Task Steps:

$1.$ Think about the different communities you belong to and what, if anything you think needs to change in a positive way.

$2.$ Decide on an action that you could take to make positive change in your community of choice.

$3.$ Using the framework below and the planning tools of your choice, brainstorm the issues you must consider.

$$ Cultural Intelligence Framework:

A$.$ Acquire Knowledge

$$ What information or knowledge do you have to acquire or consider about the current situation?

$$ Who else will benefit from the change? Will anyone be negatively affected? How?

$$ Pay attention to values and beliefs; behaviours and attitudes; interpretations and meaning of information within a specific context; symbols, gestures, facial expressions, body language, etc.

B$.$ Build Your Strategic Thinking

$$ What is common between the current culture$/$situation and the new culture$/$situation you are trying to create? What is different?

$$ How do you foresee things happening in the new culture$/$situation$?$ What is appropriate?

$$ How can your knowledge be used in multiple ways to affect change?

C$.$ Contemplate Your Motivation and Ability to Work with Others

$$ View the situation objectively.

$$ Why have you chosen this particular task?

$$ How would this change affect you? How will it affect others?

$$ How willing are you to actually take action on your ideas?

D$.$ Do: Adapt and Perform

$$ How could you put your ideas into action? What specific steps must be taken?

$$ How will you adapt your own behaviours based on this change?

$$ Be aware of how others see you and how you see them.

$$ Be aware of how you interpret the actions of others and how you respond.

$$ Leadership:

$$ What specific leadership skills will be needed to make the changes?

$$ What values will you be promoting with this change?

$$ What new norms will be established?

$$ Changemaking:

$$ How does your planned action fit with the principles of changemaking?

$$ Which of the key changemaking skills will be most needed to implement your project?

o Consider: creativity, critical thinking, courage, empathy, problem solving, teamwork

$4.$ Develop a step$-$by$-$step plan with specific goals and steps that would be needed to make the change you are considering.

$$ What specific steps need to be taken?

$$ How long will these steps take?

$$ Do you need help from others? Who?

$$ Do you need other resources? What?

$$ What problems do you anticipate encountering? How will you address these?