Interlude
Introduction
This chapter provides a roadmap for the second part of the dissertation. Chapters five through eight are the stories of the participants, the organizational energies, and me engaging in experiences of action and reflection to explore issues in the participants’ daily organizational lives. Chapter nine is the synthesis of all the stories and an exploration of the cross-experience themes, while chapter ten ends the dissertation with implications and conclusions. This interlude offers insight into why the individual participant chapters are written in letter form, an explanation of the tarot cards, as well as instructions on how to read the transcript excerpts within the letters. This interlude is a moment to shift gears from the theoretical frameworks into the more intimate dynamic experience that was the research. It is a time to gather the tools that are needed to help witness and engage; much like the experience of a play or a symphony.
Letters as a way to create intimacy
There is a time in the middle of a bat mitzvah (Jewish coming of age ceremony) where the bat mitzvah and her parents have a chance to speak. The parents’ talks usually fall into two genres, those who speak directly to the congregation about their child and her accomplishments and personality. The other is parents who speak directly to the child (sometimes in letter form) about their feelings and reflections on the child’s life experiences and accomplishments as well as the relationship. Those that speak directly to the child let the congregants listen in and experience the child by listening to the feelings and reflections of the parents. There is an intimacy and a “reflecting back” in this process. The parents and child gr...
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...s are more than silence. There is active work and dialogue going on during the silence and I ask that you keep that in mind whenever you encounter a significant pause. In addition, I have included moments of laughter and other expressions to give you a sense of the mood when the conversations were taking place.
Conclusion
In the following chapters, the reader enters the experiences of each participant. Each letter is the telling of the work that occurred between the participant, myself, and the organizational energy. Each participant’s experience was unique and at the same time similar to the others’ experiences. Each letter highlights the uniqueness and the defining moments of the work. Chapter nine - the cross-experience chapter - will show how the experiences connect together and uncover the rich experience of connecting to the organizational energy.
Silence — the sound of quiet, the state of mind, the lack of meaning — all these pertain to its definition. Communication is expanding, noise is increasing, music is becoming more obtainable as people search desperately for a moment of peace or a breeze of silence. As the scarcity of physical silence increases, its value as a rare commodity increases as well. The idiom “Silence is golden” may perhaps only grow closer to reality as time passes, as exemplified by the white noise machines or silent fans entering the market and fictionalized in Kevin Brockmeier’s short story, “The Year of Silence.” In light of this, Brockmeier explores the value of silence and noise in his story without putting one above the other. Through strange clues and hidden
Bolman, L. G. & Deal, T. E. (2013). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
The Hero’s Journey assignment became a vital assignment with great meaning. The paper became a challenge because I reflected on my life and the things influencing my skills as a leader. Putting my experiences on paper became a hard thing to do because I felt vulnerable sharing the things I never considered to put on paper. In the end, the assignment proved therapeutic because I was able to answer questions about my life and make connections on why I do the things I do. The innovation segment became a valuable experience for me because I never thought innovation could become so powerful. One concept I learned from the segment became looking around my organization with an observer's eye. I found the idea effective because instead of criticizing my organization on the surface, I needed to observe the organization in the entirety. Nonviolent communication proved to become one of the most effective tools I ever encountered. I was able to use skills to reduce conflict. NVC made sense to me because it provided the comfort I needed to address conflict. I also appreciated the concept behind DISC style. By applying the concept in my work environment, I notice a change amongst my fellow co-workers.
The individual that I chose to observe is a toddler. She appears to be between the ages of ten to fifteen months. She has brunette hair, wore a pink outfit on, and is of mixed race. My observation was completed at chucky cheese. She was accompanied by her mother, father, and older brother. Her brother was not that much older than her. He had to be about three or four years old. When I arrived, I had a hard time picking someone. When I first saw her she was in a teacup ride. Her father was standing close by watching her. I thought to myself, “how cute”. I knew instantly she was the one. I grew up with a father who was detached. It was nice seeing a father interacting with his daughter. At first, I didn’t know her mother and brother were there.
...ting independence and autonomy, and encouraging confidence and self-esteem, all of which could be considered essential for developing social communication skills.” For the parents, praise can be a type of feedback and reinforcement for their own parenting skills and can also reflect the child’s skills and achievements (Millard et al.). Lastly, parents are encouraged to observe themselves through a short video recording that is made while they interact with the child after selecting certain targets for themselves. Some of these targets may include slowing down the rate of their speech to match that of their child’s, increasing response time latency, or lowering linguistic complexity to a level that is appropriate for their child (Millard et al.). Parents are then encouraged to identify their changes and explain why they think it benefits their child (Millard et al.).
Listening to a child’s viewpoint in today’s world is one technique to fully understand what they are thinking about and why they would be thinking about it. These children are having a horde of thoughts streaming through their mind with the foster children transitioning into a new home and receiving a new family. Although, the foster child is not the only one feeling anxious about the switch into another home but the f...
...distractions. Taking time to observe and analyze the silence can bring something to the surface that could never be confronted in any other way. We need to embrace silence presented throughout life, for we will come out with more definitive, powerful voices.
The main goal for this self-reflection essay was to analyze the impact that these past six months had in my personal and professional life. I started by looking at the original goals I formulated when I started the semester in January and then I proceeded to weight how the experiences and the new acquired knowledge helped me reach those objectives.
...lighted this feature because I value respect and feel that a very important aspect of working with children is engaging their families which invites opportunity for respect to be demonstrated. Dietze & Kashin (2012) explain the importance of engaging families when they state “Including the input of others is essential in a reflective practice and families have a right to be included” (p.411). In one of my placements I saw the positive impact that including a parent had on a young boy when his mother came in to read a story to the. The boy’s self-esteem seemed to increase and could be seen in the way that he beamed the whole time she was there. This experience highlighted to me the importance of family involvement in an early childhood program. These three highlighted statements all reflect values that are important to me and which are important parts of my practice.
under the fragmented surface of our experience. We become aware of the multifaceted, multichaptered ' I ' who is
Your Child With Talk. This article written by Jane E. Brody, an Personal Health Columnist for The
This book gives a detail and indepth look of how your teenagers will progress through the early years youth to becoming full grown adults. There are many points that Mr. Tripp focuses on, but you are quick to understand that Tripp wants you to know that the failure of your child is due to the fallen state they were born in. He makes this pondering statement that is a nightmare of all parents. “It is in these years that parents struggle with embarrassement at being related to the teen who was once, as a child, a great source of pride and joy.” This is the fear that Mr. Tripp in this book evaulates and also gives a Biblical understanding to what you will face with your growing
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In our busy lives we often forget to stop and listen to the wonderful sounds our ancestors heard everyday. Our lives are now filled with the constant hum of a car going by or the constant drum of airplanes overhead among other noises. In the video package “Sounds of Silence” Gordon Hampton encourages people to experience nature and all of its magnificent sounds. Hampton shows though, that even where he wishes his square inch of silence is, he can’t escape the sounds of an industrialized nation.
If we think of organizations as complex social systems, we can appreciate the need for people to represent the system itself -even in times of change and diversity- and that may lead to their maximum development. Without any doubt, this is a difficult role to play by today...