<html><head></head><body>David,<br>
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Having read your later explanation of "safe", I feel it's also useful to look a bit closer at "self-organization".<br>
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From a systemic perspective, it is impossible for a complex system (like an org, or a group of people within) to *not* self-organize. It does not matter whether conditions are great, indifferent or lousy, groups of people will self-organize and adapt, as they always have.<br>
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So, while we may be unhappy about the *results* of it, self-organization in itself cannot be stopped by too much safety. It is a capability and power we can always rely on, for better or worse.<br>
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It seems we rather need to focus more on the desired results, i.e. on the words immediately following the word "self-organizing...". Like e.g. "... team". By stressing "self-organization" instead, and e.g. contrasting it to "passiveness" or "complacency" or "too much safety", we might simply be barking up the wrong tree.<br>
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So, coming back to your question, I'd reply with another question: If you're not happy about the current results of self-organization - what different results would you like to see, instead, and how could you modify the conditions so that it becomes more likely for self-organization to work towards the desired results.<br>
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Just my 2 cents,<br>
Rolf<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Am 21. August 2018 06:49:20 MESZ schrieb David Osborne via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Greetings all, <div><br></div><div>I have questions about safety related to self-organization I would love others thoughts on. </div><div><br></div><div>Is it possible for an environment can be too safe to support self-organization? Can safety be at such a high level that it inhibits or slows down the self-organizing process?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm very interested to hear others perspectives.</div><div><br></div><div>Best to all,</div><div><br>David<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-family:Avenir-Roman;color:rgb(88,88,91)"><br><span style="font-size:14px">David R. Osborne</span></span></b><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Avenir-Roman;color:rgb(127,153,171)">Organization and Leadership Development</span></span></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><img height="84" width="180" src="cid:F50CD739-0CB3-4057-980C-62D5983A9F83@hsd1.il.comcast.net." style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font color="#7f99ab" face="Avenir-Roman"><b style="font-size:11px"><br></b></font><span style="color:rgb(88,88,91);font-family:Avenir-Roman;font-size:10pt">6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 1120, Falls Church, VA 22042</span> <div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Avenir-Roman;color:rgb(88,88,91)">703-939-1777</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Avenir-Roman;color:rgb(152,191,193)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Avenir-Black;color:rgb(152,191,193)"> | </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Avenir-Black;color:rgb(234,123,50)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Avenir-Roman;color:rgb(88,88,91)"><a href="mailto:dosborne@change-fusion.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">dosborne@change-fusion.com</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Avenir-Black;color:rgb(234,123,50)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Avenir-Black;color:rgb(152,191,193)"> | </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Avenir-Black;color:rgb(234,123,50)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Avenir-Roman;color:rgb(88,88,91)"><a href="http://change-fusion.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">change-fusion.com</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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