Explanation What are Provisions:

Provisions are a stock of necessary supplies. In this case Provisions are the minimum guiding principles essential to each of the expeditions. Guiding Principles are the base to any Project, a key element to any Workshop. The Inuksuk Used here, as in the Arctic, to symbolize directional markers for those guidelines. Specifically, Provisions are a set of criteria that we can apply to each Expedition On The Horizon, to each issue, to each decision, to each opportunity that comes our way. There are 13 that have been identified, with the 13th being a key Provision. It is one you get to create yourself. The 13 Provisions and the directions stated for each are intended to be only starting off points. They represent the minimum to review when confronted with an issue. Issues can quickly become complicated. At that point it may be beneficial to select a Provision and walk through the 4 sections for the issue at hand. One of them is bound to bring the clarity that is needed. As with a mountan trek, the Provisions one has available to use can very easily determine many of the elements of a trek, including duration, direction, level of exertion... The 13 Provisions identified here are no less important. And finally, when a decision on the issue is being made and it is in direct conflict with some of the Provisions, ask why?

State the term (the Provision)

Define the term (the Provision) No doubt the term conjures up a number of images that vary between people. This helps us understand what the term means, so we can at least start at the same point of understanding.

Quote the term (the Provision) Perhaps an insight or two can be gained from what another has said about this particular Provision.

Exemplify the term (the Provision) To gain a deeper understanding of this particular Provision, do we see examples of it in use around us?

Apply the term (the Provision) Now that we have a definition of the particular Provision, have some quoted insights, and see examples of it around us, let's apply it to the issue (of opportunity) at hand. Let's look at the issue and apply a series of questions.

Provisions -Guiding Principles-