Muddling Through

[Harrison Owen]

Chris -- I think helping them to feel comfortable with the mess may be
wasted effort. I think a more productive approach might be to help them to
see there is no option -- and then get on with the business. Actually, I
think the very dis-comfort of the moment may be the most useful thing going
down just now.

Harrison

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of chris
macrae
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 12:00 PM
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Subject: Re: Muddling Through

Are there any specific tips on helping the traditional management mind
feel comfy with mess? I was at a circle hosted by Meg Wheatley, where
she said that she is only truly confident that a project is getting
anywhere real if it enters all involved into a messy stage (the very
opposite of the way all business cases appear to be written up as
proceeding)

As a result of the circle, advising on how to make management happy with
entering into mess is one of my main areas of work, but its odd how hard
it seems to be to collect tips together into one summary that we can
agree with

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