Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: getting people to wash dishes and do post-meals clean up

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Oct 6, 2015, at 12:23 AM, Kathryn McCamant <kmccamant [at] 
> COHOUSING-SOLUTIONS.COM> wrote:
> 
> Would much rather hire out the cleaning than the cooking.

We tried to do this and the cleaners objected. They like to clean and to clean 
together. But half of them are also our cooks.

One way to resolve the what we want and what we do, is to measure. 

How long are meals taking to clean up after now? Why? 

Change something and see if it helps. Change something else, etc.

By focusing on the changes and the reasons why, people will pay attention and 
the changes will stick.

That’s what I’ve learned from sociocracy and cybernetics. But we rarely focus 
that clearly. Or we do it in such an overbearing way no one ever wants to focus 
again. Life in the fast lane.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org