We have done what very few countries have been able to do. We have stopped a wave of devastation. Our transmission rate, the number of cases each person with the virus passes it onto, is now 0.48... Overseas the average is 2.5 people.
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, 20 April 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has motivated the world to change in unprecedented and unpredictable ways. In New Zealand, we changed from “business as usual” to four Covid-19 Alert Levels; lockdown, restrict, reduce and prepare.
• many family members remain isolated
• most workers work from home, or not at all
• personal service providers give care virtually
• financial outlooks remain gloomy
• unemployment rises daily
Are we in the liminal space between increasing lockdown fatigue and decreasing fear of Covid-19? Our resolve to live with these restrictions is wavering so we are facing a new crisis point.
Crisis' originated from the Greek medical term for ‘decide’ - Oxford Dictionary
Right now, we do not know what actions will ensure our recovery. We know the actions we have taken in New Zealand to eliminate Covid-19 have created new mindsets and behaviours:
▪ Understanding urgency - 'Go early, go hard.'
▪ Knowing - ‘It takes one to hold us back, all of us to go forward.'
▪ Caring for each other. 'We are all in this together!'
▪ Highlighting inappropriateness of beneficiary bashing
▪ Recognising value of the essential workers and unsung heroes We shift our future by continuing to shift our mindsets, so: ▪ How are you shifting your mindset and behaviours?
▪ What strategies have you used to move through liminal space?
▪ How can I support you to be your best so you can support others to be their best?
Together we can learn to leverage the liminal space we are all now experiencing.
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