Rome was one year ago - any news?

[Harrison Owen]

At 10:35 PM 6/26/2003 +0100, Artur wrote:
>>The group in Rome was doing difficult and painful work--maybe far more
>>painful than they had anticipated.  So Harrison's intervention, asking
>>them to
>>choose again whether they wished to continue this difficult work, felt
>>appropriate
>>to me.
>
>To me too. I was not criticizing him; I was complimenting him.
>
>But also (as you have but understood) inviting him to comment on how this
>relates with the "whatever happens..."

the first thing I have to say is that I was operating on "my edges" -- well
beyond whatever rules or principles I could have enunciated at the time. I
didn't have a clue what would happen -- I only knew that The Plan
(priorities, action plans etc.) was hollow at best -- and probably
counter-productive. We needed some more space, and that is what I attempted
to provide -- not as an intervention, as in you should do -- but as an
invitation to reflect. I did know that there was plenty of time for Action
Plans (all afternoon of the third day) if people were really into that. But
choosing to go there was critical -- not just because that is what it said
in the "rules" but because folks really wanted to go there.  It certainly
didn't feel like genius, but it did feel right.

Harrison

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