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A Final Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Diploma Program in
Process Work, Process Work Institute, Portland, OR, February 2008
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http://www.processwork.org/files/Finalprojects/Hales_D_February_2008.pdf
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
How does the learning from a World Work workshop color subsequent experiences within other kinds of groups? Does it support deeper engagement in group processes? Does it inspire a person with new ways to interact, or does it create a kind of culture shock that leads to greater alienation? This paper, part diary of my experiences working in a Child Protective Services agency, is one person’s answer to these questions.
In addition, this paper will attempt to answer another, more specific question: can World Work tools provide a template for doing inner work to increase awareness of a group’s process while inside a group that resists learning about itself? Many consensus reality organizations differ from a World Work workshop in that they are not assembled primarily for the purpose of developing the group’s awareness. Instead, they exist to do some kind of work. Values of productivity take priority over awareness. Working within established roles takes priority over developing fluidity moving in and out of them. These kinds of groups do not have a place for an awareness facilitator. In fact, forces in the organization may specifically hinder the group from developing awareness of itself. A person seeking to learn about this group’s process needs to do so on her own. This paper seeks to contribute to Process Work by exploring ways World Work tools could help in this situation.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
How does the learning from a World Work workshop color subsequent experiences within other kinds of groups? Does it support deeper engagement in group processes? Does it inspire a person with new ways to interact, or does it create a kind of culture shock that leads to greater alienation? This paper, part diary of my experiences working in a Child Protective Services agency, is one person’s answer to these questions.
In addition, this paper will attempt to answer another, more specific question: can World Work tools provide a template for doing inner work to increase awareness of a group’s process while inside a group that resists learning about itself? Many consensus reality organizations differ from a World Work workshop in that they are not assembled primarily for the purpose of developing the group’s awareness. Instead, they exist to do some kind of work. Values of productivity take priority over awareness. Working within established roles takes priority over developing fluidity moving in and out of them. These kinds of groups do not have a place for an awareness facilitator. In fact, forces in the organization may specifically hinder the group from developing awareness of itself. A person seeking to learn about this group’s process needs to do so on her own. This paper seeks to contribute to Process Work by exploring ways World Work tools could help in this situation.