you make me think, holger... more and more, in very different places, i hear this "we don't know what will happen next" observation. heartening, i think. and half of the way, i thnk.
second half would seem to be noticing that while we can't know or command with certainty, we can always and everywhere INVITE the things that we prefer: "what are the issues and opportunities for everything to go our way?" then i guess the third half would be expanding our "our." m -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.ronanparktrail.com http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org http://www.openspaceworld.org 312-280-7838 (mobile) On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:23 AM, Holger Nauheimer (Change Facilitation) <hol...@change-facilitation.org> wrote: > Dear Michael, > > if you have observed me over the last years, you know that I use the term > “Change Management” as a pure marketing term – it’s the language the clients > speak, and I use it to reach out to them. I believe what people understand > when they talk change management is actually project management, i.e. > managing the things of change that can be managed (a few, e.g. setting up > meetings, PR campaigns, etc.). I prefer to use change facilitation instead, > and when I get to talk to clients I explain them that they have to prepared > for the unknown. > > I attended a good presentation here in San Francisco of a German guy who is > the CEO of CoreMedia, the company who has developed the Internet TV for > German ZDF and will develop the web presence for Vancouver Olympics 2010. He > said it clearly: We cannot predict what happens next. No wonder that in his > organization they use OST a lot. > > Change cannot be managed. > > Regards, > Holger > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
