“He is all pine and I am apple orchard. My apple trees will never get across And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him. He only says, ‘Good fences make good neighbours’” Robert Frost Mending Wall I was reminded of one of my favourite Robert Frost Poems this evening when I read a […]
An interesting blog from Alex, links an article by Mauboussin to the Cynefin framework. He also brings out a useful distinction between technical and process expertise. One of the interesting things I find in complex systems work is that the process can often handle seemingly intractable problems. Of course one form of expertise which is […]
For those interested, KM World in San Jose offers several opportunities to meet up. I am giving a keynote with Cindy Gordon on the 1st November and running a session with Richard McDermott on the 2nd November with the title “Controversies and the Future of Knowledge Management”. Also on the 2nd at 1400 I am […]
I recently entered a lion’s den on the value-networks list serve by stating that: I think qualitative assessments where the questions are explicit and thus subject to gaming of outcome are fatally flawed and any method based on them can provide indicative perspective at best. There were various thoughtful responses including this from Verna which […]
When the British slave trade was abolished, as result of the campaigns of Wilberforce and others there were a million slaves in the British Empire. According to a Unesco there are currently 27 million slaves world wide, and the average price is £60.
It’s forty years to the day since 144 people (116 of them Children) died when a waste tip from the coal mines slipped down a mountain to engulf several houses and the local school. It was the start of the day, children had only just arrived at Pantglas Junior School for the days lessons; it […]
Manege comes from the Italian Maneggiare meaning to handle and train horses and it’s one of the origins of the word manage in English. I was reminded of its significance when I found a blog entry from Robert Paterson that reflects many of my own concerns on Presence by Senge et all. I came to […]
Cynthia Kurtz and I recently completed a book chapter on the relationship between narrative and learning networks. It also explores some key issues in respect of the complex issue of Identity. Our last joint effort is one of the most cited of any article in which I have been involved and I hope this will […]
A new book has just been published on the use of story in organisations. I was interviewed for it last year. The one chapter I have seen looks at Czarniawska, Boje, Kelly and my views of the role of narrative in organisations. I am waiting for my copy to arrive and will provide a full […]
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