Joelle's dream and 4-H camp

[Jeff Aitken]

At 1:08 PM -0400 5/28/01, Mary E. Ford wrote:
In that book, she gives several examples from nature of
>self-organization. The one that Joelle's dream reminded me of is of the
>tower-building termites of Africa and Australia who individually start
>scratching randomly, gradually assemble, and work together in what looks
>like a chaotic fashion to construct the tallest structures in the world
>relative to their size.

Mary:

Gareth Morgan also writes about termite mounds in his book Imaginization, a
"postmodern" guide to organizational change. After explaining the qualities
of termite mounds, he works with a client group to investigate how the
organization exhibits similar qualities. What was the first mound to be
created? When did others get started? What are the connecting links between
them? What's the tallest one now? Have some been abandoned in favor of
others? and so on.

The intention is a fresh perspective of the organization which leads to
fresh understanding and action.

Jeff

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Specialist in Open Space Process
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