Rol Fessenden wrote:
> Keith said, "The TV has used sitcoms to illustrate reality in Murphy Brown
> and have highlighted oil companies in Dallas, hospitals of all sorts, law
> offices... My real question would be how would you keep it entertaining,
> and why would anyone want to watch on TV what they see every day. Dilbert
> is effective in poking fum at corporate folly, but I can onlyt handle a
> bit a him each day because he is too accurate! "
>
> Actually, I was thinking of something more along the lines of the Ken
> Burns programs. It would not be effective in my opinion if we used the
> traditional TV sound bite strategy.
Which is interesting because I was thinking something like James Burke's
"Connections" which are broadcast on PBS. (I think that is the name of the
host and the name of the show; it focuses on making connections between
various scientific discoveries -- often appearing unrelated --, and how
they've been combined by different people to create present scientific
knowledge.)
To demonstrate, on TV, how we got to where we are (similar to what Art
Kliener did in his book The Age of Heretics) and then to explore how what
we're doing will change our future would be absolutely fascinating.
There is a show on CNBC every Sunday that reviews business trends (I've
only caught it a couple of times, and both times it was dealing with TQM
and manufacturing, so I can't vouch for its usefulness or completeness),
which I'm sure is beneficial to some people.
I think that Rich would be well served if he used dramatic interpretation
to show how new management ideas were discovered, how they pervaded
organizations, and so forth. Then bring in a bunch of people to discuss
current business practicies, and how they might impact the future (do some
scenarios).
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