<<....That is, what is learned is not rejected or
"unlearned" but is rechunked, accessed in new contexts, combined with
previously unrelated areas, etc. The power of evolution is that the
old is continually recombined to create the new.....
<<The challenge is to reduce the automaticity, the entrainment, the
deep pathways. That is, to be able to think, rethink, transform, use
newly, rechunk, recombine, etc. It is the grip of the past we want
to loosen rather than "unlearn".
<< But, maybe like "the learning organisation" itself, unlearning is a
catching phrase and we shouldn't fight it. As long as we remember
what we are after and don't damage ourselves with a distorted
pursuit, it may be that more progress will be made with such terms.
<< Or .... is it the use of such "catchy" terms that has good thinking
turn into management fads? >>
Michael,
Yes! Very well put! The automaticity/entrainment and undoing to allow for
recombinations & new patterns to emerge is a key. I think that "catchy"
terms have a place, and are probably important, although they can probably
also lead to the "fad" phenomenon. I'd go further and say that automaticity
in general has adaptive value in certain situations, so that combining,
uncombining, and recombingin are all important in that they serve different
adaptive functions.
-Jeff (BrooksJeff@AOL.com)
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