The State of Grace Document: What We Mean By "Grace"

COLLABORATIVE AWARENESS: THE STATE OF GRACE DOCUMENT
Beyond self awareness, our world now demands collaborative awareness; how can we do this fast-paced dance without stepping on each other's toes? The State of Grace Document is a collaboration process used to establish healthier, more resilient business and personal relationships in a world that changes in increasingly complex ways, making the old ground rules no longer reliable. It gives you the power to be the architect of your life, rather than squeezing into pre-established relationship definitions. You personally write it along with those involved (2 or 20,000+ people), preferably at the beginning of the relationship. It captures what draws each individual to the situation, your personal preferences and expectations; and provides a path back to peace if the need arises. It is often being used to replace or enhance traditional legal contracts.

Why the word grace? It was the image of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing. Don't they make it look effortless? We wanted our relationships to have a foundation of strength built at the start, enabling day-to-day interactions to be more effortless, more graceful. We didn't want to fix what was broken down the line, we wanted to build a more solid relationship from the beginning, where stressful times would be a blip on the screen rather than an enormous hurdle to overcome.