Comment from Lumpy on 2006-02-12

2006-02-13T01:25:53Z

There is a phenonmenon in psychology known as group think which, ironically, actually means just the opposite. It applies to a situation when a strong leadership personality in a group is so dominant that his or her input is all that effectively matters. Meetings and connectivety are supposed to do just the opposite.

There is also the concept called 80/20. 80 percent of what we create only generates 20 of out total output and visa versa. Most of the meeting I attend fall under this rule. The rable rouser is looking at a half empty cup.

One must have some faith in process and even more in persistant effort. Nothing beat a failure except a try. Hopefully you have eighty failures in a bussines meeting and then have 20 more. Collaberation is needed. Good ideas would not be noticed if we did not have the bad ones to measure them against.

Maybe we should try and figure out why some individuals seem to dominate the process more than others? (Actually, that has been examined.) The point is, however, simple. Interaction is needed. It is the only process that truely creates a real change. This is true despite the fact that most changes do not result in failure. As far as the rable rouser goes, I hope he looks at the lower half of the glass.

Comment from joitske on 2006-02-15

2006-02-15T20:40:24Z

I remember someone talking about the need to balance it: have creative group sessions, stimulating thinking and space for individual reflections and processing. That would also work best for me actually, my best ideas come while cycling, showering, bringing the kids to school, etc

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Comment from Lumpy on 2006-02-12

Comment from joitske on 2006-02-15