[Ailist] AI and Bullying

[Rob Voyle]

Hi folks

On 28 Oct 2008 at 20:38, Howard Ditkoff wrote:
..... Personality disorders are not amenable to AI.

Without getting into the argument of whether you can change a sociopath with 
or without AI, I think we are missing the point of where we really should be 
focussing our AI work.

Bullies only exist because the community allows them to exist. Rather than focus 
on the bullies we need to focus our AI on the community.  I wouldn't try to use 
AI to reduce the presence of bullying, I would use my AI approach to grow the 
resources to create resilience in those bullied, and their courage to walk the path 
of non-violent (I realize that is a negative but we don't seem to have a suitable 
word in english) resistance.
Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. had the courage to stand up to some pretty 
powerful bullies. They may have killed King but they couldn't kill the cause of 
justice that the bullies sought to deny.

My question:
Tell me a story of a time when you took a stand to respect the dignity of yourself 
or a coworker?

Rob
  
Robert J. Voyle, Psy.D.
Director, Clergy Leadership Institute
For Coaching and Training in Appreciative Inquiry
Author: Core Elements of the Appreciative Way 
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