RE: [Envolution-devel] Power Mongers

[Scott K. <sc...@ki...>]

On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 15:27, Christoph Schwaeppe wrote:
> Please stop this flaming: I started with a call for help and I got it.
> It wasn't my intention to import german flaming here.
> 
> eNvolution is open-source and exactly in that moment, when it wouldn't
> be no more open-source,  I would stop immediatly my engagement. I got
> very much efforts the last year from open-source, that I want to give
> somethimng back and promote the open-source ideas against propritary
> solutions. For me it's a question of moral and informational freedom.
> 
> Zoom is a founder and will be a founder. He did or does some experiments
> with other ideas, why not? I can't remember that anybody has been
> disagreed with his excurs. His experiences can't be nothing else than
> good for us.
> 
> We need some organisation, but it's no question of hirarchy, but a
> question of functionalaty. It should be as flat and powerfull as
> possible.
> 

Excellent Christoph,

I was suggesting we learn to communicate better and more efficiently.
That was the idea in my reply that prompted the flaming from Denver.

If we can all communicate better and more efficiently we can reach our
goals in a more productive and effective manner.

A few things we can do to communicate better are:

1) Listen
2) Consider each other as team members, not adversaries
3) Maintain relationships not destroy them
4) Bargain/Negotiate from underlying interests and not positions.

	Positional barganing has been proven to be ineffective and can
seriously damage relationships based on research done at Harvard
University. Instead the underlying "intrest" of the position someone
takes is what truely matters.

5) Ask for and offer feedback
 


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