Self-Organization????

[Audrey Coward]

It was not rejected . I received both messages twice.
Audrey Coward

kenoli Oleari wrote:

> For some reason the listserv rejecteed this message.  I am sending it
> again. -- Kenoli
>
> At a workshop last year, Harrison Owen commented that he thought all
> organizations were self organizing, that they all manage to "muddle
> through", making their own way, in spite of CEOs, strategic plans,
> budget constraints and horrible (or sometimes excellent) management
> practices (including OD consultants).  This is one perspective.  And,
> I suspect, that our conscious or unconscious awareness and
> appreciation (this does feel good when you area a part of it) of this
> aspect of organizations is what moves us to try to make systems
> self-organizing.  What we are probably really doing (and OS is a
> prime example of this effort) is to get out of the way of this
> process as much as possible.  How many leaders have thought they were
> running an organization only later to realize that the organization
> was very well running itself?
>
> In addition, there are many people who have tried to list
> characteristics of "self-organizing" systems and many large group
> consultants whose work is about trying to support these
> characteristics.  Thus we do things like give people a chance to tell
> each other their stories, talk about past and present experience,
> reflect on what has worked in the organization, make decisions, share
> "successes" together and dream together.
>
> And then there is the quality of "group", the added element and
> experience that results from doing things together, sometimes,
> feeling almost spiritual.  For a wonderful treatise on this see
> "Centered on the Edge: Mapping a Field of Collective Intelligence and
> Spiritual Wisdom" published by the Fetzer Institute
> (http://www.fetzer.org).  The power of group may be a next step in
> human development.
>
> Kenoli
>
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