[Ailist] AI and Bullying

[Howard Ditkoff]

I agree. The key isn't focusing on the sociopaths. It's focusing on building
the awareness and courage in the rest of the community to stand up for each
other and for justice and compassion. It's like immunizing them against a
social toxin.

The challenge for AI is to build the structures that are more immune to the
antisocial and instill and amplify the traits that help keep them that way.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob Voyle" <rob at voyle.com>
> To: "Howard Ditkoff" <howard at emergentassociates.com>; "Howard Ditkoff" 
> <howard at emergentassociates.com>; <ailist at lists.business.utah.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ailist] AI and Bullying
>
>
>> 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
>> http://www.clergyleadership.com/
>> 503-647-2378 or 503-647-2382
>>
>>
>>
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