Burning All Illusions, David Edwards, 1995 (Also published under the
Title "Dare to be Human")
Enjoy
Stuart Worsley
Director, Kenya and Sudan
Head of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene - East and Southern Africa
Head of Livestock Value Chain Development - East and Southern Africa
SNV -
I undertook an OS session for 2 hours last week. We had two iterations
and no convergance, were able to initiate and close. The group felt
energised and commended the process even though it was a first for many.
For me, the trick is getting 15 minutes ahead of time to prepare the
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I had this quite recently. It's a difficult one, and I am not sure I
handled it well. But, for what its worth, I converged around a number of
headings that the client was comfortable with. We did get a good result,
and people were overall happy, including the client boss. BUT, I
received some feedb
Kerry
Your proposal makes perfect sense. May I recommend to you the work of
Professor Danny Burns of the University of the West of England. He has
just published a work entitled "systemic action research". I have been
involved with him in this, based on building capacity within local
organisations
I concur with the need to recognise that some people need to see structure if
they are not to get the heebie-jeebies.
I use OS a lot within my organisation and with clients that we serve. But I
pick and choose as to when to use OS simply because I find that, unless there
is real 'give a damn'
