Sense and sensibility by values and needs
meaning of sense, if professionals feel what they need and what the purpose is of what they are doing as a professional in work.
During the Summer University summer 2022 in Riga, Sietske Jans-Kuperus gave a workshop about values and needs. Sietske is intrigued by this topic for as long as she is a supervisor. Her persuasion is that clients, coachees, or supervisees only can come to their meaning of sense, if they feel what they need and what the purpose is of what they are doing as a professional in work. During her supervision studies she discovered that working with values helps to discover what professionals find important in their work. Values, which look like some words in the first place, get meaning at the moment professionals explore them related to their own life course development and personal stories. She facilitates this process with practical work forms and visual arts, which contributes to the sensemaking of personal values. Thereby, telling personal stories from different perspectives by the professional, gives them continuously a new narrative. This investigation of professionals own values contributes to the awareness of what make them a unique professional.
