The Civic asset of inclusivity prioritizes helping all stakeholders find a place within a team or community. Use these simple icebreakers to build connections between people across differences in new and unexpected ways. Useful for team, classroom, and other group contexts.
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Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
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