Bill's repsonse to my posting indicates, I think, a starting position
that already has built in the need for common intention, vision or
what-have-you. Starting from that position, I cannot disagree with
what he said although I'm not sure that the approaches I'm exploring
based in complexity and self-organisation might not lead to radically
different actions even so.
However, what I'm exploring is the possibility that there is no need
for an aligned vision, mission or intention. Part of that is based
on an assumption that we are already aligned and connected and that
we don't need to make the intentions explicit to proceed
successfully. I'm not saying that we shouldn't pursue this - I think
it fits some and not others - but that there is another possibility
worth exploring. The value of this other possibility is to transform
the problem when there exists no apparent aligned vision and there is
no leader to declare it. I suspect it will emerge without conscious
intention as our work becomes more generative and dialogue increases.
-- Michael McMaster Michael@kbddean.demon.co.uk