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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>John Sounds like a worthy project indeed, but I have to confess to a smiling reaction when reading: “- what does someone need to know to say "I do self organisation"? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ho<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Winter 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class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Hello facilitators of self organisation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Let's take a moment to consider self organisation, as 'field' or 'practice'.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>I am scoping a summer project at the moment (in the southern hemisphere!).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>I have been reading and learning all I can about self org. There is less than I expected at the heart of self org practice, but much more than I realised in intersecting fields (e.g. in governance, democracy, community organising, management, change, systems...). There are also unanswered Qs about what 'self org' <i>is</i> (indeed, if it is anything at all).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>It might be worthwhile formalising this, through a focused research project, and sharing the results in a report or the like.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Possible focus questions that come to mind for me are<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>- what does someone need to know to say "I do self organisation"?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>- what would someone need to know to be an 'expert' in self org?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Would appreciate your perspective, as a practitioner-facilitator-fellow wave rider:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>What (if anything) do you think deserves to be done?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Who should be involved in doing it?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'></span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Thank you for contributing to the quest!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663300'>John Baxter</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Cocreation Consultant & </span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'></span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Co</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'></span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Create Adelaide Facilitator</span></i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet 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