Replying to LO16240
Hi Jeff,
Jeff Blumberg wrote:
> I'm not going to get into issues of whether orgs are living things or not;
> nor into complexity, evolution memes, genes and all that stuff. The
> opinions on the list so far reveal nothing more than two world views.
At least two.
> We cannot expect alignment until we're all singing off the same sheet.
I like the metaphore, but to me, it is rather more like a symphony: we
sing they way we are, according to our characters, our upbringing, our
background culture, our preference ("ieder vogeltje zingt zoalstie gebekt
is": every bird sings his own voice/tune); However, we do not sing in
harmony, because:
1. we invent, create, cocreate, recreate the partiture as we sing
2. there is no beat, no synchronisation
3. we cannot hear it "all at once" like in a concert hall
4. the conductor (thank you, Rick) suffers us (Rick, you may change the
word suffer, i do not mean to say you're a victim; just that you, well, ..
you know ..copes or something, in Dutch the word to conduct ("leiden") en
to suffer ("lijden") sounds the same).
[Host's Note: Thanks, Jan, but I don't feel I'm suffering! ...Rick]
> You learn good habits and bad habits. I don't want my children
> learning my bad habits, but they do of course, and if they do they are
> still learning...
I agree.
> I know several organisations that hold onto cultures of those that are now
> dead and buried. ...now tell me
> organisations are not living things, or tell me they don't learn...good or
> bad, doesn't matter.
Maybe the thing that counts is (long term) survival.
Take care
Jan Lelie
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