Richard C. "Doc" Holloway wrote:
> I'm aware of socio-paths, social misfits and others who don't seem to fit
> in with the rest of us very well. I'm also aware of the dangers
> associated with trying to fix, control or eliminate these people. I won't
> dispute the need to insist on social norms, either, when those take
> liberal account for differences. I am convinced, though, that people
> don't need me to fix their lives or their behavior. Perhaps they need an
> ear, a human touch--often they need someone to remove the obstacles or
> blocks from their paths, so they can experience their own creativity.
> Sometimes one of us is lost, and simply needs to be reconnected with their
> life and their fellow human beings.
Doc, great post with much truth. Static structures preclude diversity
along with our mental models that prejudice us against anyone behaving
differently. One of the few serial killers in Japan was mocked by class
mates because of his deformed hands. Someone I know resorted out of
frustration to crime when they could not find fulfillment in a working
environment because they looked different. He was discriminated against
not because of ability. This person went for years on a low wage never
being promoted. Everytime this person went on holiday he was stopped by
customs- because of his appearance. I really wish I could give this guy a
job myself- he has a brilliant mind that is completely underutilized. He
would show great loyalty to anyone who believed in him. Lost chances,
missed growth- for individual, organization and society.
Who is to blame: the individual or the collective groupings he or she is
precluded from? I say both are partially to blame.
If the individual has talent, they can overcome prejudice because of the
low entry barriers to opportunities such as the Internet. They need to
believe in themselves and realize that there is a new better way because
of the four fundamental forces in the unorganized world.
Organizations that do not reward ability and effort for arbitrary reasons
such as education levels, appearance, age and so on are also partially to
blame. I like the element of the Sony model that says that once hired,
qualifications do not matter for promotions, only performance. I still
come across organizations that have retained outmoded organized practices
such as refusing to promote people to senior management until they are 30-
irrespective of ability. Hence the need for downstructuring and
opporTUNEitizing to attune unorganized truth with resisual outmoded
organization.
Just to say again that manipulation and other negaitive conepts are not
something we can solve in the unorganized world- yes, homelessness, gangs
and so on were caused by structual exclusion, but yes there are ways of
overcoming those structures too.
regards sincerely Simon Buckingham http://www.unorg.com/trans
unorganization: business not busyness!
--Simon Buckingham <go57@dial.pipex.com>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>