On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:04:33 -0500, R. Duff Doel <d...@innergy.ca> wrote: > "Some people will do anything > to maintain control and avoid success." >
Often people expect big things from organizational development "interventions." They wouldn't do so otherwise. Retreats, planning sessions, Open Space forums...all come with the expectation that doing something significant will change things significantly. In working with sponsors I do have conversations about what transformation really means and how willing people are to transform themselves to meet the new world they are wanting to be born. There is a real stretch in this work for people, to go into somewhere new while not abandoning what they know - the "safe ground" - even if the safe ground is no longer serving them very well. Fear, trust, openness, chaordic confidence...all of these are emotions, practices and states we need to grapple with to open ourselves to transformation. We need to be able to embody change in order to be there to welcome it when it arrives. And so for me success is relative, but what I really invite people to stretch into is that place where they can embody the success they want. If they can't then we have to get real about what we're willing to do. But if they CAN get really big and offer themselves up for change, unbelievable things can happen. Good question, Duff. Chris -- ------------------------- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
