Can restorative systems be used in more traditional organizations?

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So this next question is, can restorative systems be used in more traditional organizations. And the answer is yes. Actually it's possible to have the legal protections and other protections that are required in most corporations, nonprofits, activist groups, even intentional communities, and to find ways of addressing conflict performance and safety, amongst other issues, that are the concern of organizations. This is a conversation that I'm having with a lot of clients, the pandemic has meant that many organizations have had to find different ways of working and being together as a team. And it has stretched and challenged organizations, and people within those organizations to meet with these emergent needs. So, we're in a time when the usual rules do not apply.

People have different needs for attending to their Mental Health and Family Care for instance, during the pandemic. So now might be a time to consider exploring more people centered systems for decision making and conflict - such as restorative systems. Restorative systems help to generate space for discovering the source of conflicts; they create space for gathering information that can be shared to move issues from being seen as a problem that might exist between people, to actually being moved to the level of a dilemma that can be explored and resolved with those same people, and others - and actually expands to a greater understanding that the systems that exists in an organization. So, the great news is, is that restorative systems can be really helpful during this time, and they actually help to bring a sense of care, and also discovery, as organizations move towards finding solutions that are appropriate for the times that we're living in now.