For the past month, I have been thinking about Bob’s initial invitation and reading all the comments that have been posted above. Picking up Bob quoting Grace Hopper, I am taking this opportunity to summarize what I have read and organized everything within some structure that seems to make some sense (to me anyway). To help organize my thoughts, I centered my summation around three questions.

Who is our target audience?
What comprises the “essence” of what we desire to change?
How do we approach delivering upon our vision?

What I am hearing others say is summarized in a discussion posted on LinkedIn so those involved can easily share their profile and contact information in addition to posting their comments. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8428096 (Learning about who is involved is part of building trust, an issue that arose above in a couple places.)

A copy has also been posted on the Mirrormere (WordPress) site for continuity there. https://organisationalpsychotherapy.wordpress.com/

I will take it upon myself to coordinate and align the key discussion points until a consensus builds on where people would like to call “home” for this discussion. At some point, I would like to suggest that the core group switch to Slack with the wider follower list remaining connected via a public discussion.

Hi Bob,

I don’t really know yet. I need to familiarize myself with previous comments, discussions etc. My background is an Agile and Lean enthusiast – currently working as an Agile Coach. I have worked with / been interested in organizational change for a while now and would really like to share ideas, challenges etc with others.

I saw Slack mentioned in an earlier comment. To get the discussions going I would also recommend to use Slack as collaboration tool. Works beautifully with distributed teams 🙂

I am of course also on Skype, feel free to add me: christinaseime

I am situated in Norway btw.

Hi Christina,

Thanks for stepping up. 🙂 Do you have any preferences on how you might like to contribute, or where to start? If no, then no worries – keep reading future posts (at our new home: https://organisationalpsychotherapy.wordpress.com – you might like to subscribe there, too so as to not miss any of the conversation) and some ideas may come up?

It would help me greatly if you would be willing to express how you feel about the whole idea of organisational psychotherapy (e.g. as defined across many previous posts on this blog).

Also, if you’d like to Skype with other Mirrormere fellows from time to time, would you be willing to share your Skype id?

– Bob

Hi Edwin,

Thanks for stepping up. 🙂 Do you have any preferences on how you might like to contribute, or where to start? If no, then no worries – keep reading future posts (at our new home: https://organisationalpsychotherapy.wordpress.com )and some ideas may come up?

It would help me greatly if you would be willing to express how you feel about the whole idea of organisational psychotherapy (e.g. as defined across many previous posts on this blog).

– Bob

Hi Olimpia,

Thanks for stepping up. 🙂 Do you have any preferences on how you might like to contribute, or where to start? If no, then no worries – keep reading future posts (at our new home: https://organisationalpsychotherapy.wordpress.com )and some ideas may come up?

It would help me greatly if you would be willing to express how you feel about the whole idea of organisational psychotherapy (e.g. as defined across many previous posts on this blog).

– Bob

Hi Alison,

Thanks for stepping up. 🙂 Do you have any preferences on how you might like to contribute, or where to start? If no, then no worries – keep reading future posts (at our new home: https://organisationalpsychotherapy.wordpress.com )and some ideas may come up?

It would help me greatly if you would be willing to express how you feel about the whole idea of organisational psychotherapy (e.g. as defined across many previous posts on this blog).

– Bob

Hi Julie,

Thanks for stepping up. 🙂 Do you have any preferences on how you might like to contribute, or where to start? If no, then no worries – keep reading future posts (at our new home: https://organisationalpsychotherapy.wordpress.com )and some ideas may come up?

It would help me greatly if you would be willing to express how you feel about the whole idea of organisational psychotherapy (e.g. as defined across many previous posts on this blog).

– Bob

It’s clear to me from first-hand experience that many organisations (?most?) would benefit hugely from the practices and approaches that you’ve been advocating for ages. I like the idea of treating an organisation as a single ‘organism’ capable of thinking and feeling (even though many currently do very little of either). I also like the idea of characterising a malaise and proposing therapies.

Hi Tom,

Thanks for stepping up. Do you have any preferences on how you might like to contribute, or where to start? If no, then no worries – keep reading future posts (via the new site now at https://organisationalpsychotherapy.wordpress.com ) and some ideas may come up?

It would help me greatly if you would be willing to express how you feel about the whole idea of organisational psychotherapy (e.g. as defined across many previous posts on this blog), and how you might define it?

– Bob

I’ve been doing “organizational therapy” for most of my career, but would not get far if I called it that. I’m experiencing increasing interest in transformational work among my clients, both in coaching and in organizational development. But it is nothing a company does for its own sake, and so is also not a product one can “sell.”

I am curious to learn about how people feel about the idea of treating organizations for their pathogenic beliefs. The ability to do so strikes me as part of what a particular kind of top coach and consultant bring to his tasks in any case, and applies where appropriate.

I can contribute my knowledge and experience, for any who are curious about them.

Cheers,

Tom

Hi Darryn,

Thanks for stepping up. Do you have any preferences on how you might like to contribute, or where to start? If no, then no worries – keep reading future posts (via the new site now at https://organisationalpsychotherapy.wordpress.com ) and some ideas may come up?

It would help me greatly if you would be willing to express how you feel about the whole idea of organisational psychotherapy (e.g. as defined across many previous posts on this blog).

– Bob

Hi Matthew,

Thanks for stepping up. 🙂 I welcome your offer to share your experiences.

It would help me greatly if you would be willing to express how you feel about the whole idea of organisational psychotherapy (e.g. as defined across many previous posts on this blog).

– Bob