Re LO1576, in which Geoff Fountain passed along his colleague Dick
Harral's take on the ever-popular silver bullet (or, as someone once said
in a slightly different context, "the ever-retreating bonanza") that will
alter corporate culture: Dick's notes, reactions, ideas, questions, were
a welcomed fresh breeze into this discussion. To take but one example:
*"Values that would make us viable over time..." and how to uncover and
agree to them*: that, and everything it implies about -- yup --
organizational learning and organizational purpose was alone worth the
price of admission.
It makes this reader want to burrow around and come to some real
understanding about those implications, about whether there is such a
thing as organizational values that are immutable (as well as more than
fancy poster art), and about creating critical masses that exert the right
kind of gravitational pull. Anyway, thanks to Geoff and Dick. I suspect
working with them is a treat.
-- Ron Mallis 12 Chestnut Street Boston, MA 02108 617-723-8362 ron2785@eworld.com