Michael Herman's quadrants? Can someone please tell me more about that? Sounds interesting -I search the archives and they're where quite a few hit on quadrants but I didn't get the picture. Where can I learn more? Thanks for your help :o) Eva
Bästa hälsningar Eva P Svensson ............................................................................ ............ EPS Human Invest AB "Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor" Anåsbergsvägen 22 S-439 34 ONSALA Tel & Fax 0300-615 05 Mobil 0706 - 89 85 50 [email protected] -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]För Chris Corrigan Skickat: den 26 september 2003 18:46 Till: [email protected] Ämne: Re: Ideas wanted for book on happiness at work Hi Alexander: I think a better term than just "happiness at work" would be "flow" as defined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He has written a number of books about this phenomenon, the most recent being "Good Business" which is a very practical guide to creating the conditions for flow in the workplace. It builds on his classic "Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience" excerpts of which you can read here: http://www.debateit.net/improvethought/flow1.htm I think Open Space invites us to work in flow, and a key thing for organizations to consider when using OST is how they can support flow in organizations, once space has been opened and people realize that it is possible to work that way. When planning to use Open Space Tech as an "intervention" within an organization, I would be remiss if I didn't start the conversation by asking how we would support the peak experiences that people have in OST. I use Michael Herman's quadrants in "Inviting Organization" to talk with clients about what people can expect to experience as possibilities in Open Space. The four quadrants (modeled on those of Ken Wilber) are purpose, story, structure and action. Peak experiences in all quadrants, representing a holistic perspective on organization, look like this: Purpose=compassion Story=vision/dreams Structure=movement/flow Action=ripples/peace I have books that I use to talk about extending these experiences. For compassion in organizations, I'm partial to my father in law's new book from Harvard Business Press called "Toxic Emotions At Work: How Compassionate managers handle pain and conflict." For Structure, I'm partial to "Good Business." I like Harrison's new book "The Practice of Peace" for the Action quadrant experience. And peak experiences in the Story quadrant can be supported by ideas from a variety of sources including Joseph Campbell and many others that talk about collective meaning making using stories, visions and archetypes. This is critical to plan for, because without follow-up support to support these peak experiences, people are thrown back into "business as usual" triggering grief that will need to be dealt with. It seems to me that a book about how to extend the flow experience (and the others) from an OST event into the life of the organization would be very welcome. I'll look forward to seeing your book. Chris --- CHRIS CORRIGAN Bowen Island, BC, Canada http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot [email protected] (604) 947-9236 > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Alexander Kjerulf > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 2:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Ideas wanted for book on happiness at work > > Hi > > I need your help: I'm currently writing a book about happiness at work. > The book is directed at both managers and employees, and should give the > reader a better understanding of what makes people happy at work, as > well as a lot of practical tools to use. > > If you were reading such a book, what would you like to see in it? Drop > me a comment if you have any ideas - good or bad :o) > > The reason I ask this question on this list, is that I believe there is > a huge overlap between opening space and being happy at work, and the > book will explore that, as well as many other themes. > > Oh, and here's a bonus challenge: Can you give me a better phrase than > "happiness at work"? In danish we have the word arbejdsglaede meaning > workhappiness. I find it interesting that this word exists in danish > (and swedish) and not in, say, english, french or german. > > The book is part of my "happiness at work" project, a non-profit, open > source, open space organization that promotes happiness at work (more > info here: http://www.kjerulf.com/projectshappinessatwork.htm). > > Cheers > > Alexander > > -- > Alexander Kjerulf > www.kjerulf.com > [email protected] > Tagensvej 126, lejl. 102 > 2200 København N. > +45 2688 2373 > > Trænger du til noget arbejdsglæde? 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