I have a sense of deja vu:
> What can we do to prevent this trend that has happened to everything
> from
> MBOs to Quality etc from happening to LO? ...Keith
We can't prevent that process from happening. It is part of a larger
system that we do not influence. All I would think we can do is reduce the
level of exaggerated expectations and "hype" that we encounter, focus on
continual learning ourselves, and grow with whatever LO turns into...
Tobin
-- end of quoted msg --
At risk of sounding repetititive:
Try looking at any of these fads from the fad's point of view. From a
persective that grants the fad an independent existance [as a meme in
fact] the fad life cycle is perfectly logical and explicable. A fad does
not have to benefit anyone, if it can manage to spread without doing so.
If you are a fad that drives companies into terminal decline you will
succeed provided, only, that you gain sufficient new converts in the
process. The zeal which impells say religous martyrs is an extreme
example.
A fad that spelt immediate corporate doom would not have much chance of
getting started, granted. But once it starts rolling a switch occurs.
Success equates with 'believers' rather than any difference made and the
fad enables an infrastructure that is dedicated to further disseminination
of the fad. A fad, like a virus - and it is exactly like a virus, has a
life of its own. Its impact on its host can be benign, neutral, or
parasitic/. From the fad's perspective that is immaterial.
I believe we can do more than Tobin suggests. I believe we can also focus
on our own unlearning and can try to understand what it is makes that
process so difficult, as individuals or in larger groupings.
If Price
The Harrow Partnership
Pewley Fort Guildford UK
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