[Ailist] Re: Applying leeches?

[Nancy Stetson]

>Cheri,

I think the question to ask the leadership is, are you willing to empower your employees? In other words, can you let go of the command and control mindset of the bureaucracy in order to allow full employee engagement?

Nancy

>Well said, Nancy.  And in which case, how would an organization assess its
>own culture to know whether it is a fit for AI?  What questions would they
>need to ask the leadership? 
>
>It would be interesting to actually match organizational change processes to
>organizational cultures.  Perhaps this is the level at which we would
>discover that anything can work and it depends upon the individual
>organization (as you suggest, Nancy). 
>
>I believe that the Spiral Dynamics folks may have done this already.  Which
>inspires me to ask--perhaps the better assessment mechanism is to do a
>cultural assessment and then pick the "change paradigm(s)" that correlate
>with one's culture.
>
>Has anyone been working in this way?
>
>Cheri
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nancy Stetson [mailto:nancy at sonic.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 8:30 PM
>To: Cheri Torres
>Cc: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
>Subject: RE: [Ailist] Re: Applying leeches?
>
>>Cheri,
>
>I guess I would say that one would decide whether or not a process (or
>paradigm) like AI "works", based on the desirability of the "outcomes" or
>"results" of working with the process or way of doing business.  I think
>change is situational and depends on all kinds of things, NONE of which
>likely could be replicated in a different situation.  That's what I mean by
>not cause and effect, or linear.  Human systems are like networks, webs;
>they branch out in MANY different directions, all at once, and perhaps never
>the same way twice :)
>
>Nancy
>

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