Synergy

Tolerate diversity

Believing everyone has the right to be different

Synergy is...

Celebrating differences teamwork open mindedness finding new ways

Getting to action plan

Define the problem Their way- understand others My way- seek to be understood Brainstorm- create new ideas High way-best solution

Examples of synergy are...

Group projects trees growing in clumps and intermingling roots musicians working together to make a song

The Three roadblocks

Ignorance, Cliques, and prejudice

Diversity

differences in identifying features among the members of a purposefully defined group

Shunning diversity

making fun or hating diversity

Minority of one

the only person in a group who has a particular opinion or idea.

Celebrate diversity

value differences and see them as an advantage

Synergy is not...

Tolerating differences working independently thinking your right compromising