People First - 

• Creative Evolutions has always compensated semifinalist and finalist candidates for their time.

• Instead of starting conversations at an organization or at CE with 'what is each person's job', we start with 'who are the people here, what are their capabilities and interests, and where do they need support'?

• In every workplan, we ask 'is this not just treating the human beings reasonably, but supporting them to fully realize their talents?'

• We treat organizations differently than people.  Organizations are systems made to help people - so even conversations about organizational sustainability start with 'how is this helping people - and what people are benefiting/owning/controlling the resources here?'

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Teamwork - 

• Working together and valuing people on a team means taking the time for everyone to contribute.  We embrace taking the time needed for the whole team to participate, which leads to more effective creative ideas and problem solving.

• People communicate differently and people think differently.  Teams can benefit from having different kinds of thinkers, but that requires all team members to embrace taking a back seat, having patience, or even just letting go of the times when things may not make sense to them but do make sense to others.

• Having people to collaborate with and to rely on makes everyone stronger, so every project or idea Creative Evolutions undertakes has the goal of strengthening the creative ecosystem through relationships, including relationships between people who are not part of Creative Evolutions directly.

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Taking Action -

• When we have a goal or idea, or if someone has a need, we ask 'is there something we can do about this right now?'  Even if the action is small, it places us in a different space that is always forward-moving.  Just do one thing!

• We believe trust comes from repeated action.  In pursuit of trust, we make small commitments and follow through on them to demonstrate values.