'Status Negotiations' with Alexis Niki

We are complex creatures, yearning for belonging while also wanting to stand out. In ways big and small, every moment of every day we jockey for position. Are we noticed, accepted, and loved? Do we hold power, do we command respect?

Do we have status?

This is the stuff of human drama.

In this session, we’ll use stories and situations to trigger a deeper awareness of the myriad ways we negotiate status.

In the words of improv master Keith Johnstone, “acquaintances become friends when they agree to play status games together.” I invite you to agree to play. Come prepared to laugh, to cringe, to learn, and to make a fool of yourself . . . which is a time-tested way to improve your status in the community!

This is a virtual dialogue on Zoom:
Tue, 12 July, 18:30-20:30 Hong Kong Time
Fri, 15 July, 08:00-10:00 Hong Kong Time
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Alexis Niki is a former screenwriter and an ICF accredited Whole Person coach. Under her Paris-based consultancy StoryNova, she partners with clients to help them increase their narrative intelligence and become more intentional and positive about the stories they enact in the world. A New Yorker by birth, she has lived more than half her life in Europe. Each encounter with a new culture required her to adapt and to integrate new information into her personal narrative. With a background in screenwriting, she worked as a story consultant in independent film production before bringing her story skills to the nonprofit and business worlds.