[OSList] Toyota or equivalent / Leadership

[Skye Hirst]

Yes, Harrison, you have written it all before, and each time you  do so
here, it must be me,  it gets clearer and clearer - like the focus is
tighter and tighter,  and ah the paradox,  we move our logics from
"either/or"  to "both/and"  and then  "neither/nor"  or oneness or logic of
the whole.  Ah life.!  Skye


On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:

> Anna -- Sounds like a marvelous new adventure. Doubtless you will find some
> great stories and thinking in the writings of Marv Weisbord and Eric Trist.
> Eric was before my time, and Marv is an old friend. But I think you may
> have
> (your "guinea pig may have) two separate interests here: Participatory
> Leadership and Wisdom of the Whole. Of course they could be the same thing,
> but typically people like Trist and Weisbord understood Leadership to be
> more or less equated with the Formal Leadership of an organization, and the
> effort was to help them (The Leaders) share their task. But there was never
> any question as to Who the Leader(s) was.
>
> "Wisdom of the Whole," seems to me, come from a very different place.
> Leadership in that situation is understood to be a function or a role that
> may in fact be performed by anybody and (over time) everybody. And
> Leadership is never to be limited to, or equated with the Formal Leaders.
> Many people would see this as a confusing, perhaps revolutionary thought.
> After all things could get out of hand, confused, to say nothing of
> chaotic.
> Might we say, Out of Control!
>
> This, of course, is precisely the problem (opportunity) lots of folks have
> with Open Space, especially when they just hear about it. After all, nobody
> is in charge. Everybody is -- And that, I think is real Participatory
> Leadership. Leadership is not something to be shared, if only because it is
> the possession and birthright of everybody. No need for a share of
> something
> you already possess!
>
> To me, this takes us to the heart of the lesson from Open Space. Sure it is
> a nice meeting methodology, a "tool" for group work, a "process, if you
> will... but that is just the beginning, and a very small beginning. At the
> end of the day it (OS) is an experience of, and training in real leadership
> -- What I have called Authentic Leadership.
>
> And of course, I just happen to have written a book that explains all this:
> "Wave Rider: Leadership for High Performance in a Transforming World" :-)
>
> Harrison
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Anna Caroline
> Türk
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:22 AM
> To: OS international List
> Subject: [OSList] Toyota or equivalent
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am just experimenting with a leadership coaching program.
> And my guinea pig wants more information about participatory leadership -
> wisdom of the whole… I remember all the stories about Toyota and other car
> industry that changed their productivity by involving all workers.
>
> Can you link me with short and profound articles?
> Or links?
>
> Would be very much appreciated!
>
> much Love from Berlin,
> AC*
>
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*Skye Hirst, PhD*
President - The Autognomics Institute
*Conversations in the Ways of Life-itself*
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