[Ailist] Help - Last Minute

[Roger Davies]

Another thing occurred to me. My original response was relatively focused on
dreaming as a method for resolving issues that are more convergent in nature
(that's the engineer in me I guess). However, In the case of more divergent
issues I think the outcome of the dream is less important that the act of
openly sharing dreams and visions of the future. These kind of issues have
no end point but the focus on the future and sharing of ideas 'progresses
the game' as it were.

I'm finding that Ai, TRIZ, writings on finite and infinite games like
Michael Broom's works and more recently Schumacher's ideas on convergent and
divergent problems seem to be different lenses viewing the same core
subject. I have to say I'm not entirely sure what that core subject is but I
feel it has something to do with the human condition. In each it appears
that the approach is what generates more sustainable, mutually beneficial
and creative outcomes.

Once again thanks to all for a stimulating exchange. 

Roger

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[mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy Goodman
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:48 PM
To: Mike Sands; ailist at lists.business.utah.edu; Rob Voyle
Subject: Re: [Ailist] Help - Last Minute

...you know, I'm not good at facilitating that type of thing at all.  I
wonder if there's someone studying how different MBTI types do AI in
practice...

Anyway, good thoughts Rob, whoever you are!  

I'm experimenting a lot with incorporating Joseph Campbell in to my AI
thing.  Like, dream away, and how's this for a metaphor to play with--"we're
all on the hero's journey."

Just a thought...like I said, it takes me a while to develop the actual
exercise...

Nancy

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is waiting for you." --Joseph Campbell

"Don't Panic."--The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"Vocatus," meaning "Called," is the Latin root origin of such words as
vocation and evoke.  What calls you?  




--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Rob Voyle <robvoyle at voyle.com> wrote:
From: Rob Voyle <robvoyle at voyle.com>
Subject: Re: [Ailist] Help - Last Minute
To: "Mike Sands" <msands at dccnet.com>, ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 12:23 PM

Hi Mike

a thought of Dreams: Have you ever stopped to ponder that you are going to
spend the rest of your life in the future? Since that is true lets make it a
future that you and I would prefer to live in.

For Dream work I like to use guided imagery (not guided visualization which
is just a subset of imagery) as a precursor to drawing or other artistic
expression.

You can find a script I use for Church organizations at:
http://www.clergyleadership.com/ai-resources/Imagine-a-church.pdf

I have adapted it also for business by changing the language and also for
work with the individuals.

Here is a quick way to get people to think about imagination:

Q: Who in your organization has the biggest imagination...?

A: The biggest worrier.  

For worry is pure imagination, possibly a misuse of imagination but it is
still

imagination. I wonder what would happen if we took the piece of machinery
people wory with and got them to use it to imagine a future they would like
to live in and the steps they would need to take to achieve it. Much better
than using their imagination to work on why they can't have the future they
desire.

Blessings on your session.

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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