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SOGs decrease pointless anger and increase learning from anger

by lori | Jul 7, 2011 | Benefits, Impacts, Learning, Sustaining

How many days each year are you angry?  I’m not talking about clearly warranted in-the-moment anger—the kind that causes you to shriek out loudly to stop a young child from running out into busy traffic (followed by a mini lecture about the dangers of running into...

Beautiful complexity—the view from within my self-organizing group

by lori | May 3, 2011 | Benefits, Impacts, Learning

Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays are the three days each week that I consciously prioritize my family, my close friends, and my individual well-being over my work as a self-organizing groups researcher. I minimize my connection with the broader world on these three...

Self-organizing trees, people, and chickens on our Hawaiian vacation

by lori | Mar 30, 2011 | Learning, Recognizing, Successful Groups

I’ve been noticing lately that I’m a bit jealous of Daniel’s blog. Photographers can say so much without words. So in this post I’m embracing my photographer self. We just got back from 9 days in Kauai, Hawaii. As I sorted and posted my photos into Facebook for...

How do self-organizing groups make decisions? (2 of 2)

by lori | Mar 3, 2011 | FAQ, Successful Groups

Continuing from How do self-organizing groups make decisions? (1 of 2) … Short answer: These groups don’t make decisions. They find decisions, together, the instant that group members recognize and embrace their collective self. Long answer: Self-aware self-organizing...

How do self-organizing work groups sustain themselves? (1 of 4)

by lori | Oct 26, 2010 | FAQ, Sustaining

These eight ideas are based on the 18 groups I’ve studied to date and am studying now. They are a summary of what I’ve seen these groups demonstrate so far. In the coming weeks’ blogs I plan to discuss these ideas in detail, using examples from the groups themselves....
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