Rob, That is a beautiful description of self-organization. Thanks for sharing it.
David *David R. Osborne* Organization and Leadership Development 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 1120, Falls Church, VA 22042 703-939-1777 | [email protected] | change-fusion.com On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 2:24 AM R Chaffe via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > Jake, > By definition self organisation occurs despite any efforts to make it > happen. Self means just that ie. it is about personal commitment to one’s > self. When a system self organises those who are viewing it as if through > a window wonders how? Then the question is why? In change again by > definition new things are operating in the environment we are in. Maslow > would say we revert to the base of his needs and then as we mature we reach > the ultimate self actualisation. So the function of a self organising or > self managed group will be compromised when someone’s needs are not met. > > Normally, from my experience the organisation or management of the group > will move to and fro through a range of responses that what we might call > “living cadence”. And if the situation is compromised beyond the group’s > ability to cope we can say the self organised group has failed. > > Having had the privilege of working in a number of self organising groups > it is as if by magic things get done to standards way in excess of what I > had thought possible. Over time groups evolve as they adapt to their > environment. As said in the bible there is a time for everything as one > waxes one wanes. > > Regards > Rob > > > On 21 Jun 2019, at 12:04 pm, Juliane Martina Roell (Structure & Process) > via OSList <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Jake Yeager via OSList schrieb am 20.06.19 um 19:31: > >> Hey everyone, > >> Does anyone know of organizations that attempted to implement > self-organization but failed? If so, do you know some of the factors that > contributed to the failure? We hear about the successes, like Semco and > AES, but rarely about the failures. I'd like to understand better what the > pitfalls are and also what the success rate is. > > Hi Jake, > > > > what do you mean by "implement self-organization"? > > How would one go about doing that? > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Juliane. > > -- > > Structure & Process | http://structureprocess.com | @strucproc > > Juliane Martina Röll | GSM: +49 178 4984743 > > _______________________________________________ > > OSList mailing list > > To post send emails to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
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