The (premature) tribulations of an uninitiated but aspiring mid-wife

Yesterday was the last-but-one meeting of our Appreciative Inquiry work group. The idea was that over the last few months a group of 12 people had been busy running about the organisation having conversations with people about such things as: “… a time when you feel you were really able to contribute to bringing about [...]

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Really taking it in…

As I think back to the block level gathering of the 23rd and 24th, I increasingly feel that, for all the imperfections that might have bothered me, the event was rather good. My withdrawal from the centre of the scene gave me a wonderful chance to reflect on the entire process – the dynamics that [...]

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Taking it all in…

Well, as my efforts at being humble go into overdrive, I’ve had the chance to think over a whole lot of things. All the same, I’ve had a whole bunch of ‘not-so-humble’ issues come to mind since the morning…
What is the change that I expect to see? Will I recognise it when it comes about? [...]

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My Pet Obsession (the saga continues)

Calling myself a ‘change agent’, a ‘facilitator of change’ or a ‘catalyst’ makes me feel that I’m getting a little bit big for my boots. To be honest, I don’t know what I should call myself really.
The last couple of days were spent with about 100 people from Seva Mandir’s blocks (geographical units) and programme-units [...]

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Hearing the Call

Even as I wrote the title of this blog, I found myself confused. Which goes to show just how things are at the moment. Working on a process of organisational change is a rather tricky thing indeed. For whom, exactly, are we changing? What is this change and why are we doing it? These may [...]

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The Main Shift (part 2)

Something about my last post leaves me feeling like I pretended that I had resolved a dilemma. Back at work today, and this feeling is buzzing about inside me quite intensely!
Upon further reflection, I get the nagging feeling that it is a gross simplification to say that facilitating this organisational change process simply boils down [...]

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The Main Shift

The gradual discovery over the last few years that it’s not really about me and my ideas versus rigid unhelpful people in the organisation has been rather seminal for me.It’s not that I don’t have all these ideas that I want [...]

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