Dynamic Channels are those organizational and personal connectors that link intentions with results. They are also where most of the energy flows in a system. These channels are so ubiquitous as to be nearly invisible.
These dynamic channels are precisely where potential can get trapped and can get released. They can operate:
Dynamic channels have a starting point (an on-ramp) and an ending point (an off-ramp), as well as barriers and facilitators in between them that can serve as gates, serving to close down, release and/or redirect the flow of energy. For the change maker,
Here are three examples of dynamic channels:
Physical Channels: See Andrea and Barry Coleman, founders of Riders for Health.
Situational Channels: See Jill Vialet and Playworks.
Social Emotional Channels: See Carol Dweck and a Metaphor to Live By.
These dynamic channels are precisely where potential can get trapped and can get released. They can operate:
- within the minds and hearts of individuals;
- within group;
- within a school playground or in a school’s daily schedule or yearly calendar.
Dynamic channels have a starting point (an on-ramp) and an ending point (an off-ramp), as well as barriers and facilitators in between them that can serve as gates, serving to close down, release and/or redirect the flow of energy. For the change maker,
Here are three examples of dynamic channels:
Physical Channels: See Andrea and Barry Coleman, founders of Riders for Health.
Situational Channels: See Jill Vialet and Playworks.
Social Emotional Channels: See Carol Dweck and a Metaphor to Live By.