Ah, but John and other LOers, Mr. Paiget also spoke strongly about one's
"readiness" to change - essentially the paradigm shift that occurs before
Assimilation and Accomodation.
How many times have my friends with children said or I heard during
developmental psych internships, "My child is 2 and she isn't [fill in the
blank] while my friends child is [fill in the blank]." As we say to these
people to sooth the savage competitive and worrisome parent beast, "Don't
worry, when they're ready, they'll [fill in the blank] with a vengeance .
. ."
Well, the same holds true for LO's. As in the above child situation, we do
our best to set up a nurturing environment, replete with "stuff" to
inspire creativity and learning, and then scratch our collective heads
when the results aren't as expected.
Readiness.
Keep remembering that it's called "Human" Resources and perhaps a key will
appear to gain access to the door of that desired paradigm shift.
BTW, I have been lurking for a while. As an engineer who formally embraced
HR about 10 years ago, I love these forums. They're sort of like the
brainstorming sessions we've always had in engineering. Another BTW, the
phrase "re-engineering" has been in engineering for a loooooooooong time .
. . are there other concepts, constructs and phrases (aka, best
practices) that we can borrow from other functions to aid our causes?
As John noted in his post, respecting the other side of the Tao is key.
Once more thing, reading suggestions for the New Year (if you haven't
already made these part of your bookshelf):
anything by Edward de Bono
"The Little Prince", Antoine de St. Exupiry
"How to Succeed in Business Without a Penis", Karen Salmansohn (I'm not
kidding)
Best to all.
Peace.
Steve Levy
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