Brief Introduction into Agile Process Team - understanding oneself in terms of self, others and God; Responsibility for Environment; Living together with Virtues and Vices - right perspective in understanding one's emotions and of others in terms of family, community and personal relationship. Works of Mercy (spiritual and corporal) to relate with others and all.

1. Sphere of Relationship
I – WE - GOD BOSCO ITS, 08-10-2022
Life Skill Sessions

2. Our Audience is…
Community of Professionals – Process community
 Process is Law
of Works
 Work is
Practice not
Labor
 Practice is
Service

3. "We can no longer let the people in power decide what
hope is. Hope is not passive. Hope is not blah blah blah.
Hope is telling the truth. Hope is taking action."
Greta Thunberg

4. To begin with…
Is in between
Generation Gap(s)
Society

5. Social Generation Theory
Traits Nutshell

6. Action Item - 1
Know
your Generation
and Others’
world war 1, world war 2, korean war, vietnam war, cold war, Web 1.0, Web 2.0, war on terror
Instruction
Now pickup a
paper and
scribble your
note – write
anything in your
mind… during
the session

7. Micro-Perspectives
• I: My Self
• WE: Others and My Self
• GOD: God, Everything and My Self
An input in 11th standard (Tamil formative education)
God
WE
I

8. Christian Psychology: What I am?
I am made up of…
• BODY
• SOUL: (Memory) + (Understanding) + (Will)
and
• SPIRIT (Life itself)
<My Identity: Body + Soul + Spirit>

9. Body & Soul gets Corrupt…
• We help corrupting one’s own and
others’ Soul…
(memory, understanding, will)
• Through Relational, Social, Scientific,
Media, Money Influences…
• For example… >>

10. Relation to Self (our small “i”)
• What is that TENSION or Hatred? (கடுப்பு
“Kaduppu”) It could mean only these…
Pride, Laziness, Gluttony, Lust,
Avarice, Envy and Anger
From contrary Moods, Emotions, Feelings,
Passions…
Called Vices. And Vices are…

11. Anger / Wrath
Courtesy: Bing

12. Envy

13. Pride

14. Lust

15. Gluttony

16. Avarice / Greed

17. Laziness

18. Vicious Vice Circle…
…which Virtues puts-off
We are caught in World of Vices
Click on image>
Fall of Humanity
FOUNDATIONAL SINS
1. KNOWLEDGE: Adam–Eve
knowing good and evil.
2. LIFE: Cain introduced Death
by murdering of Abel.

19. Rather, I can choose to be…
Chaste
Temperate (“Self-control”)
Charitable (or Generous)
Diligent
Patient
Grateful (or Kind)
Humble
OUR REAL WANTS

20. Our small “i” of Vices vs Virtues
Vice (not wanted) Virtue (wanted)
Lust காமம் / இச்சச Chastity கற்பு
Gluttony பபருண
் டி Temperance தன
்னடக்கம்
Greed பபராசச Charity (or Generosity) பிறர் சிபேகம் /
தாராள
மனப்பான
்சம
Sloth பசாம்பல் / மே்தம் Diligence சுறுசுறுப்பு
Wrath வெகுளி / பகாபம் Patience வபாறுசம /
சாே்தம்
Envy வபாறாசம Gratitude (or Kindness) பரிவு
Pride கர்ெம் / இறுமாப்பு
/ வசருக்கு /
அகங்காரம்
Humility தாழ்ச்சி
https://www.catholictamil.com
OUR REAL WANTS

21. Greater “I” – Cardinal Virtues
• Faith - பற்றுறுதி / விசுொசம்
• Hope - ேம்பிக்சக
• Love - அன
் பு
Gifts of the Holy Spirit (inner strength)
1. Wisdom - ஞானம்
2. Understanding - புத்தி / அறிொற்றல்
3. Knowledge – அறிவு
4. Counsel – விமரிசச
5. Fortitude – திடம்
6. Piety – பக்தி
7. Fear of God - வதய்ெபயம்
OUR REAL NEEDS
Putting
illustratively….

22. Wisdom

23. Understanding

24. Knowledge

25. Counsel

26. Fortitude

27. Piety

28. Fear of God

29. The Other Way
Me as “Consciousness”

30. Psychoanalysts began thus…

31. Got into Complexities…

32. Personality is Inner Dialog

33. Computational Psychology? No Need..
• No need for “behavioral therapies”
• Complex schematic understanding of Personalities
– PERSONA
• Theorems of Emotions / Feelings / Actions
• Scientific Astrology – Human Forecasts
• New Age Motivational Powers…
• 17th Century people (of Enlightenment Era)
followed on these “Spirituality” i.e. Psychology.
Say No to… Cognitive Psychology too.

34. The WE
“Others” and “Me”
Everything begins with WE.
Including
Vices & Virtues
Needs & Fulfilments

35. Meta-Perspectives
“I” – the “Me” in three forms of Living
 Family
 Community
 Society
Church - Communion (of living and dead)

36. WE is Family and/or Community

37. Sphere of Relationship
• Me, Family, Community and Society / Church
(to a catholic, Church is The Society)
“Not a sphere of selfishness” (e.g. Business
Community, Moneyed Family, Political Gang)
“Not a sphere of exclusivism” (e.g. religion,
caste, race, color, economic class, culture)
“Not sphere of scientific abstracts” (e.g.
“Generation Alpha)”

38. Families – Personal Co-existence
basis of MARRIAGE
• Monogamous - a man married only one woman at a time
• Polygamous - a man marries many women & vice versa
basis of AUTHORITY
• Matriarchal - mother is considered the head of the family
• Patriarchal - head of a family is a male
basis of STRUCTURE
• Nuclear - there lives a husband along with his wife and
children
• Extended - grandparents, parents, and children living
together
Source: https://www.sociologygroup.com/family-types

39. Communities – Social Co-existence
• Common binders – shared…
– Interest
– Actions
– Place
– Practice
– Circumstance
Source: https://www.thelifevirtue.com/types-of-community

40. Community: n number categories
• Family - Personal
• Community – Social / Public
– Place of Work (workplace community)
– Place of Worship (parish community)
– Place of Care/Service (professional)
• Sacred – Secular Divide (Church) in families
• Patron – Client Divide (Professional / State) in society
There are no Sacred Families – failed experiments.

41. Situating Yourself in Society
• Belongingness
– To a Family
– To a Community
Neighborhood World…
Tells who you can be…

42. Family is… NOT abode of selfishness
Food and Safe Home…(???)
• House of Care
• House of Human Development
• House of Memories
• House of Faith
• House of Hope
• House of Love
• Little Church - churchlet

43. We are Known & Not Known

44. Our Knowledge Window…

45. Inner Perspectives Deceive…
கண
் ணண
நம்பாதே
உன
் ணன ஏமாற்றும்
நீ காணும்
தோற்றம்
But,
Trusting CCTV/Mobile
cameras
True Lies
Young – Old Woman

46. Wants vs Needs

47. Putting it “Simply”…

48. Urban Population…
Human persons are weak and prone to do wrongs
leading to evils...
Over-populated Society, Culture and Environment…
Consumer Economy: Food Items (inflated) Non-food items (not
inflated)

49. For Example… Knowledge
• Knowledge Sharing is a key element
freedom in service
– Knowing "Business Values" of
service/product…
• For a proprietor, a thief, a competitor
(dynamics - @#$@!!?)

50. Process Community
• Network and ICT leads to…
–Master-slave paradigm of past
–That's human nature.
Communism CAN NOT overcome
– Master-Slavery
Creates… Against society…

51. Process Community
An Agile Sprint Can be…
In Agile Process, there is no distributed roles and delegated responsibilities.
Only Product Owner knows business values of an Idea / Requirement / Issue .
IT is always of
Waterfall Model.

52. Process Community
Four to eleven “Scrum Team” becomes…
Case for all WORK
CULTURE
Agile is the
dirty face of the
organizational
hierarchy and
control.

53. In short…
Free Developer Team
will become servile.
Smallest field unit in combat situation
(a group of soldiers, a corporal, a low-grade officer)
Agile Team. கபடி குழு.
Small group with little minds

54. Big Population – Gigantic Economy
Benefits few…

55. Environment – Hour Glass
War on Terror for “Planetary Control” (from Era of Wars)
Fuel is IT.
Systematized Human
Intelligence
Melting Glaciers
Urbanizations
Everyone’s
problem
Including all living
beings

56. Not Salvation..
Personal
and
Community
Babel Tower
Ultimate Control / Awesome Personalities / Prosperity Growth

57. Our IT Work Outcomes: Wall-E

58. Destiny of Business Excellences…

59. Destiny
Our
Modern Humanity is
LATE COMERS
But
We are of Participative Society.

60. God is all
• Life is our Response to God
• Life is Footprint of God
• Life is FROM God - living/good/almighty/unchanging
• Life’s Destiny is God – “we go back to God”

61. Community for…
Humans
• Education to narrow all
divides
• Empower right persons for
right purposes
• Inclusive and Participatory
Culture
Technologies
• Minimalism
• Realistic Lifestyle
• Freedom
• Justice and Peace
• Care for neighbors

62. Completing I-WE-GOD
God’s Wrath is
JUSTICE
God’s Grace is
LOVE in Jesus
Do not take God for granted. The Man you cannot Ignore.

63. Our Truly Daily Tasks

64. Physical Mercy Works Checklist
 Feed the Hungry
 Give drink to thirsty
 Clothe the naked
 Shelter the homeless
 Comfort the prisoners
 Visit the Sick
 Bury the dead

65. Psychological Mercy Works Checklist
 Teach the ignorant (educate)
 Correct Sinners
 Counsel those in doubt
 Console the sorrowful
 Bear wrongs patiently
 Forgive wrongs willingly
 Pray for the living and dead

66. Session Recap
1. Me is formed by relationship with
Others and God
2. We are known, loved, cared, fulfilled
3. Our humanity is participative
4. Can’t take God for granted
5. Life is to serve in freedom (checklists)
6. Personal-Global Issues

67. My Follow-up
# Action Status
1. I will know our generations (think of others)
2. I will Know family and community (living and serving)
3. I will have presence of mind - Self-awareness (of vices & virtues)
4. I will know of myself and what others know of me… (Johari)
5. I will discover my Self-actualizations (Vision-Mission in life)
6. Contribution to workplace – “Process community” (esteem)
7.
I am involved in Global Issues (climate crisis, inequality, divides,
violence, future shocks)
8. I will practice Acts of Mercy (Psychological; physiological)
9. I will not Impress, anymore (immorally).

68. After Thoughts
For you to read when you get time.

80. © October 2022
BOSCO INFOTECH SERVICES
Don Bosco Center, Guezou Nagar
Athanavur, Yelagiri Hills, Tirupattur District
Tamil Nadu 635853, INDIA Prepared by James VM (jamesvmbics@Hotmail.com)

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