Comments for Arthur Fink -- Eyes Open http://insightandclarity.com (Recent posts, post categories, etc listed at the bottom) Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:36:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Organizational styles — In process! by Fred Tullock http://insightandclarity.com/2012/10/26/organizational-styles-in-process/#comment-465 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:36:17 +0000 http://insightandclarity.com/2012/10/26/organizational-styles-in-process/#comment-465 Hi Arthur,
I agree that traditional might be better as Resistant or Cautious. I believe that what might be called traditional today, at one time was likely considered visionary.
Fred

]]> Comment on Organizational styles — In process! by Jim Milliken http://insightandclarity.com/2012/10/26/organizational-styles-in-process/#comment-452 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:24:44 +0000 http://insightandclarity.com/2012/10/26/organizational-styles-in-process/#comment-452 I wonder if Lee’s comment raises a question about the distinction between Weighty and Traditional. Maybe “weighty” is really “hidebound” and “traditional” stays the same, or becomes something like “resistant” or “cautious.”

]]> Comment on Organizational styles — In process! by Lee Karker http://insightandclarity.com/2012/10/26/organizational-styles-in-process/#comment-450 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:21:57 +0000 http://insightandclarity.com/2012/10/26/organizational-styles-in-process/#comment-450 Hi Arthur: I tried to put MCH in this model. It would be helpful if you defined weighty. I think we are in the “reaching” quadrant, having moved to a slightly more visionary stance than traditional, but still not being in a position that could be described as agile.
Lee Karker

]]> Comment on My best mistake (!) by Linda Riddell http://insightandclarity.com/2012/09/06/my-best-mistake/#comment-403 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:28:35 +0000 http://insightandclarity.com/?p=1391#comment-403 I have had a similar experience, where my internal champion either left the job or was on shaky ground. After that, I made sure that my work was known and valued by several people — especially people who could renew the contract!

]]> Comment on My best mistake (!) by George Olguin http://insightandclarity.com/2012/09/06/my-best-mistake/#comment-400 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:20:53 +0000 http://insightandclarity.com/?p=1391#comment-400 WoW!!!! Can’t believe this article… describes exactly my position right now, as in i’m putting a committe to receive my work and evaluate (humbly i can say that the team put on front of the project is waaaay inexperienced and naive), so to insulate from poor performance of them, I’m doing what they ask, and comply with all their needs, but making clear that it is what they’re asking. I’ll print your post Arthur, and hang it as a handbook!

]]> Comment on Opening ourselves (and others) to change by Orlagh http://insightandclarity.com/2011/12/03/opening-ourselves-and-others-to-change/#comment-356 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:50:44 +0000 http://insightandclarity.com/?p=1220#comment-356 I found this post very useful, the language resonates with me. Especially the importance of acknowledging the pain involved in change, and strategies for dealing with inevitable fear. It adds new insights and summarises to previous learnings from other sources. I’ve rephrased it into a first person language and already built a series of actions within a structure loosely around this entry. So thanks a lot you two!

]]> Comment on Opening ourselves (and others) to change by Jodi http://insightandclarity.com/2011/12/03/opening-ourselves-and-others-to-change/#comment-355 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:47:00 +0000 http://insightandclarity.com/?p=1220#comment-355 Arthur, you captured our conversation brilliantly, and we’ve both acknowledged this will be a topic we will explore for some time. Change is the only thing we can be sure of and yet most of us try to avoid it because we perceive it as threatening to what we want to hold on to: comfort, security, relationships, the familiar…etc. By viewing change as a normal part of our existence and that which brings opportunities for greater experiences we can welcome it and even begin to dance with it.

]]> Comment on Some questions for a nonprofit board to consider (even before you hire a consultant) by Alexandra Peters http://insightandclarity.com/2011/10/12/some-questions-for-a-nonprofit-board-to-consider-even-before-you-hire-a-consultant/#comment-337 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:36:15 +0000 http://insightandclarity.com/?p=1181#comment-337 This is a wonderful outline! But I always bristle at the term “engage the board” – as if they are outsiders who must be entertained by the insiders. (And in fact, so many board meetings are dog and pony shows where the board sits and passively listens.) But if a board is actively involved, if they take responsibility and are seen and acknowledged as having that responsibility, the organization will be ever stronger. And then this clear outline will be of so much use.

]]> Comment on Art, Courage, and Risk — by Donna McNeil by Catherine Ring http://insightandclarity.com/2011/11/09/art-courage-and-risk-by-donna-mcneil/#comment-334 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:57:21 +0000 http://insightandclarity.com/?p=1208#comment-334 Wonderful.

]]> Comment on An Ugly American Story (sorry) by Leslie Walden http://insightandclarity.com/2010/09/19/an-ugly-american-story-sorry/#comment-308 Tue, 17 May 2011 01:33:38 +0000 http://arthurfink.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-308 Long ago, in an enclave of Mumbai (then Bombay), I was filming women attending a birth-control lecture. All morning, I had watched a single, very thick, very chipped, drinking glass coming and going as various participants drank water. I hoped for them, that the water was not from their well, which was foul.
When the meeting ended and we were about to go back to our cool, clean hotel, the instructor told the reporter and me that the ladies would like for us to have a refreshing drink before we went.
I thought about that well, that glass, and the many mouths that had shared them, and then I thought about the kindness of the ladies who had allowed us to film them.
Life, I decided, wasn’t meant to go on forever.
Bravely, I said that I would like that.
The reporter I was with gave me a dark look and then said he would also.
In a moment a small child entered the tent with two Cokes, in their bottles, and offered them to us.
The coke was warm. I wasn’t moved to complain.

]]> Comment on On Turning the Computer Off by constance williamson http://insightandclarity.com/2010/09/10/on-turning-the-computer-off/#comment-298 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:59:03 +0000 http://arthurfink.wordpress.com/?p=1053#comment-298 Arthur, I love this post. I have to literally be dragged kicking and screaming from my computer in order to go to sleep at night. I take my laptop to bed and have trouble putting it down. There is always one more thing I have to tend to. Your post made me realize there will always be just one more thing. Time to go to bed.

]]> Comment on Workshops in search of a date, time, and place by Arthur Fink http://insightandclarity.com/2010/09/19/workshops-in-search-of-a-date-time-and-place/#comment-295 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:00:09 +0000 http://arthurfink.wordpress.com/?p=1068#comment-295 Yes . . . it’s very much in the same spirit. What will be different is that we will comfortably allow time for worship together, and will be able to assume our such a worship experience is very much a “source” for each of us. Also, this workshop continues for a number of days, so should reach a greater intimacy, intensity,and level of persona importance. But each experience is an experiment, so we’ll see.

]]> Comment on Workshops in search of a date, time, and place by Leslie Walden http://insightandclarity.com/2010/09/19/workshops-in-search-of-a-date-time-and-place/#comment-294 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:17:25 +0000 http://arthurfink.wordpress.com/?p=1068#comment-294 Will the workshop at Friends General Conference Gathering in 2011 be much like this?

Will it differ in important ways?

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]]> Comment on An Ugly American Story (sorry) by fran houston http://insightandclarity.com/2010/09/19/an-ugly-american-story-sorry/#comment-248 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:54:46 +0000 http://arthurfink.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-248 Thank you for sharing. Beauty and kindness is everywhere. All you have to do is open your eyes.

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