Re: Introductions

Finally, I find the time, space, energy all at once to answer the
first question. :-) 

--- In [email protected], Dale Emery
<dale@d...> wrote:
> As a way to start the conversation, I invite all of you to 
> introduce yourselves.  One way to do that is to answer The Three 
> Questions (which I learned from one of this group's members):
> 
> 1. How did you come to be here?

a) Like many others, I came from another list or series of lists, in
my lineage xpworkshop begat xpportland begat industrialxp begat the
project management group I can't remember the name of (clearly not
THERE anymore) begat agileprojectmanagerment begat
resistance-as-a-resource. 
b) However, why any of these? An interest/career in organizational
change practices/processes that collided with an affiliation/rapport
in working with software groups and XP/Agile folks in particular. 
c) Appreciative Inquiry, my default(though not exclusive) working
approach, takes a non-traditional view of resistance as finding value
in that which is...which makes it a resource in any change effort. I
want to learn more about how to work with this dynamic. 
d) And, since I've been using his "temperature check" description for
some time, a curiosity about Dale Emery. ;-) 

> 
> 2. How do you feel about being here?

Curious/overwhelmed/hopeful. I am fascinated by change processes in
general and, as above, by resistance in specific, so I'm curious about
what this list may uncover. I am overwhelmed and feeling a bit
inadequate at the thought of another listserv to read and engage. I am
hopeful that I will be able to contribute something of value. 
> 
> 3. What would you like to have happen here?

a) Lively discussions about resistance we encounter in ourselves and
others, including the resistance of organizations to process consulting 
b) Linkages with other folks who have experiences to share such that
f2f meetings/collaborations may happen from time to time. I can't help
it, in Jungian terms, I'm incurable in relying on EF. (Does everyone
know about the Singer-Loomis? http://movingboundaries.com/ ) 
c) Resource sharing (e.g., see above) 

> And one more question:  What else would you like us to know about 
> you?

I'll be at several XP/Agile conferences over the next months and hope
discussions at those events will arise out of this group. 
Live in Portland, OR. Travel some. I have successfully resisted
writing this introduction for several weeks now. ;-) 

Diana

Diana Larsen
Industrial Logic & FutureWorks Consulting, LLC
www.industriallogic.com
www.futureworksconsulting.com

"Asking the proper question is the central act of transformation."
Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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