Introduction to the Global Re-alignment Process
Our planet is having some extraordinary problems – Climate Change, Biodiversity, wars, pandemics and plagues, poverty and social injustice….. There are many opinions about how to turn it around, and many people feel that the situation is hopeless.
Most agree that our challenges need to be faced with a new clarity, urgency and collaboration. The current rate of progress is too slow. There is a big gap between good intentions and poor results, between plans and outcomes. GRAP offers a simple strategy to inform and support workable, collective solutions.
GRAP is not a new idea, and there are many such efforts currently underway. The question is: what next, and how to accelerate? This paper will consider some of the efforts underway, and how they might be improved.
GRAP Basics
The GRAP process is simple:
- Identify the main issues
2) Identify the parties involved
3) Identify and verify the actual objectives of each party
4) Make that information transparent and accessible
In summary, Find out Who’s doing What, and present that information in a straigtforward information tool. The primary goals are better engagement, focus, and alignment, on a wholistic scale. That outcome requires a fully collective approach, across all sectors, and a pervasive sense of shared accountability. These are the basic ingredients needed to make GRAP, or any other system, work.
GRAP is the first step in any kind of solution – it helps establish WHO is doing WHAT. All other solutions really depend on this basic information in order to succeed.
The following chapters will explain how it works, and present some real-world examples.
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