From: William J. Burgess, TED Mfg., B102, Door 3A
(Tel. 423-229-4257) (Fax 423-224-0131)
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Ben Compton wrote:
>I remember a kid I went to High School with. He hated math; he hated it so
>much he had 43 absences out of a total of 45 days in the term. He took an
>automechanics class; he fell in love with it. One of the problems he had
>to figure out was the volume of a cylinder. Guess what? He learned to do
>math, and he learned it in a hurry. But then he was doing what he loved,
>and math was a natural extension of that activity.
>How do you get someone to learn who doesn't want to learn? You don't. You
>can't force it and you can't reward it. All you can do is try to find
>people who love what you need done, and let them loose. We all chose to
>work where we do; why don't more people make better choices? I think that
>is the heart of the issue.
Ben,
Thanks for your note. It turned on a light for me. I believe there may be
possibilities for promoting self organization and learning by simply
identifying what people love to do (in their job context) and then finding
ways for them to pursue it. This approach may have some of the same
advantages that "appreciative inquiry" has. I plan to explore this
approach further. Do you or others have suggestions?
Bill
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