Okay Joe, but can you elaborate. The way I see it no matter how much an
acorn wants to seize other possibilities, like maybe become a kitten, the
inevitable oak tends to happen, or death maybe, but never a kitten. I have a
struggle with "out of nothing comes something". Seems to me, there is a
des
Don,
Here are how my thoughts address the question of metaphor at the time of
prioritization.
I attend a yoga class. After all the moving and stretching and such, and
then getting myself untangled again (not gracefully I might add), we have
the chance to lie and move into a deep meditation. I hav
Far be it for me to disagree with Machiavelli. And from this beginning,
you'll know that I am just about to launch into that anyhow.
One of life's lessons that I learned when I was 21 and fresh out of
university (a very long time ago) and working as a social worker in child
welfare was the one abo
Earlier references to self-orgaizing systems drew me to something I read a
while ago that is relevant to OS. It is from "A Simpler Way" by Margaret
Wheatly (page 46-47)
"Life wants to happen. It calls itself into existence. Out of all information
and all possibilities, an entity comes into form.
Don,
I've offered up the metaphor piece as closure to an "obstacles to achieving
the vision" process with the ICA method. Participants enjoy it immensely, it
evokes lots of fun and laughter ... seems to function as a right-brain shift
and sometimes becomes a motif with lasting value.
The best me
Jay,
here is my first cut;
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In a message dated 1/21/99 9:05:44 AM Pacific Standard Time,
dferr...@placer.ca.gov writes:
<< One of the things that caught my attention most in the whole Open Space
meme is that self-organizing systems don't need a facilitator to organize
them. >>
But they often need someone to assume the respo
The other thing is that I've been treating this list sort of like a
cyber open space so if I'm off track there I guess I'll find out. I
wish there were an interactive real time cyber open space. Reaching 50
kicked me into another learning mode.
Don Ferretti
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>But has anyone ever used a metaphor as a pathway to prioritizing. What images
>did you use besides a house or building of some kind?
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>Thanks.
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>Don Ferretti
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What you are suggesting is interesting, but personally, I have never had
any problem get
Is the trip necessary?
Just to clarify where I'm coming from on this. For me, and my style, the use of
a metaphor is part of a graduated response to a group's request for help in
prioritizing (usually at the end of the meeting). The first cut may be that that
people just automatically start workin
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