Key Insights

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  Design ecologies view organizations as fluid systems with interconnected relationships rather than rigid hierarchies.

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  Decentralizing power within organizations is crucial to enabling authentic care and collaboration.

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  Collective care goes beyond individual self-care, focusing on mutual care and interdependence within teams.

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  Care can flow bidirectionally in relationships, creating reciprocal and multi-pathway connections.

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  Drawing from indigenous and transformative justice practices helps reframe organizational care.

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  Adrian Marie Brown’s fractals of change principle shows how small-scale care practices can scale up to larger systems.

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  The network-of-care framework encourages mapping core and extended relationships, identifying emotional and practical care needs.

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  Practicing anti-urgency and boundary-setting at work fosters sustainable care and collaboration.

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  Care practices in corporate environments require intentional conversations and tools to shift power dynamics and build buy-in.

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  Integrating care with accountability and recognizing systemic inequities supports liberated, abundant relationships.

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