Theme vs Topics

william becker fbbecker at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 21 05:22:49 PDT 2001


A very insightful response that is aligned with the concept and principles
of sociotechnical approach.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joelle Lyons Everett" <JLEShelton at aol.com>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: Theme vs Topics


> Dave--
>
> I'm not sure the theme is ignored; we unpredictable human beings just go
in
> different directions from the basic questions.  Of course, there will
always
> be a certain number who take advantage of OS to bring out all their pet
> ideas/complaints/proposals--and there is always the Law of Two Feet if
their
> colleagues have heard their story one time too many.
>
> Sometimes when I think a session is off-topic, it turns out that I just
did
> not understand some aspects of the subject as well as those inside the
> organization.  I do try to test the proposed question on a few people to
see
> if I have somehow obscured my meaning with jargon which may be unfamiliar
to
> participants.
>
> Mostly, I do just what you did--let the meeting take its course.  If
> participants are avoiding the hard questions, or going off on by-roads
that
> really don't relate to the discussion at hand, that is also data about
what
> is going on in the organization.  And there is nothing to prevent members
of
> the design team from posting sessions which are on-target, and see who
shows
> up.
>
> Facilitating OS is, for me, an ongoing struggle to give up what I thought
> should happen in favor of what is really emerging.  Some people call that
> letting go of attachment to outcome.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Joelle Everett
> jleshelton at aol.com
>
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