Replying to LO24398 --
Dear Organlearners,
Winfried Dressler <winfried.dressler@voith.de> writes:
>Nothing is crazy about breathing, drinking, eating or repairing
>what is broken. Only in those moments, when this is not
>possible, we become aware of the basic irreversibility, the
>arrow of time.
gives a beautiful explanation and then with
>(ACE: Additional Changes in the Environment)
concludes with:
>So these ACE are the clue to revese irreversible change.
He then makes one gigantic stride forward by asking:
>how to care for those ACE which inevitably will occur as a
>consequence of the irreversible nature of the changes.
Greetings Winfried,
I wonder how many fellow learners felt the "goose flesh" emerge by your
profound conclusion? If we accept the premiss that all the changes in a
system are irreversible, then to reverse such changes we will have to make
irreversible changes in the environment. It means that if irreversibility
is the case, then our Systems Thinking will have to incorporate the system
as well as all its surrounding systems. In other words, if irreversibility
is the case, then we will have to honour wholeness in order to reverse
that which will be irreversible without wholeness. We will have to think
in terms of "painting rich pictures" so as to reverse the course in which
our world is now taking.
On the other hand, should we accept the premiss that all the changes in a
system are reversible, then there is no need to seek for irreversible
changes in the surroundings to reverse them and thus no need for icluding
wholeness into our Systems Thinking. Thus people can keep on focussing on
their own system, ignore all other systems and even complain when they are
brought into any discussion. Meanwhile the world will become a better
place to live in.
The past few weeks I came deeply under the impression how many people in
many parts of the world are discovering with schock how the world is
steadily becoming a more horrible place to live in. I wonder how many
fellow learners came under that impression too? I wonder how many of them
searched their mind for any possibility, however slight, to make an
effective contribution in finally reversing these horrible afflictions.
Winfried, you have indicated an important way to make a difference which
will count -- and you have connected it to care which is vital to any
Learning Organisation. Like you:
>I am looking forward to read about your experiences and
>examples.
I am also looking forward.
Here is an example of something which of lately occupy my mind frequently.
Where in the surrounding systems will these irreversible ACEs have to
happen? Will those of us who have not experienced such horrible
afflictions have to take the lead by making irreversible changes in our
own lives so that we, as part of the environment, can reverse seems to
happen irreversibly?
With care and best wishes
--At de Lange <amdelange@gold.up.ac.za> Snailmail: A M de Lange Gold Fields Computer Centre Faculty of Science - University of Pretoria Pretoria 0001 - Rep of South Africa
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