Continued learning and breaking silos

~Sandhiya, Durai

At C3STREAM land we have sessions of continued practice of Radical Transformational Leadership sessions every Thursday within our group as well as being open to people from outside. For this session, Sanjeev and Sri Bhavani were the resource people. We worked on what I stand and my socialized fear.

These sessions help us break our silo work in the groups and projects we work on and give us an opportunity to have deeper conversations with others.

Though we had done the exercise many times each time it gives us an opportunity to reflect and learn about ourselves. We thought of the qualities of a person we deeply admire. Based on that values we create a new narrative of introducing of ourselves to everyone. I noticed that a few people had changed their stand.

This week we also had few friends of Sanjay who had joined us from New York. They also engaged with us and explored what they care about and what limits their choices in life. They then visited STEM land and learned about what we do with children. We felt this was an appropriate way to introduce who we are and then what we do.

The processing of stands and fears was interesting. One of us reflected on how we have a fear of not meeting others and my own expectations and of needing to maintain an image in the mind of others. We had fears of not being good enough and of judgment of others.

This fear is default and then acts from the universal values the fear will automatically get down and the stand will move up.

Some reflections from the group:

1. When something changes I see that fear is my default. I see that sourcing my values I can transcend fear.
2. I noticed that my role model was a reflection of my universal value and what I wish to become.
3. I noticed that I rationalize my fear, but this just makes the fear drive my actions and takes me away from being in integrity.