In our time, we have even gone so far as to begin to see openness, listening, thinking, learning, and compromising as undesirable in any context in professional life or civic life at a local or national level. In turn, we have, of course, given away the notion of co-creation – of crafting a path that is a more promising version of “right”, because it works to combine the understandings of both self and other(s). Together we can go beyond Plan A and Plan B and co-create “Plan C” – a set of ideas and options and paths forward that did not exist before, as an option for either our self and other(s) until we created it together – saw the emerging possibilities for the first time together.

Together, we can move forward with a better shot at getting “right” right as we create positive and supportive communities, organizations, institutions, and policies at close to home and at the national and global levels – not forgetting, however, the how hard it is to get “right” right so if we encounter yet others who bring forward a Plan D or Plan E, we can continue to listen, learn, and understand – co-create a yet richer way forward.

As we enter 2015, we in the Tseng College hope to expand our ability to remain present in each day and to individually and collectively work hard on getting “right” right – listening, reflecting, seeking, and understanding in a way that allows us to do our best for those we and our colleagues at CSUN serve. We know “perfect” isn’t an option, but we also know that not trying isn’t either. So we will also look to co-create as many “Plan C’s” (and beyond) as we can to open the way to find new paths forward and expand our sense of the possible. As always, we invite you to join us.

 

Joyce

and all at the Tseng College