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Adaptive Action Conversations

Conversation 10: Seeing Similarities and Differences: Making Sense of the Mess Glenda Eoyang Royce Holladay

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Welcome! !   Who are you? !   What confuses you? Why?

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Whatever you call it, it is about same and different

Discombobulated

Obscured

e r e t s Flu

d

All s i xe s& seve ns Screwe d up d e t n rie o s i D

p u d e s s e d e M b r ertu

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Whatever you call it, it is about same and different Disconcerted Confused

Mixed up

In the dark

All sixes & sevens Screwed up Disoriented Fouled up

Obscured Muddled

Discombobulated Disorganized

Flustered

Messed up

Foggy

Perturbed

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Whatever you call it, it is about same and different Disconcerted Confused In the dark

Mixed up

All sixes & sevens Screwed up Fouled up Disoriented

Obscured Muddled

Discombobulated Flustered

Disorganized

Messed up Foggy Perturbed © 2013. HSD Institute. Use with permission.

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Whatever you call it, it is about same and different Confused Mixed up Messed up Flustered Fouled up At sixes & sevens Discombobulated Disorganized

Disconcerted Disoriented Muddled Screwed up Foggy Perturbed In the dark Obscured

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Whatever you call it, it is about same and different At sixes & sevens Confused Flustered Fouled up Discombobulated Disconcerted Disorganized Disoriented

Foggy In the dark Messed up Mixed up Muddled Obscured Perturbed Screwed up

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Playing with Same and Different

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Today We Will . . . !   WHAT? Practice making meaning in messes !   SO WHAT? Use same/different to find a path out of confusion !   NOW WHAT? Deal with your current mess

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What does your current mess look like?

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What information is in a difference?

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What are same/different within?

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What are same/different between?

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What is same and different between now?

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What differences make a difference?

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Where are you looking from??

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What are you looking at?

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When does form follow function?

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What difference does time make?

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Your Adaptive Action Experiment Meaning in Your Mess !   What . . . !   Similarities give coherence? !   Differences give meaning? !   So what fits form to function? !   Now what will you do to focus or shift similarities or differences to improve fit?

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To Learn More . . . !   Books !  !  ! 

The Complementary Nature (Kelso) The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies (Page) Adaptive Action: Leveraging Uncertainty in Your Organization (Eoyang & Holladay)

!   Web !  !  !  ! 

http://www.differencebetween.net/ adaptiveaction.org & hsdinstitute.org wiki.hsdinstitute.org & hsdcommunity.ning.com #hsd #adaptact @glendaeoyang @rjholladay

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Even More Resources

!   Training !  !  !  ! 

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Webinars HSDP Certification Custom Classes Open classes •  Tasters •  Agent training •  Short courses Adaptive Action Labs

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Adaptive Action Conversations

August 29

Seeing Similarities and Differences: Making Sense of the Mess Planning when You Can’t

September 12

Quarterly Associates and Friends Meeting

September 26

Working Together: Setting Conditions for Collaborative Action Accountability: Deliver Unexpected Value

August 15

11:00 – 12:00 CDT

11:00 – 12:00 CDT

11:00 – 12:00 CDT

11:00 – 1:00 CDT

October 10

11:00 – 12:00 CDT

October 24

11:00 – 12:00 CDT

November 7

11:00 – 1:00 CDT

December 5

11:00 – 12:00 CDT

Moving Forward in Complexity: Strategy for the 21st Century Resilience: Adapt, Redesign, Implement Associates and Friends Annual Virtual Open House

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