As I see it, the emergence of innovation, team spirit and alignment of the
individual with the objectives of the organization, are greatly enhanced
by rich interconnections with others. By "rich", I mean interconnections
which nurture the "whole" of the individual, including the emotional, the
imaginal and the spiritual. High Play for me suggested that the imaginal
could channel these aspects in a manner which would be non-threatening.
I was really struck by examples of inter-species play among animals such
as a Bear and a Dog, wherein various cues to the fact that play was being
invited introduced these situations. I wondered if We could develop
similar cues and an imaginal forum for this to take place in the
workplace. Recent innovations in "narrative therapy" suggest to me that
their process of "exteriorization" could be very effective. This is where
a story is constructed about the problematique of the therapy...
projecting "outside" as it were, where the individual's identifications
within the problematique were set aside. Brilliant results have been
reported about this process. Can we come up with similar techniques for
story-making, myth building, or metaphorical themes, which people could
shift into, when confronted with needs to get more group coherence, aid
conflict resolution, and straight forward team building?
By the way, I am not yet convinced that narrative therapy really gets to
the heart of the problematiqe. It clearly makes impressive behavioural
changes, but the underlying tendencies to become identified I am not sure
get handled. Perhaps, it depends on the individual's involvement in
changing the exterior story of the problematique.
Does any of this ring any bells??
Cheers, Doug
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"What is the Whole which brings the Inside Together with its Outside?"
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