RE: Tom O (bagelhole1) posting

I followed and supported Tom O(bagelhole1)'s vision of a sustainable future 
based on the valued currency of interrelatioships until consensus was 
brought in.

When consensus is used as a basis of decision making fascism lurks around 
the corner.

While Tom O posits the merits of consensus as the basis for group decisions 
the reality of consensus based decision making is that those in power get 
to make the decisions.

Group think becomes the norm in consensus based organizational culture.  
The decision belongs to the person that is first with an alternative, is 
the loudest, slickest communicator, most connected, or most manipulative.

Come on Tom O -- you must have been in at least one decision making process 
that to have a different idea was to not be a team player.

Consensus works well for people that are located at the center and feel 
entitled to be listened to and agreed to.  What about those located on the 
periphery?


Mary C. Zanmiller
zanmi002@tc.umn.edu


Mary C. Zanmiller

Light shines in the darkness.
Darkness will not put it out.