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Interests indicate where our attention is attracted. Such attractions show up when something seems to meet a need. Only you know your interests and can answer the question, What’s the attraction with ARINA? To help you consider it, here are some different angles that might be useful to discover areas in which ARINA can contribute to the effectiveness of your strategies and programs, for any types of organizations.

• If you want to address these general types of complex issues, ARINA’s applications of its integral paradigm will inform how you understand them, work on them, and engage others to do likewise.

• If yours is a philanthropic or international development body of any kind, in addition to this page, please also consider more here ...

• Here is a sampling of short scenarios to give you some concrete ideas about the variety of ways ARINA might further your new or existing efforts. Imagine . . .

Some General Types of Complex Issues

Why is it so hard to "make change happen"?

Why doesn't anything seem to "work"?

Why don't some of the most promising things we try, not really work as intended?

Why are people so resistant to change, and how can we change that in a healthy way?

What is the real nature of the obstacles we face?

Why do issues always descend into pitted debates with no good solutions?

Is "wheeling & dealing" really the only way to get things done? (And if so, why doesn't it work, either?)

Why don't people get involved?

How can we make this more democratic, really?

Why can't "they" see another point of view?

Why do we fear those who are different from us?

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Imagine...

If organizational change seems to be a pressing need, imagine…

You have a hunch, maybe even a belief, that real change can start in small ways. The organization you work in could benefit from healthier ways of communicating and trying to accomplish its mission. You have attended workshops and read books on organizational change, and learned some useful ideas. Yet, you still don’t know how a real person in a real organization could implement some of those ideas, when so many other people are involved, too. It seems there is a missing piece to this puzzle.

Ø      You read about how different ARINA’s integral paradigm is supposed to be, and wonder if it’s really anything new. And you wonder why it doesn’t seem to focus on just one area, like organizations, instead of talking about complex issues and situations. Then you start to reflect on how similar all complex situations are – every situation you think about seems to have a similar starting point: understanding what the nature of the problem is, and knowing how to tackle it. ARINA’s emphasis on how to approach complex situations seems attractive, and it is what you don’t hear other change-oriented efforts address. Maybe it’s time to find out how to think about and approach change efforts.

If programs you plan or fund just don't make the impacts you need to see,  imagine…

The vision, policy, or mandate was in place, it seemed like the right people had the right talents to execute it, the budget was approved...and now, where are the results? Why do programs that sound so good on paper, have such poor track records?

You sponsor an introductory Paradigmatic Integration ^tm workshop for all your program departments' personnel. After those several days, all of you know you will be approaching new endeavors in a more far-sighted, thorough way. Now the missing pieces are falling into place. You take advantage of the follow-up training so your new ways of thinking can show up in new capacities and practical processes that will transform the impacts of your mission.

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Types of Organizations

Associations

Chambers of Commerce

Civic renewal organizations

Community development corporations

Community leadership organizations

Consulting organizations

Educational institutions

Governments

International agencies

Leadership programs

NGOs

Non-profit organizations

Philanthropic institutions

Public agencies

Public services organizations

Social change organizations

Social investing philanthropists

Social service agencies

Unions

Volunteer organizations

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