In a prior offering I had suggested that it might be of some value to
thread our way down the communication highway. In so doing I used the
anology of a plastic bag to indicate that, while both "sides" of the
labor question are often "at odds", they (and we) co-exist in the same
yin and yang relationship, with the elasticity of the plastic as a useful
tool to conceptualize the pulling and tugging of those involved.
Martha Landerman's post on Entrepreneurship sadly and eloquently presents
the same concept in "real" everyday, concrete terms. "We can't do that.",
"We don't do that here.", etc., etc.; such a sad testimonial to the state
of hierarchical organizations, based on the military model.
I suggest anyone who is interested in alternatives review Deming's
fourteen points, many of which completely destroy the utility of
"compulsive-obsessive" controls, such as those which destroyed the golden
era of her work.
If control rests in authority, and authority chooses not to involve
itself in learning alternatives, the tree has fallen and no one has heard
it. This bodes especially ill for US enterprise.
Regards,
John Constantine
--John Constantine <rainbird@trail.com>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>