Are You Ready to Rise Above Us vs. Them?

Every week, I share a resource that’s shaping how I think about leadership, workplaces, and the way we show up in community. Today’s recommendation is one I believe the world deeply needs: The Builders Movement.

Their mission is both simple and profound: to rise above “us vs. them” thinking and build solutions together. They equip people with tools to uncover shared values, find hidden common ground, and work toward lasting solutions that reflect the will of the people, rather than just the loudest voices.

This resonates so personally with the heart of my work at Allie Jones Consulting. Whether I’m helping organizations build healthier cultures, coaching executives, or facilitating team alignment, I see the same truth play out again and again: we’re capable of so much more when we lead with curiosity, compassion, courage, and creativity. These are the same core values The Builders Movement calls the 4Cs—and they’re at the center of meaningful leadership.

Rather than rewarding outrage, blame, or polarization, the Builders Movement invites us to practice the daily discipline of seeing people with dignity, even across differences. They call out the reality that our digital and political ecosystems reward division, and then they choose to do something constructive about it by:

• Reaching and teaching at scale through powerful storytelling

• Equipping people with practical tools for dialogue and shared problem-solving

• Mobilizing communities to hold leaders accountable for being “Builders” instead of conflict entrepreneurs

  
  

It’s important work. Hopeful work. And it needs more of us.

If this resonates with you, here are a few simple ways to get involved:

Ways to Participate

• Adopt the Builder Mindset by practicing the 4Cs: curiosity, compassion, courage, creativity.

• Sign up for their newsletter to get stories and tools for constructive leadership and common-ground solutions.

• Consider working with me to develop a Builders-Movement workshop with your team or community to spark conversations about building instead of dividing.

Here’s to rising above us vs. them—and choosing to be Builders.