Garden of Relationships
What is Garden of Relationships about ?
Relationships are life. Every person builds up a social network in the course of their life. It is fed by family, friends and professional contacts. In times of crisis, we notice in particular whether this social network is actually sustainable and nourishing or not.
You can imagine your relationships as different types of plants in a garden. Just as you would regularly water, weed and care for them, you can go through your relationship garden every now and then in the same way.
In a professional context the Garden of Relationships can be used as a subjective and qualitative snapshot which reveals important issues of stakeholder relationships. Subsequent to that, it is possible to prioritise these issues and to focus on solutions.
Audience
Is participant experience relevant for Garden of Relationships ?
Audience description for Garden of Relationships
Besides people in business or consulting, the Garden of Relationships is for people who are willing to take responsibility for their life circumstances and reflect on their relationship network. In doing so, they should give themself the freedom to make decisions about the relationships they want to invest more in, and where they want to hold back in the future or even withdraw.
Requirements
Not specifically
Run Through
Harvest
A debrief in the form of a sharing round (what did I experience? what are my insights?) after the exercise is helpful. Either in the whole group or in subgroups.
Online
Yes, it is suited for online settings, since it is an individual analysis. The sharing can be done in smaller groups.
Material for
Template for the mapping.
Impact
project
