[Oe List ...] Respectful Dialogue

[Del Morrill]

My own experience with consensus is:

1) meetings going so late that only those with enough endurance to last out
to the end were the ones who made the final decisions;

And 2) being told to "shut up" by my colleagues at the Peru HDP consult when
I raised questions about the way the village people were being handled in
the so-called decision-making process.

Del

 

 

 

There can be nothing to frighten you if you refuse to be afraid. (Mahatma
Gandhi)

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From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of frank bremner
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Respectful Dialogue

 

I have two images about "consensus" which may help in the current
discussion.  I too have noticed how "consensus" can silence the dissenter,
or the person with a "but .....", or the person with a "po" (Edward de
Bono's name for an item that wopn't fit into "yes" or "no").  I've been
thinking about this through my work with high school students, using ICA/ToP
methods, at school level.  And then again working with high school students
at state level, where sitting around talking ("blah!") was "the method"
being used by those in charge.
 
 

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