STRENGTHS-BASED DISRUPTION TO FOSTER THE HUMAN ELEMENT

DON’T SHIFT RESOURCES, SHIFT PARADIGMS.

Working through its unique first principled, human centered, and flourishing-focused framework, Flume’s division for idea(l) development and consulting, exists to foster paradigm shifts that work toward three unique yet intertwined ends:

Foster flourishing-focused vision and solutions

We should want to flourish. We should want all humans to flourish—individually and collectively. For an organization to flourish, then, it should have this in mind. Not just to help its team fulfill the low bar of completing job descriptions, but also tend to their motivations for doing so. And humans can only be motivated in so far as the work we complete is aimed toward a higher goal, including our goals to possess the good life in every area of our life. For organizations then, this means preventing turn-over cannot be the goal. That would merely be tending to weeds, not growing anything. Rather, organizations must be flourishing-focused. They ought provide the means (the training, empowerment, and upward mobility) for its team members to deepen their meaning and grow their potential toward higher goals. To not have this necessarily tempts leaders to actually stifle the potential of their team with the hopes they stay effective in that role alone. And no human desires to have their potential stifled. It is a mode of decay and purposelessness that robs us of our deepest motivations. So, even if it means we run the risk of seeing our team members flourish their way out of our team, then so be it, because it would be a truly signifier of a healthy organization, not a sick one. Ironically though, it also makes for such meaningful places to work, that its actually harder to walk away from. And this is what Flume exists to offer.

Cultivate a culture of clarity

Culture is felt in, through, before, after, and above all. Stretching from the leadership to the team, throughout the entire supply chain and unto to the clients or customers, it is not secondary, it is primary and total. And there is no escaping it. Every entity has a culture. Meaning, the question for any organization or company is not if it will have a culture, but rather, what type of culture it will have? Facing this reality, therefore, organizations have two options: have dominion over its culture and intentionally cultivate one of humanity and excellence, or ignore it and allow a culture of confusion, discontentment, and disunity to breed in its place. Flume exists to help entities cultivate the former.

Foster the human element and the unity of human diversity

The human element is of greater importance than it’s ever been. In a world of social media, bots, and AI, basic things like healthy communication, clients feeling seen, heard, and appreciated, and employees having clarity around things like politics and diversity, seem virtually impossible to foster. And it all starts with the human person. After all, before we are clients, customers, or employees, what are we? Human. So, what is a human? What are you? What are we? This is so basic of a question we fail to even ask it. But that is why we are struggling. We do not know what we are. But what if we did? What if we fostered subcultures where our common humanity is our common ground?

Moreover, when it comes to the many challenges that come with “diversity” in today’s world, what if we could foster our vast diversity and unique gifts in like-mindedness toward a common goal? And rather than the awkward and tension-filled ways that are so common today, what if we could do so in a way that fosters common ground, common grace, human flourishing, and an genuine appreciation for our differences? In sum, this is the human element and the unity of human diversity that our world is desperate to experience and feel, and it is what Flume exists to help foster.

Strength-based disruption

Getting rid of a problem is only as good as what they are replaced with. One can pull weeds all day and never plant or cultivate a flourishing garden. One can strive to alleviate the symptoms of a virus but never address their deeper causes. Of even greater value, we see that good can and should always come through the challenges we face. To miss this is to miss out on such things as insight, cultural enrichment, greater visionary like-mindedness, deepened meaning, the growth of human capital, and the vast improvement of things like customer service, workplace engagement, and employee satisfaction. And that is where Flume’s division for idea(L) development and consulting comes in. Name whatever the challenge you are facing and we can help you trace a path toward resolution all the while foster a culture of felt humanity and excellence in its place.

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