[Ailist] Additional thoughts on AI phases

[Cheri Torres]

Rob and All,

I have the same reaction to Deliver as I do to "tactics"--it seems task
related.  As you say, "now we have a strategic plan and we need some
strategic action".  When using AI 4-D/5-D for strategic planning this is
perfect.

It is a whole other matter for me if AI is about culture transformation and
Destiny is about creating a new culture together.  This requires attention
to what we are creating, how we speak and relate together.  This goes to the
very core/heart even of who we are and how we understand what it means to be
a participant in the organization.  I understand "destiny" as an invitation
to co-create that destiny, which--for me--is different from working together
to complete tasks and goals.  Both are valid and important . . . all depends
upon the focus.  I think it is much more difficult to wrap around Destiny
and to sustain it.

Does this make sense?

Cheri
 
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Subject: RE: [Ailist] Additional thoughts on AI phases

Hi Cheri and Others

Perhaps it is my pragmatism but I have always found that I resonate with the

word Deliver rather than Destiny, especially when working in industrial
settings, 
it needs a whole lot less interpreting.  People understand Deliver.  We have
a 
strategic plan now we need some strategic action, with good feedback and
feed 
forward.

I also like Deliver in Church settings because it is so easy for theological
types to 
go off into their Destiny thinking without grounding it in the
practicalities of the 
day to day things they have to do and to pay attention to the outcomes of
their 
actions.
Rob 
  
Robert J. Voyle, Psy.D.
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