Keeping up with the team energy

The freedom in being your own free agent is thrilling.
The togetherness of a team is wonderful with a positive flow which direct what and where we are going next.

The steering group I am part of, Transition Leicester was bound to structure at some point in time. It depleted our energy. We were doing things because we had to do them rather than doing them because we wanted to. It affected the groups: some left, some did not feel they had the capacity to support others and favoured their own projects.

We had lost some degree of flexibility.

After an open discussion, sharing our feelings on the situation, we recognised that we needed something semi-structured, less formal, in flow with ourselves and what was happening around us.

We are still meeting once month but we have a formal meeting every three.
Other times, we treat our gatherings as social where other people, from outside the team, can join in to find out what we do, how they can contribute and how we can support them.

Interestingly, this format sparked opportunities for new ventures: social enterprise, events, festivals, connections with others voluntary groups. The team does not condition anymore the free agent inside of his members. When we get together it is only an opportunity to share our successes and find out how we can support each others.  It is all love