[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Question

[Marilyn Crocker]

Hi Randy and Terry,

 

I'm probably stepping into this conversation mid stream, but it strikes me
that the process you are attributing (or not) to Margaret Wheatley, for
whatever her intent, is not very different from our foundational Objective,
Reflective, Interpretive, Decisional (her Identify, Connect, Engage, and
Accelerate)

 

Am I missing something?

 

Marilyn

 

 

 

Marilyn R. Crocker, Ed.D

123 Sanborn Rd

West Newfield, ME 04095

 

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[mailto:oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of R Williams
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:49 AM
To: Terry Bergdall
Cc: Order Ecumenical Community; Colleague Dialogue
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Question

 

Terry,

 

I am clear that A77 is not copying or replicating the process from Wheatley,
which is why I said A77 "draws from a process articulated in" the book, by
which I meant to imply, not directly from the book itself.  Hope no one
thinks I was suggesting that the ICA was just aping Wheatley.  That
certainly was not my intent.  It is strange and wondrous that when truth
emerges it shows up in many places and many forms and is used in different
ways by different assortments of people.  As I stated in the email and have
said often in other places, where this wisdom first appeared for me was in
Hawken's Blessed Unrest.  But it wasn't until Walk Out Walk On, or actually
in a paper by Wheatley and Frieze that preceded the book, that I was able to
articulate for myself more clearly the value of and how to use Hawken's, and
Senge's, insights.

 

Randy

 

"The sustainability revolution is nothing less than a rethinking and
remaking of our role in the natural world."

 
-David Orr

 

From: Terry Bergdall <bergdall at gmail.com>
To: R Williams <rcwmbw at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:15 AM
Subject: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Question
  

 

Randy, 

 

I first read Walk Out Walk On at the ToP annual meeting in Sacramento in
January 2012 when it was the subject of a charting exercise over 4 mornings.
What I find interesting is that the 4 steps of Accelerate 77 is not
something that came DIRECTLY from her book (we were promoting these four
steps for most of 2011). Rather, it is an example of INDIRECT wisdom
garnered from kindred spirits. These are the words, phrases, and insights
that become a reinforcing piece of our "image" or the world. The important
matter is our operating image, not the source of the messages that created
it. I heard Wheatley talk at the annual conference of the International
Association of Facilitator (IAF) in April of 2010. She was probably then in
the thick of writing Walk Out Walk On. While I can't remember anything
specific she said, I'm sure her presentation made a deep impression on me
that eventually influenced the creation of Accelerate 77.  

 

I have a clearer memory about the "collegium" on Accelerate 77 when we
solidified our four steps for inclusion in a printed program description for
potential supporters. The 4 steps were simply pulled out of our collective
wisdom about what we were trying to do and why. One of our volunteers, Vito
Greco, was the most articulate that morning that led us to our collective
"ah-ha" on Identify, Connect, Engage, and Accelerate. It is shocking to see
how close our four steps are with Wheatley's. Maybe "fascinating" is a
better word. I'm referring to the relatively UNCONSCIOUS relationship
between them.

 

I'm reminded of that quote that says something like "you know you are
successful in playing a catalytic role when people with whom you've worked
accomplish something and they say 'we did this ourselves!'"

 

Terry

 

 

The ICA-USA's Accelerate 77 program draws from a process articulated in Walk
Out Walk On.  Wheatley and Frieze posit that everything that needs to happen
in local community is already underway and there's no need to spend time
initiating anything new.  What is needed is to (their 4-step process)
identify, connect, nurture and expand what is already going on.  (ICA called
step 4 "accelerate.")  By so doing, the isolated efforts emerge into
networks of relationships which evolve into communities of practice, and
these communities of practice, over time, change the world.

 

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