Replying to LO30557 --
At,
I am puzzled why you thought that 9/11 was such a shattering event. Such
numbers of people die almost daily, not spectacularly, but still die, from
neglect - from the failure to provide basic requirements such as fresh
water and food.
Does the fact that 9/11 was spectacular and widely publicised make it all
that much more important??
You also seem to assume that an organisation is, or is not, and LO. It
would seem to me that virtually all organisations learn in some way - the
questions we should be asking is how well do they learn and whether they
learn the right lessons.
To consider what lessons organisations are learning from 9/11 (and Iraq,
Afghanistan, Bali, Palestine etc) makes the issues far more concrete.
Yours
Gray Southon
At 03:14 PM 11/09/03 +0200, you wrote:
>I thought that the horrible events on 11 September 2001 would have had
>worldwide a much greater influence on how people organise their
>educational, social, economical, political and religious walks of life.
>The tragedy of thousands of innocent people becoming obliterated within
>an hour, seen by billions of people all over the world, was more than
>enough to cause such a vast organisational reformation.
>
>But it did not happen. Why?
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