We Can — Building Collective Agency

The Problem

"Many groups feel stuck: we've always done it this way, nobody listens to us, nothing will change. A group's belief that it can is learned, and it grows through small wins the group chooses for itself. Belief is only half of it, though: real barriers matter too, so a group works on its situation as well as its mindset."

What you'll achieve

Outcomes you can expect

Check, and grow, your group's shared belief that it can
Question a we-can't belief together, fairly
Picture your community at its best, and start absurdly small
Open one closed door, and share agency so it outlives the founder

The science behind it

What you'll learn

Seligman's three parts of agency (efficacy, optimism and imagination) and their we form
How to take a group's we-can't belief through five steps together
Why small, visible shared wins build a group's belief
The shadows of agency, and how to keep it wise

What's included

Everything you get

24 tools across 6 modules, 12 of them built for this course
A reader for every module, built from the tools and checked against them
An audio guide on every tool and a course audio guide
Private fillable workbooks for 23 tools, kept on your own device; the group check stays online because it works out your scores

Who it's for

The right fit

Designed for For team leaders and members, residence and society committees, class and school groups, faith and neighbourhood groups, families, and anyone whose group wants to change something.

Agency is the belief that what you do matters, and it has a we form: a group's shared belief that together it can change things. A companion to Martin Seligman's Agency, this course turns his exercises for agency into practice for a group you belong to: questioning a belief that nothing can change, imagining your community at its best, starting with small shared wins, opening the doors that are closed, and sharing agency so it lasts.

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Grow your group's shared belief that, together, it can change things

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