The disappointment of systems approach LO20904

Bill Braun (medprac@hlthsys.com)
Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:44:18 -0600

Replying to LO20893 --

>I found Carol's clips somehat idealistic. Whereas we could expect some
>people to change their view of the world particularly when it does not
>negatively change their view of themselves. But can we really expect
>people to change the view of the world to one that might put themselves in
>a bad light? Do we have to wait for those people to pass through society
>or do we challenge them? If we challenge, isn't the process going to be
>painfull for them and as a consequence us as they fight the change?

Roy, do you see that "bad light" as an example of that person's mental
model(s) at work? If so, and if the PHSE program (or any like it) were to
take into account the existance and influence of those mental models,
could the program teach people to suspend their mental models, thus
causing them to see change in a different light?

Bill Braun

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