On Mon, 11 Sep 1995 DwBuff@aol.com wrote:
> This on the spot usage has worked within the particular meeting. Since
> our teams are in continuous change of membership due to downsizing and I
> only work with teams a few times, the sustainability is probably suspect.
> If you are working with a team over a long period of time, you might try
> introducing the concept through usage and then later simply discuss what
> was going on.
[...quote of DwBuff's msg shortened by your host...]
In your last paragraph you allude to a difference between short- and long-
term conduct of a group. I think that difference is terribly important.
Over time, a team becomes a "tribe" and can afford to reflect (i.e.
articulate, coin new names, abbreviate, build a common language of
mutually convenient shorthand terms) on the patterns that it finds, upon
examination, in its own habitual practice, whether for good or ill.
I like your emphasis on the doing, first, without names.
Regards
Jim Michmerhuizen
web residence at http://world.std.com/~jamzen/
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