Posted in Carl Jung, blog: transformative tools on Jan 24th, 2008 No Comments »
“Heart of Jung”…carry over from the old Hoon web site to the new Tools for Transformation blog.
I say: ‘Fulfill something you are able to fulfill rather than run after what you will never achieve. We can modestly strive to fulfill ourselves and be as […]
Posted in management, new paradigms, organizational development, transformative learning on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
This is one of my favorite idea bites. I’ve truncated a long section of McSwain’s work to make it bite-sized. The paper it was taken from, A Transformational Theory of Organizations, is one of my all-time favorites. It actually served to put me on the hunt for new paradigms in organizational theorizing.
The baseline goal that […]
Posted in my casual art on Jan 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Another pane from a recent ‘Quinttych’ rendered as montage and using found (as in: purloined,) images from the web.
Posted in adult learning, collaboration, phenomenology on Jan 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Quick upload of 3 schemas that summarize ongoing research with a colleague into “interpersonal pragmatics” and interpersonal problem solving. These schemas will be explored in detail in the future over at the new Transformative Tools blog.
This schema addresses the problem of collaboration and proposes that faults in any of its general elements may undermine the […]
Posted in stories, zen on Jan 20th, 2008 No Comments »
from the marvelous collection of Zen materials at Deoxy
The Stone Mind
Hogen, a Chinese Zen teacher, lived alone in a small temple in the country. One day four traveling monks appeared and asked if they might make a fire in his yard to warm themselves.
While they were building the fire, Hogen heard them arguing about subjectivity […]
Posted in Henry Mintzberg, management, organizational development on Jan 19th, 2008 No Comments »
In fact, the real cause of this so-called turbulence may be planning itself, which by imposing formalized procedures on organizations has desensitized them and made them vulnerable to unexpected changes. — Put it more boldly, if your organization has formal plans but no vision, and if you then try to control your future so rigidly […]
Posted in Karl Weick, management, organizational development, phenomenology on Jan 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Specifically, I would suggest that the effective organization is garrulous, clumsy, superstitious, hypocritical, monstrous, octopoid, wandering, and grouchy.
Karl Weick
On Re-Punctuating the Problem
in New Perspectives on Organizational Effectiveness; Jossey-Bass 1977
Posted in James Hillman, Karl Weick, management, organizational development on Jan 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Love and power are not opponents; it is our ideas that have constructed them so. — The resolution of this tiresome conflict between power and love requires but one simple test, a move from the singular to the plural. Just add an s. The world is not one world, power is not a single idea, […]
Posted in history, humor, religion on Jan 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Who was Cain’s wife? Okay, old conundrum for the literalists in the monotheistic clans.
Candidates:
Eve–ruled out by all
sister–must be considered
Lilith (Adam’s first wife?)–must be considered pending one’s treatment of Lilith
pre-adamic beings–why not?
“If we now work totally from Scripture, without any personal prejudices or other extra-biblical ideas, then back at the beginning, when there was only the […]
Posted in art, blogging, friends on Jan 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Walter Logeman and yours truly go back a bit. 12 years. The first person I added to my virtual karass. We initiated some experiments and adventures.
I’ve never met his body. I wish I could go visit him in New Zealand.
His new blog In This Moment. Then there is his Psybernet.
Posted in biology, irrationality, pseudo-science on Jan 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
By way of the blog of Florida Citizens for Science comes a capture from the notes of a Taylor County Florida school board meeting.
Upon motion by Danny Lundy, seconded by Darrell Whiddon the Board adopted/approved the: 1.) Resolution regarding the new Sunshine State Standards for Science.
The adopted resolution is as follows:
Whereas, the Florida Department of […]
Posted in teaching cartoons on Jan 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
Versions of this teaching story are found in the folklore of the Mid-east and North Africa. This version refashions source material discovered in Matthew Helmke’s Humor and Moroccan Culture.
Happy new year to all in this year of the Rat.
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