It was not rejected . I received both messages twice. Audrey Coward kenoli Oleari wrote:
> For some reason the listserv rejecteed this message. I am sending it > again. -- Kenoli > > At a workshop last year, Harrison Owen commented that he thought all > organizations were self organizing, that they all manage to "muddle > through", making their own way, in spite of CEOs, strategic plans, > budget constraints and horrible (or sometimes excellent) management > practices (including OD consultants). This is one perspective. And, > I suspect, that our conscious or unconscious awareness and > appreciation (this does feel good when you area a part of it) of this > aspect of organizations is what moves us to try to make systems > self-organizing. What we are probably really doing (and OS is a > prime example of this effort) is to get out of the way of this > process as much as possible. How many leaders have thought they were > running an organization only later to realize that the organization > was very well running itself? > > In addition, there are many people who have tried to list > characteristics of "self-organizing" systems and many large group > consultants whose work is about trying to support these > characteristics. Thus we do things like give people a chance to tell > each other their stories, talk about past and present experience, > reflect on what has worked in the organization, make decisions, share > "successes" together and dream together. > > And then there is the quality of "group", the added element and > experience that results from doing things together, sometimes, > feeling almost spiritual. For a wonderful treatise on this see > "Centered on the Edge: Mapping a Field of Collective Intelligence and > Spiritual Wisdom" published by the Fetzer Institute > (http://www.fetzer.org). The power of group may be a next step in > human development. > > Kenoli > > -- > Kenoli Oleari, Horizons of Change, http://www.horizonsofchange.com > 1801 Fairview Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Voice Phone: 510-601-8217, > Fax: 510-595-8369, Email: ken...@igc.org (or click on: > mailto://ken...@igc.org) > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html