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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