Koos, you just helped me "see" something. The importance of the personal, the informal in successful online interaction reminds me of the deep value of butterflies and bumblebees. Cool patterns.
N On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Koos de Heer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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