Systems of Social Connection
Knowledge Building: Social connection (or connectedness) is an essential human need. It’s defined as a state of feeling close to another person or other people. It’s the extent to which one has meaningful, close, and constructive relationships. Lack of social connection poses a significant risk for health, longevity, and overall performance.
Relationship Building
Knowledge Building: A relationship is the way two or more people are connected, or the way they behave toward each other. – Source: Cambridge Dictionary
Meaningful Relationships
Knowledge Building: Synonyms for meaningful: significant, relevant, important, worthwhile, purposeful, transformative
Team Etiquette
Knowledge Building: Etiquette is a set of customs, norms, or rules that helps employees engage in civil, polite, and productive behaviors within the team or business.
Trust & Reliability
Knowledge Building: Trust is a firm belief or confidence in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone.
Interacting with Empathy
Knowledge Building: Empathy is often defined as understanding another person’s experience by imagining yourself in that other person’s situation.
Collaboration & Networking
Knowledge Building: Collaboration is defined as working with someone to produce or create something. Networking is defined as the action or process of interacting with others to exchange information and develop professional or meaningful social contacts. – adapted from Oxford Languages
Sacrifice
Knowledge Building: Sacrifice is the act of giving up something valuable, such as time, energy, or personal desires, for the benefit of achieving a greater goal or supporting others.