We Not Me
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Episode 62 - Disaster relief, community engagement and being an asset not a liability
Show Notes
In times of crisis, community collaboration can be a powerful force for relief efforts.
Gaz Breen's coordinated efforts during the 2022 Burringbar floods demonstrated the importance of identifying our strengths and assets to contribute to a larger effort. Pia witnessed the recovery efforts that Gaz organised, and in their conversation, they discussed the significance of being an asset rather than a liability when facing difficult situations.
Takeaways from Dan and Pia
- In a disaster, every team member's contribution is essential. By recognising and utilising individual strengths, the team can work together more effectively to achieve their goals.
- It's essential to ruthlessly exclude anything that doesn't help, and prioritise effectively. By doing this, individual strengths can be recognised and utilised, allowing the team to work together more effectively towards.
- All team members have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to match their own skills to the wider needs of the team.
- If your higher intent is clear, what some might call disobedience, others would call innovation.
- Diverse teams need integration and synergy, not simply combining different people together.
Links
- ‘Next level destruction’: NSW residents detail the moments floods devastated their homes
- Arthur Schopenhauer quote
- Will it Make the Boat Go Faster? Olympic-Winning Strategies for Everyday Success, by Harriet Beveridge and Ben Hunt-Davis
- Leave us a voice note
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Meet the guests
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Gary is an Ex Australian Army Officer that specialised in military engineering and community liaison. 10 years ago, Gary transitioned out of the Army into the humanitarian sector as a Bomb Technician. He has since worked in a dozen plus countries working towards a landmine-free world. Gary's experience throughout the covid-era centred on employing the dark arts of house husbandry, largely cooking, cleaning and building a tiny house for his Wife working hard on the covid frontlines as a Doctor. He comes to us in his role organising the Village's operational response to the floods of early 2022.
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