confident Humility facilitates learning and “effective interaction ”
Confident Humility is the self-awareness that we all have wisdom and other assets to contribute and always have more to learn from each other regardless of our differences