Thank you Rich for your commentary about making the sociometry of the
group explicit. My experience in a corporate setting supports your
suggestion. Once group members can absorb the spoken and unspoken
assumptions about their own place in the group - they seem to then open
up, they become more willing to take risks and to create. "Do I belong?"
"Where do I belong?" seem to be important questions.
I wonder how to begin those conversations in organizations built on the
old industrial heirarchical model?
Linda Schreiner
LVS429@aol.com
P.S. This is my first contribution to the conversation. I joined late last
week. I work for Signet Banking Corporation in Richmond Va. Signet has been
working with IA and Rick Karash for the past 5 years. I am interested in
learning about the middle of the journey - you know - that part when you're
not there yet and the destination is too far away to be real!
[Host's Note: A hearty welcome to my dear friend Linda! ...Rick]
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