I definitely agree with what is said about needing a "partner". I read the
quote on "finding a partner" in the Fifth Discipline Fieldbook several weeks
ago and thought that I had found just the right person. Unfortunately, the
person I chose is far more disillusioned with the organization than I am and
is very negative about any movement forward on the concept of L-O. She used
the term "F.U.B.A.R." (%#&*@# up beyond all recognition) to describe our
leadership and the organization in general.
Finding the right partner to help champion a cause such as L-O, or anything
else worthwhile, is as hard as finding a partner in life. I'm affraid there
may not be the right person where I work. Thanks for the words of
encouragement.
Christopher A. Canfield
CAC6@aol.com
On 1/7 Art Kleiner wrote:
To CAC6: It sounds like what Don Berwick describes in the
medical article in the Fieldbook is pretty much what happened to you....
What do you do when you're the only one who sees it? Probably
keep talking, but there's a caution: avoid being evangelical.
We're hearing a lot of stories from people who assumed that the
new way was so obviously clear that, once people saw a piece of
it, they'd jump in to embrace all of it. Instead, the enthusiast
becomes known as a "cultist."
I think this is not an insurmountable problem but it can't be done
by formula. It depends on building a group of allies and moving
slowly and patiently. Some pieces in the Fieldbook that may help a
bit include the stuff on community-building, on page 525
particularly; Leadership fields, page 65; and FInding a Partner,
p. 74. But there's a lot more about this that needs to be
written. There's a balance between being diffident and being
evangelistic, and finding that balance isn't easy. I'm
hoping that over the next several years, people will find
better ways to articulate how to handle it.
Art Kleiner <art@well.sf.ca.us>
On 1/7 Art Kleiner replied:
>Art Kleiner <art@well.sf.ca.us>
To CAC6: It sounds like what Don Berwick describes in the
medical article in the Fieldbook is pretty much what happened to you....
What do you do when you're the only one who sees it? Probably
keep talking, but there's a caution: avoid being evangelical.
We're hearing a lot of stories from people who assumed that the
new way was so obviously clear that, once people saw a piece of
it, they'd jump in to embrace all of it. Instead, the enthusiast
becomes known as a "cultist."
I think this is not an insurmountable problem but it can't be done
by formula. It depends on building a group of allies and moving
slowly and patiently. Some pieces in the Fieldbook that may help a
bit include the stuff on community-building, on page 525
particularly; Leadership fields, page 65; and FInding a Partner,
p. 74. But there's a lot more about this that needs to be
written. There's a balance between being diffident and being
evangelistic, and finding that balance isn't easy. I'm
hoping that over the next several years, people will find
better ways to articulate how to handle it.
Art Kleiner <art@well.sf.ca.us>