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Richard Knowles of Richard Knowles Associates 
facilitated a session for the StS core group on 23 May 2021.
The question we focused on was: How do we best recruit, train, reward and retain great mentors?
# Identity
See the Systems Kerry Turner John Vodonick Claudius van Wyk Melanie Harwood Marc Pierson Bruce McNaughton Jennifer Driscoll David Beaty (Observer) Partner with Melanie & John
# Intention
Mentors are a key part of the future The mentoring process will enable adaptive learning Mentors are ambassadors and models Teachers and mentors are not mutually exclusive Mentors are facilitators and helpers Mentor is a partner in the co-creation of knowledge We are creating real change Teams interact with each other
# Issues & Ambiguities
Understanding the mentor Underlying power structures Safe-guarding against predators Career security, ethics and safe guarding Remuneration Time Matching Mentors and students Physical & psychological safety of students & mentors
# Relationship
Partners, Respectful Trust Responsive & interdependent
# Principles and Standards
Listen for understanding Fall in” love” with each other Honoring the process Namaste Patience with each other. Owning the decisions I make…fail better Tell the truth as best we can Open flow of information Always put the students first Be co-creative
# Work
Expand and run the annual Global competition and trial Reach out to organizations who can help with mentoring Develop ways to keep track of things. Develop metrics Three-Phased process Take a year to map the system Prototype the system What is in it for the students
# Information
YouTube Series Fedwiki Music & art
# Learning and Potential
Discovering meaning My being is embodied Empowering; building agency Organizing for emergence Enable emergence Change the world
# Structure and Context
Context Multiple frameworks Capacity to engage with complex systems Nature of the existing systems-some open & some closed
Structure Focus on personal systems first Partner with Melanie, John & other organizations Kerry leads StS