First OS in Sofala Province, Mozambique

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Dear Jeff,

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 22:55:25 -0800, Jeff Aitken wrote:

>But it sounds like there was an issue so big and unspoken in the
>center of
>the room that no one would come forth and an intervention became
>appropriate.

Thank you for formulating it in such a clear way.
This was more or less my impression in the situation there. And that
is why I did not longer wait. I felt, that I could handle the
situation and 'produce insights' by reducing the central ressource,
'time' , showing that there had not been nothing before and that
there was still not nothing now. Well I had to  accept that I could
not hold the space at the same time. Looking back I 'see' (or explain
to myself) that there had been a big hidden conflict between the
central & the periphery (and the founders & the youngsters,...).

But there is a more general problem, which I would like to clear:

What would it mean for my work, if the 'big and unspoken issue in the
center of the room' is something which  all (+/-)the small african
entrepreneurs share as a part of their cultural heritage which
collides with the 'laws' of the modern market? So that they have
really big problems to appreciate their own ressources?

To put it into a drastic form to exemplify what I mean:
What does ist mean for my work if they are unable to let the
principle of community solidarity go? If they simply cannot 'conquer'
their market attacking the concurrence because they want to stay in
harmony. And as this does not seem to be possible, they prefer,
perhaps,not to act, but to wait for somebody or something who or
which can deal with such a contradiction.
At the moment I can not get it clear in my head, and there are
-evidently- counterexamples ...
so lets see how things are going...

Bernhard

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Bernd Weber wb-trainconsult at gmx.net, on 09.01.2002 at 12:58:51
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