Changeworker Resource

The Power Flower

A foundational tool for any changeworker who wants to understand how power and privilege shows up in their life, their team, and their work.

Going through the Power Flower is a valuable step for any changeworker, team, or organisation seeking to understand how power and privilege operate in their context. When done honestly, it can surface dynamics that were previously invisible and inform how you show up in all of your work. This template will be your ally.

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The Power Flower is a mirror that will show you how your power and privilege shapes every room you walk into, every team you join, every stakeholder you sit across from. Those who hold the most power are often the least aware of it, and those of us doing changework are not exempt from this. Without examining how dominant paradigms affect you personally, you risk reproducing the very systems you are trying to dismantle.

Those who want to go deeper into how power shapes their work, their team dynamics, and their relationships with the people they serve will find the Power Flower a good entry point.

After applying the Power Flower, you will:

Have a clearer picture of your own positionality, including dimensions of power you may not have previously named or examined
Have a sense of the power dynamics at play within your team or organisation, which allows you to reflect on how to act more equitably in your day-to-day work
Have identified areas where dominant paradigms may be unconsciously reproduced in your work, supporting you to be more intentional about the change you wish to create

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Use-case examples

Reflect by yourself on the different dimensions of identity and power that shape your positionality, so you can continue your changework with greater awareness and intention

Introduce the Power Flower to a group you are working with, for example your students or team, to open a shared conversation about positionality and the dynamics that influence how you work together

Work with the Power Flower in a stakeholder gathering to surface collective power dynamics and support the group in acting more equitably and strategically

The Power Flower is a part of all Parayma signature Programmes.

Because you can’t advance paradigm shifts without embodying them, and this means changeworkers have to deconstruct all the major oppressive paradigms we were socialised under. If we don’t, we are condemned to being their unwilling supporters. I would encourage any team to go through this exercise together. Anytime your work enters a new context, reflect on your Power Flower and how it compares to that of the people you now engage with. It truly is a foundational tool, because as James Baldwin said, "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." I can't wait to hear how the Power Flower supports you and your changework!

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