Ed Brenegar wrote:
>
> Simon, I don't disagree with you. You are expressing a realist point of
> view, mine an idealist.
Ed, I would call myself an idealist too! I want to overcome the
imperfections in our organizations or at least give people the chance to
avoid them without material loss and certainly with spiritual gain! You
are right if I am right in interpreting you as saying that structure
prohibits interaction- and learning, hence my advocacy of downstructuring-
removing structure. Structure is evil- it causes all of the problems of
social exclusion we see in society and all of the problems within
organizations such as politics and so on because it prevents or
significantly hinders the ability for an individual to learn, collaborate,
interact and share. These later things are the instincts, to varying
degrees, of all of us.
> Finally, Simon, there may be a generational difference here. I'd be
> interested in your perspective on that. I think that it is also a product
> of different academic fields of concentration. Thanks for your
> challenging response.
Ed, just to say I don't emphasize the generational thing very highly- some
of the strongest supporters of unorganization in companies are in the 50s
or older, and I recently did a guest lecture at Olso University in Norway
in which some of the audience proceeded to leave part way through. As I
said to them- wait until you've been in the real world for a couple of
years! Attitude counts, not age or anything else.
Thanks for your post and best wishes with your consulting activities- I am
sure you have move from one form of education to another.
regards sincerely Simon Buckingham
http://www.unorg.com/trans
unorganization: business not business!
--Simon Buckingham <go57@dial.pipex.com>
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