Ivan said:
< What you say about the connections is very important.
> Unfortunately, what we do is exactly the opposite. We do not try to
> present concepts in a holistic way (or it might that we don't know
> how), and we made every effort to distance a new concepts from
> others.
If there's a number of experts already in one field, people are
looking for a new concept they can become successful in, they can
become recongized for. There's little personal glory about becoming
an expert in an older concept when there's many others already
recongized as experts.
> For instance, I see that LO has given new life and a higher level
> meaning to TQM/CQI concepts, which are very important learning
> tools. I see that LO has even given new meaning, (according to Ivan
> Blanco), to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
I'd agree fully. LO has the ability to give life and new meaning to a
lot of our own personal philosopies too! Few make the connections.
And LO has probably given new life to a lot of other even older
concepts and philosophies.
As a simple example, let me share with you about financial planning.
I thought it was really amazing when I traced some of the concepts
from "The Wealthy Barber" (a book about a barber who saves 10% of his
earnings, gives 10% to charity, and puts 10% to active use, and lives
on 70%, and how he becomes a millionaire). First of all, I came
accross Jim Rohn. Then I learned of a book called 'The Richest Man in
Babylon' written in 1926 (?). I didn't trace teh concepts any
further, but the concepts of "The Wealthy Barber" have been around for
a few hundred years.
> As was emphaiszed earlier, we cannot anticipate all the consequences
> of the systems we implement, but can certainly learn and improve as
> we appreciate those consequences. One way of doing that is by
> looking at the connections, by studying systems as such: Systems!
I'm wary of this concept of systems. Probably due to my involvement
in computer systems...it sounds too divorced from the people side of
the equation. I beleive there are systems at work, but I'm worried
too much analysis of the systems can lead to a more skinnerian
approach to humanity and people.
GAry Scherling
Helping people help themselves
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GScherling_GMS_TPN
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