[Oe List ...] Question about the social process triangles . . .

[Sherwood Shankland]

Eunice and I use the triangles (social and corporate) mostly in context
setting to remind people of the big picture, often along with environmental
scanning exercises prior to planning sessions, sometime just as the
framework for a conversation. 

These triangles are one of the greatest research efforts of OE/EI/ICA and
thank God the Jenkins wrote their book, that Clancy and Epps are also
published and using them regularly. Sadly still one of the best kept secrets
of our modest-to-a-fault culture. ToP as a whole is much more widely known,
but we are nearly unknown by many people who know about “Open Space”, the
Dialogue Method, World Café, and many other that are in the literature and
which pop up quickly in a facilitation search. SO
 who among us has the
talent and the passion to raise the public profile of Triangles and ToP?!
I’ve only done a little in this regard, usually just running off to another
program rather than reflecting and sharing insights from the last one. So
There. Confession. (what comes after that?)

Ciao, from Roma – back with the UN for two weeks. / Sherwood

 

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Subject: [Oe List ...] Question about the social process triangles . . .

 


I got this question from a fellow I know who is intrigued with the Social
Process triangles.  Any responses??

He said:  I think there are very few people who currently care about the
Social Process Triangle as a tool to be used for social transformation. Can
you point me to someone is promotes it's use, trains others on at least an
biannual basis using it, or has tried to implement it in a recognizable or
tangible manner other than the Jenkins?  Short mentions in books on other
topics is, for my purposes, great, but is there anyone you know using it
daily, weekly, or monthly to train or manage something or anything?

Jim Wiegel

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