Hi Nancy,
Cool stuff! I especially like this part, because it ties in to a
presentation that I am preparing at the moment:
At 17:15 10-4-2011, Nancy White wrote:
The term "line of sight" is something I learned from Lisa Kimball
(Metanetwork, GroupJazz, Plexus). In her early work with online
groups the thing she noticed that often was missing was the ability
to see each other "out of the corner of our eyes" to get a sense of
how what we as individuals were doing/experiencing related to what
others in the group were experiencing.
My presentation is about the use of on-line tools in projects and
other change initiatives in organizations. I noticed that some
organizations have policies that limit the use of on-line
communication tools (chat, yammer etc.) to strictly business topics.
In those policies, anything private is more or less censored out or
strongly discouraged. I also noticed that in these cases, the use of
the on-line tools is less successful (it is used less and it is
viewed as not as much fun) and it tends to be viewed as contributing
less to the success of the project. I think that this also has to do
with line-of-sight. It looks as if people need the chit-chat or the
casual side-step to find out where the other person is on an
emotional level. That is the thing that builds trust and
understanding. And that is why Open Space works so well while we do
not restrict the topics or conversations at all. Maybe I am moving
too fast and connecting things too easily, but I do think there is
something of value here.
Thanks for bringing this up!
Warm greetings from a sunny Utrecht, where it looks as if we are
going to have a beautiful sunset shortly.
Koos
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