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TRANSFORMATIVE TOOLS TO UNITE AND UNLEASH:

THE POWER OF DIFFERENCE

Through groundbreaking Power of Difference assessment and certification,

The Sum supports you & your team to: go inside, power-up, light up your mission,

stand in solidarity across difference & become the change you want to see in your life,

your organization & your world.

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Take the Quiz Claim Your Power Walk Your Talk

Discover your unconscious pattern related to race, free, in 5 minutes:

HERE

The free Race Pattern Quiz RPQ above will give you a taste of your primary pattern related to race. From here, try:

- - - - an in-depth consultation about your RPQ results
      - a free coaching/strategy session
      - a weekly practice group
      - our innovative Power of Assessment PDA or
      - the experiential, 7-level Power of Difference Certification (PDC)

“These offerings are, without a doubt, the finest I’ve experienced in my years of doing this work.”

~NAOMI TUTU

We’re not here to fix you…

But to see you.

Even if you choose not to work with The Sum, we hope you’ll consider that the evolution of DEI is a revolution inside each of us…inside YOU!

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman

the sum

together we are greater

Through groundbreaking assessment and experiential learning,The Sum supports you to:

Go Inside

Power-Up

Light up your mission

Stand in solidarity across difference (religion, race, class, culture, gender, disability, sexual orientation)

& BECOME THE CHANGE

Get started…

🔍 🌀 ✋🏽✋🏿✋🏻

Discover Transform Lead

Take the Quiz Claim Your Power Walk Your Talk

Discover your unconscious pattern related to race, free, in 5 minutes:

HERE

The free Race Pattern Quiz RPQ above will give you a taste of your primary pattern related to race.

From here, try:

an in-depth consultation about your RPQ results
a free coaching/strategy session
a weekly practice group
our innovative Power of Assessment PDA or
the experiential, 7-level Power of Difference Certification (PDC)

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“The Sum’s powerful model has totally changed how I, & how our team, does things” ~Guillermo Medina, Principal

“These offerings are, without a doubt, the finest I’ve experienced in my years of doing this work.”

~NAOMI TUTU

We’re not here to fix you…

But to see you.

Even if you choose not to work with The Sum, we hope you’ll consider that the evolution of DEI is a revolution inside each of us…inside YOU!

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman

What’s the Power of Difference Model (PDM)?

At it’s core the PDM identifies 3 primary, typically unconscious, patterns of behavior, thought, feeling, and worldview related to race, sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic class, religion, disability, and culture.

Does one sound more like you?

Sensitivity/Scarecrow

UNDERSTANDING

TRUTH

BRAIN

I value differences, intelligence, open-mindedness and understanding. I experience the world and myself primarily through the brain. I treat others the way they would like to be treated.

Limitations: I don’t want to offend so I can feel stuck or confused. I can be patronizing as I try to get others to “get it”, to “understand like me.” I can also get exhausted as this struggle seems hopeless.

Fear response: freeze

Politics: tends liberal

Archetype: Magician

ONENESS/TINMAN

UNITY

CONNECTION

HEART

I devalue differences in favor of our common humanity, unity, and collaboration. I experience the world and myself primarily through the heart. I treat others the way I would like to be treated. I see myself as a bridge builder.

Limitations: I can over-value sameness and fail to impact in alignment with my intentions. I tend to avoid conflict.

Fear response: flight

Politics: tends moderate

Archetype: Lover

STRENGTH/LION

COURAGE

POWER

GUT

I evaluate differences and value courage, loyalty, decisiveness, clarity, protection, self-sacrifice, and winning at all cost. I believe in the “survival of the fittest.” I experience myself and the world primarily through my gut.

Limitations: I seek dominance over others, and can create enemies. I can be overly combative.

Fear response: fight

Politics: tends conservative

Archetype: Warrior

Integration/Leveraging/Glinda the Good Witch

The more we come to know our primary pattern (its assets and liabilities) and how to integrate or leverage the assets of the all three patterns, the more we unleash our effectiveness: always within us first. From here, we increasingly become a catalyst for solidarity and meaningful change across differences in our family, organization, community, and world.

Location: The crown of the head

Archetype: The Sovereign

Sensitivity "Scarecrow"

UNDERSTANDING

TRUTH

BRAIN

I value differences, intelligence, open-mindedness and understanding. I experience the world and myself primarily through the brain. I treat others the way they would like to be treated.

LIMITATIONS: I don’t want to offend so I can feel stuck or confused. I can be patronizing as I try to get others to “get it”, to “understand like me.” I can feel exhausted and hopeless with what seems like an endless struggle.

Fear response: freeze

Politics: tends liberal

Archetype: Magician

ONENESS/ "TINMAN"

UNITY CONNECTION HEART

I devalue differences in favor of our common humanity, unity, and collaboration. I experience the world and myself primarily through the heart. I treat others the way I would like to be treated.I think of myself as a bridge-builder.

LIMITATIONS: I can over-value sameness and fail to impact in alignment with my intentions. I tend to avoid conflict.

Fear response: flight

Politics: tends moderate

Archetype: Lover

STRENGTH "LION"

COURAGE

POWER

GUT

I evaluate differences & value courage, loyalty, decisiveness, clarity, protection, self-sacrifice, a& winning. I believe in the “survival of the fittest.” I experience myself & the world primarily through my gut.

LIMITATIONS: I seek dominance over others & can create enemies. I can be combative.

Fear response: fight

Politics: tends conservative

Archetype: Warrior

Integration/ Leveraging/ "Glinda the Good Witch"

Archetype: The Sovereign

Location: Crown of the Head

The more we come to know our primary pattern (its assets and liabilities) & how to integrate or leverage the assets of the all three patterns, the more we unleash our effectiveness: always within us first. From here, we increasingly become a catalyst for solidarity & meaningful change across differences in our family, organization, community, & world.

“THIS IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL LEARNING I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE. IT HAS TOTALLY CHANGED ME AND MY WORK“

~ LAURIE YAUSSI Teacher, Thompson Valley School District

“THIS IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL LEARNING I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE. IT HAS TOTALLY CHANGED ME AND MY WORK“

~ LAURIE YAUSSI Teacher, Thompson Valley School District

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Only 29 more $5 subscriptions will cover one year’s baseline operations!

BUILD WITH US: a thriving & just world where our aliveness, commonality & our differences are honored.

DONATE ANY AMOUNT: one time, monthly, or yearly–choose the programs you want to support.

CHECK OUT OUR PARTNER PAGE HERE

DONATE HERE

Team with us!

Only 29 more $5 subscriptions will cover one year’s baseline operations!

BUILD WITH US: a thriving & just world where our aliveness, commonality & our differences are honored.

DONATE ANY AMOUNT: one time, monthly, or yearly–choose the programs you want to support.

CHECK OUT OUR PARTNER PAGE HERE

DONATE HERE

What People Think…

“This model has totally changed how I do things in my school…especially the way I use power more consciously. For me, it’s so important to do no harm. And while I understand my role as a Latino leader in my school – I am learning from the PDA, the model, and from consultation with The Sum how my power and my privilege across many sociocultural differences can be used with more awareness, effectiveness, and care in my relationships to our school secretary, our custodian, the teachers, parents and, of course, the students.”

Guillermo Medina,
Principal, Columbine Elementary, Boulder Valley School District, Boulder, Colorado

“As a person who is always engaged in inclusion work, whether it be in my job or in my life; sometimes we need to be reminded to take care of ourselves. This survey helped me to refocus on how I give of myself. I don’t have to give myself away. I was able to take a breath for my sake! Still carrying my torch!”

Phyllis Breland
Director of Diversity and Inclusion.
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York