[OSList] Orgs that Failed to Implement Self-Organization?

[David Osborne]

Rob,

That is a beautiful description of self-organization.  Thanks for sharing
it.

David


*David R. Osborne*
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On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 2:24 AM R Chaffe via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Jake,
> By definition self organisation occurs despite any efforts to make it
> happen.  Self means just that ie. it is about personal commitment to one’s
> self.  When a system self organises those who are viewing it as if through
> a window wonders how?  Then the question is why?  In change again by
> definition new things are operating in the environment we are in.  Maslow
> would say we revert to the base of his needs and then as we mature we reach
> the ultimate self actualisation.  So the function of a self organising or
> self managed group will be compromised when someone’s needs are not met.
>
> Normally, from my experience the organisation or management of the group
> will move to and fro through a range of responses that what we might call
> “living cadence”. And if the situation is compromised beyond the group’s
> ability to cope we can say the self organised group has failed.
>
> Having had the privilege of working in a number of self organising groups
> it is as if by magic things get done to standards way in excess of what I
> had thought possible.  Over time groups evolve as they adapt to their
> environment.  As said in the bible there is a time for everything as one
> waxes one wanes.
>
> Regards
> Rob
>
> > On 21 Jun 2019, at 12:04 pm, Juliane Martina Roell (Structure & Process)
> via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Jake Yeager via OSList schrieb am 20.06.19 um 19:31:
> >> Hey everyone,
> >> Does anyone know of organizations that attempted to implement
> self-organization but failed? If so, do you know some of the factors that
> contributed to the failure? We hear about the successes, like Semco and
> AES, but rarely about the failures. I'd like to understand better what the
> pitfalls are and also what the success rate is.
> > Hi Jake,
> >
> > what do you mean by "implement self-organization"?
> > How would one go about doing that?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Juliane.
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