So what is happening from the view on the high plains ? It looks to me: a gypsy and part-time bandit, that some of the sheep have retreated to their pens, while others have been rounded up into a frenzy with the possibility of freedom. The farmers and the shepherds have persuaded the sheep (it didn't take much) that they actually have some power over their situation, and those able to exercise that power will head for long awaited pastures. Delusional. And what will become of the others? As my would-be drifter friend would say "there will be blood."
So, looking down from the highplains, is there any hope of engaging anyone ? The sheep will be nervous, the farmers and shepherds wary and hostile , and the gypsies, thieves, vagabonds, rustlers, drifters and bandits will move on...
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Sunday, 10 January 2010
The focussed use of questions
Having eventually got round to reading Juanita Brown's dissertation on the world cafe, I'm beginning to think we haven't spent enough time on -{ discovering, shaping, and exploring "questions that matter"as a catalyst for collaborative learning, insight, and innovation.}
The more I read , the more convinced I become that we aren't spending enough time thinking and discussing what the right questions are.
Asking the proper question is the central act of transformation. Clarrisa Pinkola Estes
A vital question, a creative question, rivets our attention. All the creative power of our mind is focused on the question. Knowledge emerges in response to these compelling questions. They open us to new worlds...The quality of those worlds depends on the quality of our questions. Verna Allee
Somehow I think we have rushed towards solutions, but solutions to what ? What was/is our inquiry system. This is maybe something we should be considering in our European project. Could we set up a discussion forum on the website for questions rather than answers ? Could we have some cafe style discussions on the questions we should be asking ?
In Toke Moller's story, p129, they asked the question "what could a good school also be?" The process of answering this question seem to combine full participation as well as representation . Is this something we could do ? Can we ask a critical question to all staff - what would it be ? If questions are a lever, what is stuck ? Why are we really here ? How can we create a community at work that enables each person to contribute...?
What questions would the sheep ask ?
The more I read , the more convinced I become that we aren't spending enough time thinking and discussing what the right questions are.
Asking the proper question is the central act of transformation. Clarrisa Pinkola Estes
A vital question, a creative question, rivets our attention. All the creative power of our mind is focused on the question. Knowledge emerges in response to these compelling questions. They open us to new worlds...The quality of those worlds depends on the quality of our questions. Verna Allee
Somehow I think we have rushed towards solutions, but solutions to what ? What was/is our inquiry system. This is maybe something we should be considering in our European project. Could we set up a discussion forum on the website for questions rather than answers ? Could we have some cafe style discussions on the questions we should be asking ?
In Toke Moller's story, p129, they asked the question "what could a good school also be?" The process of answering this question seem to combine full participation as well as representation . Is this something we could do ? Can we ask a critical question to all staff - what would it be ? If questions are a lever, what is stuck ? Why are we really here ? How can we create a community at work that enables each person to contribute...?
What questions would the sheep ask ?
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