Dear Org Learners
Geoff Fountain raised the idea of Elephant stories as a means of
structuring learning. As I believe learning should be fun, I would like
to add a Goat stories to this menagerie.
Recently I was reading "the "Three Billy Goats Gruff" (for the 100th
time?) to my son James when it occured to me that the underlying story
could be used as a metaphor for an approach to how to get things to
change.
1.Know your objective- getting to the new field
2.Get the smallest cahnges through first- small quick wins that cost
little
3.Persuade the barrier (ie the Troll) that waiting for the bigger win
will be in their interest- a bigger billy goat to gobble up!
4. Save your big guns 'til last when the you have the strength to face
down the problem and hit in the right place- knock the troll off the
bridge!
In fact the bridge metaphor is also useful as metaphor to understand the
nature of a problem ie how to move (build a bridge) from current state to
desired state.
It may not fit completely, but it does get you thinking down new avenues!
Can anyone else squeeze out any learning?
On a broader idea, how far can fairy stories help organisational
learning?! Are they learning histories :). could they be used in
education to inform as well as entertain?
Has anyone read the recently published Billy Bonk and the Thorn patch?
Note: tongue is partially in cheek on this one but it may open up new
threads.
Regards
Martin
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