SFP 92 – Episode 92: Covid-19: Stories of Hope with Kenneth Kwan, Elfie Czerny and Dominik Godat
Simply Focus Podcast – Episode #92Hosted by: Elfie Czerny & Dominik Godat | Intro: Bibiana Czerny & Ken Brooks | Music: www.bensound.com
SFP 92 - Episode 92: Covid-19: Stories of Hope with Kenneth Kwan, Elfie Czerny and Dominik Godat
“The good thing is the conversation started focusing on ‘Ok, what’s next? And what would we like to see be different in the way we handle the situation moving forward?‘”
“The thing, I think a lot of leaders should do (…) to just share the human stories behind. (…) People need to see how is this applied to their situation. (…) And we want them to know that there is hope.”
“It’s a part of a possible big change, just started with this little spark that can become a huge flame.”
“We will not talk about that this is not serious. And we can talk about ‘What would you like to see in this situation that we are right now?’, ‘What do we want in this moment?’, ‘How would we notice?’ and ‘What differences would that make?’ and then find out what could be good next ideas, good next steps, or also signs of progress.”
“If we are able to refocus, then I think we made a big step. And if our actions are not guided by fear, but guided by love, we will make a difference.”
“If we start to ask ourselves ‘What tiny little thing can we do right now in order to contribute to our preferred future or a better future or to handle the situation better?’ then we start to be able to act and we see that we can make a difference.”
Show Notes
In today’s episode, we talk with Kenneth Kwan, Solution-Focused Conference Speaker, Author, and High Performance Strategist, about
- how Solution Focus was useful when people started being affected by Covid-19 at the “Grace Assembly of God” church in Singapore,
- how they dealt with the sorrows and fears of people,
- how they started a dialogue of hope and optimism with their church members,
- how they talked about their best hopes at the board level,
- what we can learn from the experience they made in Singapore,
- the importance of sharing stories of hope, love and elements that work,
- asking and co-creating with people and how people step up to help and support,
- the good news or how life is slowly coming back on the streets after 5 weeks of staying at home,
- what small and medium sized enterprises could do during these difficult times,
- a small next step that leaders could do, a small next step that facilitators and coaches could do, and a small step that everyone could do,
- the silver lining – the good things that are happening during this crisis.
Resources
- Learn more about Kenneth on his website >>> and check out his book Small Steps To Big Changes: Create the change you want now.
- Connect with Kenneth on LinkedIn and Facebook and follow his Facebook business page.
- Check out Kenneth’s articles:
- Read our blog article COVID-19: What can we do? 3 steps to master this and other crises effectively!
- Biba Rebolj together with other solution-focused colleagues put together a video at the Solution Focused trainers conference in Frankfurt which you can find here >>>.
- You might also enjoy the video Encouragement for the times of Corona virus from Ira Mollay where she invites us to look at the current situation from the future and also staying curious about what we can learn from this situation in order to address other situations (e.g. the climate challenge) better in the future.
- Join our Online-Gathering Room for Confidence >>>
- You speak German?
- Read our blog article COVID-19: Was können wir tun? Mit diesen 3 Schritten meistern wir diese und andere Krisen effektiv!
- We highly recommend to invest 10 minutes to listen to Ira Mollay encouraging us and sharing useful and valuable perspectives and questions in her video here >>>.
- Julia Kalenberg shares in her blog article “Dank Lösungsfokus handlungsfähig bleiben – auch in Corona Virus Zeiten” an intervention about the preferred future.
- Join our Online-Treffen Raum für Zuversicht >>>
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Friendpower is stronger than willpower. So, let’s inspire each other! Share your ideas and thoughts on what inspired you about our conversation with Kenneth and what differences this makes for you in your everyday life. Share as much detail as possible. Your story might be the one making a vital difference for someone else. Your thoughts and ideas matter and might encourage others to keep on going their SF journey. Share this podcast episode with your friends, clients or colleagues who you think might be inspired by this conversation. It could give them some practical ideas on how to apply Solution Focus in their daily life.Thank you!
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Liebe Elfie, lieber Dominik,
ich hatte letztes Jahr in Budapest die Gelegenheit an eurem Workshop teilzunehmen und schätze eure positive, unaufgeregte und praktische Art.
Zusammen mit Theres Steiner habe ich über die letzten 10 Jahre SFA bei unseren Partnerorganisationen eingeführt. Wir befürchten, dass sich das COVID-19 in Afrika und Lateinamerika bei den schwachen Gesundheitssystemen verheerend auswirkt.. Ich habe mir erlaubt, euren Podcast an unsere Partner weiter zu verteilen!
Danke euch für die Hoffnungsfunken!
Liebe Irene,
vielen herzlichen Dank für deine Nachricht und wertschätzenden Worte. Wir sind sehr froh, wenn dieses Gespräch auch anderen Hoffnung bringt und dankbar, wenn du (und andere) ihn mit Menschen und Organisationen teilen, die davon profitieren können!
Vielen Dank für eure so wertvolle Arbeit und für’s gemeinsame Verbreiten von Hoffnungsfunken!
Herzliche Grüsse,
Elfie & Dominik & Bibi