On-Line Welcome MessageStewardship|
Welcome to an internet dialogue exploring the concepts of Stewardship. We desire to engage in rich conversation and to provide a practice field for what we're learning. As we each bring our experiences, questions and needs into this dialogue, we'll learn how to be in Stewardship to
our organizations. Organizations consist of dynamic patterns of relationship among human beings -- living beings with talent, a sense of responsibility and shared dreams. Life should instruct us in how to pattern our organizations. Life finds a way. But instead we often find that our organizations are instructing us in how to pattern our lives. We can soften this trend by immersing ourselves in patterns of relationship -- in experiences -- that model sustainable life processes. Together we can create on-line and in-person experiences -- enfolding theory and practice -- that can teach us how to be in stewardship to Learning Organizations. We're reaching out to understand the hope promised by perceiving our organizations as sustainable self-organizing systems. The essential nature of Stewardship and Servant-Leadership calls to us, but the concepts remain difficult to master. The desired shifts in our organizations will require long-term thinking, intention, and patience. It will not be easy. But the good news is that we may know more than we realize. We have too little experience in working together in productive, fulfilling ways. Too many drained and diminished people are working in organizations that are falling further behind every day. The purpose of this on-line dialogue is to find new ways of working together that are so enabling -- so compelling -- that we begin to seek ways of replicating them in our own spheres of influence. To send a message to the subscribers of this list, address your email message to stewardship@world.std.com. Remember that if you simply reply to a message, it will go to everyone. If you intend to reply to an individual privately, use that person's email address instead of replying to the original message. (To subscribe click here.) Don't worry about being ”right” or ”perfect.” No such person exists. Jump in and learn. And be willing to support one another here. If we can't do it here, then where can we? Model what you believe -- model what you espouse. This list is not moderated in the formal sense. That is, the message you send will be distributed just as you send it. This list is, however, to be moderated by each of us as we accept responsibility to co-steward this learning experience. Join with us as we learn our way into the future. Welcome! (Click here to see the proceedings of recent ”in-person” Stewardship seminars.) John Dicus |
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