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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...

How do self-organizing groups make decisions? (1 of 2)

by lori | Mar 1, 2011 | FAQ, Successful Groups

This week, as I rattled excitedly on about the groups I’m studying right now (as I always do—I recently decided that this flaw is part of my charm), my friend Annie said “But I need to make a decision! How do self-organizing groups make decisions?!” Damn girl, good...

Sustaining a large self-organizing group for 20+years (1 of 3)

by lori | Feb 6, 2011 | Sustaining

This week I interviewed 6 members of a remarkable 100+-member self-organizing group that has sustained itself for 20 years and counting. I also interviewed one person who has witnessed, from nearby, this group in action. I still have lots more learning to do, so part...

How to guarantee that your self-organizing group is successful

by lori | Dec 29, 2010 | Successful Groups

Happy holidays! And happy Wednesday if you don’t celebrate holidays this time of year or ever! If you’ve read the Collective Self blog in the past, you may suspect that I’m unlikely to be capable of writing a concise post on this subject. If you’re one of my own...

How do self-organizing work groups sustain themselves? (3 of 4)

by lori | Nov 9, 2010 | FAQ, Sustaining

Continuing from previous blog on the subject of sustaining self-organizing work groups. 6. As a group, they become better able to embrace and appreciate: A. Being learners B. Their own and others’ differences C. Their own and others’ limitations And they make the time...
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