Rol,
I don't know if I am espousing a "voluntarist approach". It is true
that is closest to my heart but I'm not sure what it means in a
business context. I'd settle for relationship, support, dialogue and
authenticity in a business setting.
It is not my experience that when a group undertakes challenging old
thinking or some other generative approach together that uncertainty
(as a psychological experience) nor threat appears.
It is the "pressure" from outside and/or the sense of being "on your
own" that I find to be the source of the sort of uncertaintly that I
was referring to.
The key point I wanted to make is that, when the manager has included
him/her-self in the challenge of generating something new, or a
breakthrough, or whatever, then I have little concern. It is then a
matter of process. It is when the manager is assigning the job to
others without any alteration in their own thinking or behaviour and
without any apparent challenge to themselves that a caution is
warranted.
--
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