1. Organising changes A development perspective

2. ‘traditional’ changework themes approaches to change problem oriented top-down designed ‘big bang’ systems metaphors - mechanistic & organic relations: cause – effect

3. ‘traditional’ change work Meta-theoretical assumptions: –the rational agent –empirical knowledge of –one real world –language - represents reality –experts = those better able to represent how things really are

5. Implications one representation of reality, one expertise... dominates –definitions of fact & value in relation to –design, –control –evaluation & –definitions of progress

7. Some post-modern themes De-centering representation

9. emphasising fragmentation & multiplicity

11. centering language as relating

13. scepticism regarding all grand narratives

15. de-centering epistemology & truth & centering “language games” & “forms of life

17. Relating as a process of constructing forms of life

19. Relational processes relating is always ongoing –relating eg colors, words, actions, artifacts… to other colors, words, actions, images, artifacts… –all treated (equally) –as texts in text-con-text relation (re)constructing local realities & relations

20. relational possibilities mono-logical, hierarchical, Subject-Object (S-O) –we know what…but how! –problems of “implementation” multi-logical, different & equal (Equo) –focus on the process –of articulating & appreciating multiplicity

21. recently change(d) work centers dialogue within & between multiple ‘forms of life’ learning as a local, community-based affair qualities of relating appreciative and future oriented multi-centered emergent/developmental all kinds of action

22. consultant’s orienting principles participation grounded in this post-modern discourse of relational processes ‘orientation’- not techniques open & reflexive emphasis shifts from ‘power over’ (S-O) to ‘power to’ (Equo) & transformative change i.e., from ‘within’