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.