I'd like to second Michael McMaster's comments on "noise" as explained by
Michael Ayers.
I have the feeling that Ayers has something more in mind than came through
in his posting. Be that as it may, the noise analog is most useful
(making the familiar strange) first in distancing us Org. Listers from the
meeting input idea, and second in finding interesting characteristics of
the noice analog that can then be transposed back to an original paradox
(something like, the more more noise you get, the less useful sound you
perceive. There are many possibilities here).
Noise, wave motion, sound absorption, earphones, stereo and monaural,
filters, frequency, ad infinitum.
At this time, for most team work, I'd say that team facilitation and team
leadership skills are critical to the success of handling noise. Noice
CAN be handled effectively; the tools are there.
-- Barry Mallis bmallis@markem.com