> Please respond by saying what you would like this list to be. Please say
> something of the vision for what it could be.
> Instead of pointing out things you don't like, speak in terms of what you
> would like to see if this were the perfect internet facility dealing with
> learning organizations.
Yes, positive is beneficial. However, please allow an indication of why
positive is beneficial.
>From time to time, there will be posts to the list saying our
communications are not what they should be. Those comments seem to
withdraw funds from the mental account that the list is doing OK (to use a
metaphor). Other times people will write to the list and say, thanks, the
conversation is encouraging. And that boosts the account. I get the
impression that both comments are about the same kind of communication,
though I may be wrong.
>From here, negative only gets personal :)
We could, as a group, explore the Use of systems thinking (and basic
strategic thinking) through inquiry and gracious clarification. It seems
uncommon and not fully part of the culture to say "why do You think that?"
without having too much an edge in the question or without the assumption
of being right. It's possible that if we tended to take care of one
another in conversation that we could more easily bear having assumptions
brought to light, knowing that the group won't take us to task.
Added comment. The conversation could have as productive a result as
designing and building a computer application as each person learns how to
make their contribution beneficial and as the group learns and to Use
input for benefit. This is not ethereal! When a worker says, I can't
understand the difference between these two menu commands, that tells us
something about the system and can be used for everyone's benefit.
"Taking care of one another in conversation" means responding for another
when questioning does not seem to be respectful or does not seem to
acknowledge the shared nature of a person's perception. It may be related
to statements like "I see what Jim is saying" in a group meeting or even
"Amen" in a church meeting, when that means, "yes, that's right" or "yes,
I believe that that is right".
On the other hand, that kind of involvement could be seen as "meddling" :)
One sentence: What others have to say is what we share as a communication
group; it should be Used for benefit, and the speaker should be treated
easy.
Have a nice day
John Paul Fullerton
jpf@myriad.net
--"John Paul Fullerton" <jpf@myriad.net>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>