Re: Re: Introductions

Hi Wayne,

 > Regarding resistance, I recall something you said once. I don't
 > remember where, maybe PSL or Leaders' Forum.  But it stuck with
 > me and I have quoted you (with proper credit) on several
 > occasions. You said something like, "People don't fear change
 > so much as they fear loss."

I think that was Leader's Forum 1995, in a sesssion that was 
essentially one of my first resistance workshops.

Now I need to give proper credit.  I was summarizing an idea from 
William Bridges' book /Managing Transitions/.  After briefly 
describing three examples of "resistance," Bridges says, "It 
isn't the /changes/ themselves that people in these cases resist. 
  It's the losses and endings that they experience and the 
/transition/ that they are resisting."

 > If this is true, and I believe it is, one way resistance could
 > be a resource is to alert us to perceived losses.

Yes.  So one of the things I want to explore is how people's 
responses give information about what losses they may be 
perceiving.  Sometimes it's easy.  "I can't do that!  My manager 
would fire me!"  Sometimes it's more subtle.

Dale

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