boston conference

Wed Apr 13 06:40:24 PDT 2005

Dear Cheryl,

It is not clear to define welfare..actually i can not describe it even for
myself...
such as :  what is the welfare for me as far as my needs are concerned?

So i don't know. But here is what is in my mind ;

I believe there is a common balance point where everybody's needs are met.

To make it simple if we are 2 people on the earth. If one lacks food for
life, the other one
can not claim that he/she needs hot shower. First they provide food, then
hot shower.
This is the welfare for both.

In fact, below that balance level no welfare for anybody is possible.

Funda

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Honey" <wecare at familynetwork.org>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: boston conference

> Funda:
> Please share with us your meaning and intention of "welfare" .
>
> I have a friend in Burundi who puts his life on the line every day
> rebuilding houses that have been destroyed from the Tutsi/Hutu skurmishes.
> He taught me that welfare is not a one way street. It's a reciprical
> exchange that benefits both parties.
>
> Cheryl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Funda Oral" <fundaoral at ttnet.net.tr>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:45 AM
> Subject: Re: boston conference
>
>
> > Lisa,
> >
> > We don't need your ideas...what we need is welfare....if you really want
> to
> > help us.
> >
> > Funda
> > from a so called developing country.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lisa Kimball" <lisa at groupjazz.com>
> > To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: boston conference
> >
> >
> > > Thank you, Masud, for the references to the work of Mohammad Younus
and
> > > Akhtar Hameed Khan.  Are there some articles or other sources that
would
> > > give more information about their work?
> > >
> > > Too often I think we have the idea that we need to send ideas from the
> > west
> > > (north) to help others and we forget that we could learn from ideas
> coming
> > > FROM developing countries.
> > >
> > >  * lisa
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Masud
> > > Sheikh
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:48 AM
> > > To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: [OSLIST] boston conference
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Lisa,
> > > This is wonderful. I was particularly struck by the comment:
> > > "It use was pioneered in developing countries and has led to
sustainable
> > > improvements in seemingly intractable organizational and social
issues."
> > >
> > > Two examples immediately came to mind: Mohammad Younus in Bangladesh
on
> > > micro-credit. A great man (Akhtar Hameed Khan) now deceased, who
> pioneered
> > > some wonderful examples of self-help & community building in Pakistan,
> and
> > > earlier in then "East Pakistan" (now Bangladesh).
> > >
> > > While I will be unable to come to this conference, I shall probably
come
> > to
> > > the OS on OS in Halifax, on the east coast of my new homeland -
Canada.
> I
> > > have no idea how OS on OS runs, and have hardly any real experience of
> OS.
> > > But to know more about OS, I can think of nothing better than meeting
> with
> > > people who seem to live and breathe OS.
> > >
> > > Are you planning to come to Halifax?
> > >
> > > Take care, all of you
> > > Masud
> > >
> > > In times of change, the learners will inherit the earth while the
> learned
> > > will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no
> > > longer exists - Eric Hoffer
> > >
> > >  >-----Original Message-----
> > >  >From: Lisa Kimball [mailto:lisa at groupjazz.com]
> > >  >Sent: April 11, 2005 11:15 AM
> > >  >Subject: boston conference
> > >  >
> > >  >Hi!  I thought you might be interested in a very intriguing
conference
> > >  >coming up in Boston in June . This 'positive deviance' approach
shares
> a
> > >  >lot of theoretical roots with appreciative inquiry and complexity
> > > frameworks and I think is very aligned with some of our thinking in
open
> > > space too!
> > >  >
> > >  >From the Inside Out: Uncovering Solutions to Intractable Problems
> > through
> > >  >Positive Deviance
> > >  >Tufts University, Boston, MA
> > >  >June 28-29, 2005
> > >  >http://www.plexusinstitute.org
> > >  >
> > >  >Positive Deviance, an approach developed over the past fourteen
years,
> > >  >demonstrates that isolated examples of success can be tapped to
> benefit
> > an
> > >  >entire community or organization. Accomplishing this requires a
> radical
> > >  >departure from "benchmarking" and "best practice" strategies of
> change.
> > >  >
> > >  >Plexus Institute and The Positive Deviance Initiative at Tufts
> > University
> > >  >invite you to explore Positive Deviance with Jerry and Monique
> Sternin,
> > >  >leading Positive Deviance (PD) authorities and pioneers, and Arvind
> > >  >Singhal, a scholar-practitioner on social change, and join with
others
> > who
> > > are searching for solutions to some of the critical social and
> > > organizational challenges facing us today.
> > >  >
> > >  >The PD approach builds on successful but "deviant" (different)
> practices
> > >  >that are identified from within a community or organization. It is
> based
> > >  >on the observation that in every group there are certain individuals
> > whose
> > >  >uncommon, but demonstrably successful practices or behaviors enable
> them
> > >  >to find better solutions than their neighbors or colleagues who have
> > > access to exactly the same resources. It use was pioneered in
developing
> > > countries and has led to sustainable improvements in seemingly
> intractable
> > >  >organizational and social issues.
> > >  >
> > >  >The Harvard Business Review features PD in its May 1, 2005 edition.
> The
> > >  >approach has also begun to penetrate the corporate consciousness. It
> was
> > >  >employed at Goldman Sachs and was instrumental in transforming the
> > >  >behavior and practice of its nationwide force of investment
advisors.
> It
> > > has been used to tackle gnarly technical challenges at Hewlett
Packard,
> > and
> > >  >hospitals have begun to use PD to address quality improvement
> > challenges.
> > > And a PD workshop was just held at the January 2005 World Economic
Forum
> > in
> > > Davos. PD is unlike traditional expert-driven models for social and
> > > organizational change. Like the human immune system, individuals and
> > > institutions reject what is perceived as "foreign matter". When
> "experts"
> > > provide "best practice" strategies for organizational changes, which
are
> > > externally identified, and "not invented from within", they face
> > rejection.
> > > The Positive Deviance approach provides an antidote to the immune
system
> > > defense mechanism; the solution and the host share the same "DNA" and
> the
> > > change comes from within. Those in a community or organization are
> helped
> > to
> > > discover the positive deviants in their midst, understand the
strategies
> > > they employ and then create among themselves a process for enrolling
the
> > > larger community in the desired change. Change is from inside out.
This
> > > workshop will provide an overview of how and where PD has been
> > successfully
> > > used to address problems requiring social or behavioral change. All
> > > participants will learn the 4 steps of the PD process design to
nurture
> a
> > > PD-based change initiative on an issue of importance to them.
> > >  >
> > >  >I'd be happy to share more info if you're interested!
> > >  >
> > >  >* lisa
> > >
> > >  >Lisa kimball
> > >  >Group Jazz, Suite 440
> > >  >5335 Wisconsin Ave NW
> > >  >Washington, DC 20015 USA
> > >  >P: +1 202.686.4848
> > >  >F: +1 202.966.3772
> > >  >E: lisa at groupjazz.com
> > >  >www.groupjazz.com
> > >  >
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