Hello

[mj317522]

I am Mike Jamison. I work at a refinery in Convent, LA. My current assignment is Causal Reasoning and Learning Practitioner. It is a great title. I use logic based reasoning to investigate causes of things that break, blow-up, catch on fire or just don't work. I am a student of Bohem, Issics and Senge. I am trying to apply dialogue to the more structured logic processes we use in investigations.

[Rosa]

Wow, Mike... sounds very interesting to me, as i too am interested in the interplay between dialogue and logic... my friend Jeff Conklin practices something called "Dialogue Mapping".... http://www.cognexus.org....
it allows him to invite people to participate in a very open-ended conversation about practical issues, while he is using his software to create a "logical map" everyone's contributions...

it's always fascinating to me how a non-linear process, can lead to a very highly organized result... in a way it's similar to what Edward deBono said about creativity... you make a very non-linear jump (he called them Po's) but then in hind-sight, you can always create a very logical connection back from where you ended up, to where you started from...

anyway, the work i do with Dynamic Facilitation ..http://www.tobe.net... is similar in many ways to Dialogue Mapping, only without the fancy software (though i am learning to use that, as well...)

do let me know more about your own experiences with the interplay between logic and dialogue...

with all best wishes,

Rosa
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Rosa Zubizarreta, M.A.
Facilitating Creative Collaboration:
Organization Development
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[mj317522]

Rosa,
Thanks for the reply. I have taken a new assignment relating to Performance Coaching for all employees at Motiva LLC Convent Refinery. I will have several opportunities in the next 2 years to experiment with my theories and test my assumptions. I am excited about getting deeper into this type of work.

Mike