[Ailist] Reframe Influence

[Roger Davies]

 Dear All,

Leif posed the following questions in response to an earlier thread

- "How could we look with Compassionate Engagement and Appreciative
   Curiosity to what is happening in the world today?
   - How could we look with a positive lens even if there is an inevitable
   world shift leading to decreased (relative) influence of America (and
   Europe) on the world
   - How can we use the mindsets, values and tools of Appreciative Inquiry
   to open up our perspective and to start exploring the world using the
eyes,
   ears and minds of others.

I think that there is an underlying question to these that I can't quite
focus on. Maybe because the questions are broad in nature. I'd like to hear
people's views on the second question but in a slightly different way.

- How can we look with a positive lens at a process of redefining our
influence. ?

It ties in, in some way with the ME:WE notion that Mary Alice shared with
us.

I'm trying to get at a different perception of 'power' than I think is
generally held in 'The West' today. I believe it is possible to be more
successful and an individual or group by harnessing the power of everyone
who becomes connected to or affected by that group. How can we start at a
small level, within a community or business. My struggle in business is to
get people to start to let go of the top down, highly data orientated,
centralized structure of business.

Roger