[Ailist] Re: Ailist Digest, Vol 60, Issue 7 Appreciation vs. Cynicism

[Jack cerva]

Howdy All AI,

I do not contribute much but generally have gleaned much from all of your AI
posts.  However as of late, most recent example is this thread Apprciation
vs Cynicism, it seems like this list has become a bit out of focus.  In this
regard I agree with Dennis Baird notes below.  I am certain that given the
learned and insightful nature of the people who generally post herein
that they/we can take ANY topic or news report or speech, or socio political
circumstance and build a "thread" out of it.  I for one would like us to
focus more on the basics--back to our foundation and applications vs what I
see in many blogs these days.

Jack D. Cerva & Associates

Bangkok, Thailand





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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dennis Baird <dgb147 at hotmail.com>
> To: Charlotte Henley <chenley at hualuer.midco.net>, <
> ailist at lists.business.utah.edu>
> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 03:29:07 +0000
> Subject: RE: [Ailist] Appreciation vs. Cynicism
> Charlotte:
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> Thank you.
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> I  would really like to see the dialogue on this list focus on the
> essentials of Appreciative Inquiry.
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> I wonder if the discussions about Steve Jobs and the Obamas (and other
> candidates if we continue the present course) are morphing into value
> statements that masquerade as dialogues on AI.  I have a belief that AI is
> about focusing on identifying and working with the positive core of people
> and organizations and not on judging.  Let us remember that "good" people
> sometime do "bad" things and "bad" people sometime do "good" things.  If we
> get caught up in judging the worth of people based on their personality or
> their apparent misstatements then I think we are in deep do-do because none
> of us is perfect but each of us has a positive core that, Jane assures us,
> is much larger than our negative core.
>
> I appreciate the fact that writers are trying to deal with moral dilemmas
> but I really feel that we are starting to stray from the original intent of
> this list.
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> I also realize that I may be missing a greater philosophical implication
> of the dialogue on Jobs and Obama.  But I am uncomfortable with some of the
> value statements and judgements I see.
>
> Dennis Baird
> A simple(?) Canadian
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