Re: Welcome new members
Dale Emery <[email protected]>
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Hi Dave, Welcome! > I view interpersonal conflict as an opportunity for growth and > learning for everyone involved. I am curious about how this > relates to Dale's ideas about resistance. What relationships do you see so far? What differences do you see, if any? > I would like to see resistance in a different light. How do you see resistance now? What's leading you to want to see resistance in a different light? > I am a web developer and coach in an organization that is > struggling to shift it's development process toward agile > software development. I've been programming for 3 years. > Prior to that I was a child and family therapist. Your pointer to the book Narrative Therapy (by Freedman and Coombs) has been very helpful to me. It got me thinking about stories, and how we use stories to make meaning. The very word resistance is, I think, a hint about some story we're telling -- to call a behavior resistance means that we're thinking about the behavior in relation to something we have asked the person to do. "I want Fred to take out the garbage. Fred is resisting." We already have a sequence of related events, a skeleton for a story, complete with tension. Recently I've been exploring the idea that a relationship is a story, a story we use to make meaning of our interactions. I think this is a rich vein to explore. Dale -- Dale Emery -- Consultant -- Resistance as a Resource Web: http://www.dhemery.com Weblog: http://www.dhemery.com/journal (Conversations with Dale) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/X1EolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/