On Wednesday, December 10, 1997, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
> Which one of the metaphors is "true," Doc? Your
> biological metaphor or my
> mechanical metaphor?
Neither, and both!
> We who presume to help others improve their
> group performance can become
> problems for those we offer to improve, and to
> society as a whole, if we
> are blind to the limits of our own language and
> the praxis which is based
> on that language.
I think you've hit very close to home here. I think you and Doc and Cliff
and Simon and me...are all right and wrong. Right being that your view of
reality makes sense to you and therefore you can articulate that to
others, helping them to leverage your understanding.
Wrong...because we tend to think of reality in only one dimension, our
own. I believe the secret lies in being able to orient the prism of our
understanding such that it becomes adapt-able and that our view of reality
continues to co-expand with the reality of others.
By using language, our language to bridge gaps, explain our views and
understand reality as we see it, we hopefully can understand that others
have differing "right" views. The mechanical and biological fit very well
together in my view, as do several others I've seen articulated..unorg is
nice, but none a panacea in their own right.
[Here's a little ditty on "everybody's right", would love your comments...
http://www.enterprisemba.com/emba/strategies/LEAeverybody.htm ]
At the point in time we can co-create the space for the use of "what
works" rather than "what is right," I see a world of increasing
synergy--biomechanical:-).
What if we spent time seeing how they fit and could be used together
rather than pontificating a "right one" to use...how would that sound in
dialogue?
Just a thought,
mike
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