{"id":56,"date":"2022-04-08T10:38:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T10:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pulsecheck2.rethink-for-health\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2025-04-28T14:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:25:05","slug":"seven-signs-of-stewardship-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rippel.org\/pulsecheck\/seven-signs-of-stewardship-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Signs of Stewardship on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seven strong signs emerged from Pulse Check contributors about the state of shared stewardship across the country. Within each sign, we have highlighted notable patterns across the four organizational clusters (governmental public health, hospitals, businesses, and community non-profits) and flagged major differences within organization types when relevant. Because we sought to understand the values, priorities, and practices of contributors relative to the tenets of stewardship, we have also provided summaries of the relevant stewardship stance for each sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Valuing System Change<\/strong>: Over 90% of respondents saw the crises of 2020-21 (COVID-19, racial injustice, economic distress, etc.) as an opportunity to make positive change for people in their communities, and nearly as many said that system change is a goal of their organizations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relevant Stewardship Stance<\/strong>: Regardless of their sector, stewards ought to prioritize system change in their communities as a central organizational goal, recognizing that transforming conditions is necessary in order for everyone to thrive together. A steward appreciates that advancing system change requires a mindset of abundance\u2014seeing challenges as opportunities to create new understanding and possibility. This mindset allows individuals and organizations to creatively embrace change, rather than to fear it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most respondents saw America\u2019s current crises as an opportunity to make positive change for people in their communities (91% somewhat or strongly agree). Of those who saw the moment as an opportunity, a majority (73%) hoped to see \u201cmajor changes in America\u2019s system of economic, social, or racial priorities” (see Figure 8). Twenty-two percent preferred to focus on fulfilling unmet needs through projects and programs. Only 2% sought a return to business as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over 90% of respondents saw the crises of 2020-21 as an opportunity to make positive change for people in their communities.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Figure 8: What kind of positive change do you hope will arise from 2020-21 crises? (n=315)<\/code><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Eighty-six percent of contributors indicated that their organizations consider system change to be either their most important goal or at least one of their goals, while 14% said that system change is either not an important goal or not something they talk about (see Figure 9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figure 9: To what extent does your organization consider system change in your community to be a goal? (n=348)<\/code><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n \r\n
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This indicates that respondents not only see our current layered crises as presenting a window of opportunity for building a better future but also recognize the degree to which a systemic response is required. Many of the notable differences we see across the signs trace back to the stewardship value of fully and explicitly committing to system change as an organizational goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable Differences<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n