Dear Jeff Mike Bell talks of being an "animateur" - which I think is brilliant. Cheers and blessings, BRIAN. Jeff Aitken wrote:
> I use the term "collaboration" all the time -- but I do not use the term > "collaborator" (California spelling?) to describe the people involved. > Rather, I talk about "collaboration among" participants, members, staff, > etc. > > Meg, I have also described my role as "consultant/facilitator" for a few > years, to distinguish from other kinds of consultants I guess. I don't get > many blank stares from people looking at my card, tho they may wait til > they are around the corner before they scratch their heads. My new "title" > is in my signature below. I love your addendum "complex situations"! > > (Bernd, in the US our inimitable President Reagan used the term > "Peacekeeper" to describe the most horrible machine ever invented, a > missile with ten independently targetable nuclear warheads. I'm sure he got > the term from old western movies. > > Which reminds me, these missiles still exist, and it's high time we turn > them into pruning hooks.) > > Jeff > > - > Jeff Aitken > Collaboration consultant: specialist in open space process > 1281 Burnside Road, Sebastopol CA 95472 USA > (+01) 707-829-8256 > http://www.openspaceworld.org > > Turn to one another. - Meg Wheatley > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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
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