At 03:45 PM 4/16/01 -0700, you wrote:
Laura,
I had a similar experience when I opened space for five people and then
for 10 people. Both times they stayed in one group and either dealt with
each topic in some logical order or merged topics as they went along. I
wonder if there is a reason why small complex adaptive systems behave that
way and larger systems split.
Don
My single experience with a group of 5 was not intentional. Like Laura, I
expected more and five showed up. But -- whoever comes is the right people.
And so we proceeded. Worked like usual. Even to the point that the group
worked in every permutation of 5 possible (2/2/1, 2/3, all 5 etc) My
wonder was that from the point of view of the dynamics of the group -- it
was all identical to a much larger group. Go figure...
Harrison
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