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Ladder of Ownership!


Scene : Attending an Unproductive Meeting

You could display ownership in different ways to the same scenario: 

  • Judging: Telling yourself : "Meeting really sucks"
  • Gossiping : To a Colleague : "did you also think that the meeting really sucked? "
  • Shaming : To the Organizer : "Meeting was not effective " 
  • Explaining : To the Organizer : "Meeting was not effective, because ....  "
  • Collaborating : To Organizer : "How about sending email instead of meeting? "
  • Driving : Saying the meeting : "We all know about X . Lets discuss about Y"
  • Owning : You volunteer to help and organize the Future meetings