[Ailist] Ai and feelings

[Bruce Halliday]

As we facilitate the AI process with the belief that we honour and recognize
everyone's contribution and respect differences, we allow space for people
to express their "passions"- whatever and whenever. I have seen anger emerge
at many stages- including when Prov Props are being presented to a large
group. 

I too appreciate Cathy's statement and find it consistent with honouring and
acknowledging others. When the statement "if you hold...." is used, it will
transform  one person's passion into a whole group's passion for a better
future. 

Sue, thank you for your passionate thoughts and for reminding me of Cathy's
inspiring words. Bruce
-- 
Bruce Halliday
B. Halliday Consulting Inc.

the human side of business
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
bruceh@cadvision.com

"connecting as human beings first to co-create preferred futures"

> From: SueHammond@aol.com
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:14:27 EDT
> To: ailist@business.utah.edu
> Subject: Re: [Ailist] Ai and feelings
> 
> I had to think about Peggy's wonderful post. This is a very important issue
> in AI and I look forward to people's thoughts. I hesitate to share mine
> because I feel so inadequate in my understanding of social construction...but
> this is how we learn...
> I beleive that AI allows for a full range of human emotions and that a broad
> mis-understanding exists that we have to be "positive" to do AI. Someone with
> such deep anger may need to express that anger in a public setting. In many
> ways that honors the whole person.
> What keeps coming to mind is Cathy Royal's exhortation that if you hold in
> your mind what isn't right, you hold in your mind what it would look like if
> it was right.  Besides being a scholar and practitioner, Cathy is a woman of
> color. The more I am around her, the more I see the incredible treatment of
> her. The indignities forced on her as a woman of color have stopped me dead
> and made me angry. But her voice is right there each time, "hold in your head
> what it could look like."  She is also the first to say "This isn't going to
> be an AI Day".
> The Lesson to me: The more we give voice to all the people in the system, the
> more we may learn to make us angry, but to also move to change the world, one
> person at a time. The underlying assumption is to treat the whole person with
> dignity and respect and that includes listening and honoring their anger.
> Others???
> suehammond
> 
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