book 3-3, shaping

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15 February 2025

And then the group realised that they had never been challenged on these perceptions because no one talked about the things everyone knew. They discovered this over and over again by listening to what each of them thought they knew. And what they got were assumptions and more assumptions plus a good deal of generalisations, here and there spiced up with distrusts, paranoia and disrespect.

© Charlie Alice Raya, book 3/3, shaping, where do we go from here & decisions

Returning to the project from their winter break, the teams bring back many new ideas for the town. This sort of helps them to deal with the fact that the future of the project stands in the balance.

An unexpected event shakes the teams to the core and a crisis between Alice and Tom deepens as the end of January looms, the day when the future of the town project will be reviewed.

The 31 January is a hard day, but at the end of it, the team emerge with a new vision.

Two weeks later, we see how that vision unfolds and how differently the main characters deal with it.

As Tom and Alice clash over the future of the project again, a new, unexpected and secretive player enters the stage and asks for a meeting.

Alice, Jack, Andy, Farid and security agree to the meeting eventually. But whomever they might have expected, it was not this person, nor the other one.

There is some kind of game involved, but in the end, the new players offer the project land for the town.

The next day, Alice and some of her team take a look at the proposed site.

Alice is not the only one who wonders what to make of this offer, though it is Andy who goes on a full meltdown of anger and opposition.

But by the time, Alice takes her decision, things have happened, she never expected.