Hi,
I am not familiar with the original post that refers to zero-g management.
would someone in possession, please send me a copy? i appreciate it.
At 05:19 PM 10/18/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Steve,
>
>My of my all time favorite books is "Ender's Game," I imagine for similar
>reasons that it appeals to you. The idea of reorientation which you
>portrayed for us in your snipit is so simple, but so powerful. (Einstein
>is supposed to have said that if you can't say it simply, no matter how
>complex, you don't understand it yet.") If you had not repeated it here,
>however, I don't think I would have cued into your subsequent thoughts
>about reorientation in business. The graphic illustration is worth its
>weight in gold, here.
>
>So, I'm surprised to hear you say that the metaphor hasn't been that
>relevant to your project! It seems to have everything to do with it. And,
>I would say that it is antithetical in a way to the idea of using
>narrative, believe it or not.
>
>The thing is, narrative is a linear framing of things, in a story.
>Reorientation has to do with framing of pattern, not linearity. Once the
>reorientation is complete, it can then be formulated in a linear narrative;
>but, that is afterwards!
>
>If we want to be flexible in these sorts of ways in business, then we have
>to deal more in the realm of pattern (right brain, I would say), with some
>comfort. Any attempt to forge this into a "normal" linear (left brain)
>construct in an attempted by-pass of the right brain stuff is doomed to
>(very familiar) failure, in my opinion.
>
>>From: Steve Finegan <
steve@HUNT.COM>
>>
>>In Orson Scott Card's classic sci-fi novel "Ender's Game" the main
>>character is a boy genius named Ender Wiggin. The main action in the story
>>takes place in a zero-gravity (zero-g) chamber called the Battleroom. ....
>
>>For the past six months or so I've been researching and outlining a white
>>paper (book?) that deals with the subject of how narratives are used in
>>organizations to organize the lives, work, interactions and productions of
>>people (April post). The project is finally starting to take shape. In the
>>process, I came up with this zero-g metaphor which has just kept nagging
>>and nagging at me. It really hasn't been that relevant to my project, but I
>>keep coming back to it. I'd love to use the theme: "re-orienting in zero-g"
>>in my upcoming paper if I can find a way to integrate it; perhaps I will.
>
>Don Austin, Ph.D.
>_____________________________________
>Department of Organizational Behavior
>Case Western Reserve University
>Cleveland, OH 44106 (216) 932-8421
>_____________________________________
>
>Researching processes with which small
>groups create valued organization.
>
>Creating Appreciative Dialogue.
mweisman@packet.net
tampa, florida
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