Dear all,
Last week I was in Paris and I had the pleasure of meeting Alain de Vulpian, one of the great sociologists of our time. He is 83 years old but still active and challenging sharp in his work. Alain is a specialist in longitudinal research on social-cultural developments. His work shows us humanity's on-going process of civilisation, for instance by asking the same questions about everyday life to ordinary people for more than 50 years. He presents dynamics in auto-organisation of a new social fabric in a very systemic way. One of the developments he describes is more openness to sensations and emotions. He is busy writing a book, but hopes to find time to finish an article for the October Issue of the COS-journal <http://www.cos-journal.com/> . This article will be about the consequences of developments in socioperception and empathy for leadership and organisational performance. Alain opens space for ordinary people (which we all are) in his own way. I didn't realise this until Susanne Daigle commented on my post on LinkedIn today and asked me to share his ideas on this List. We have found great wisdom in his article 'Listening to ordinary people' <http://www.knooppuntinnovatie.nl/documenten/Vulpian,%20listening%20to%20ord inary%20people.pdf> . Free pdf download. I am sorry I will not be able to join you in the WOS on OS in Florida. Wish you a great meeting. Tonnie Dr. Tonnie van der Zouwen MCM Larikslaan 1 5248 BP Rosmalen The Netherlands Tel.: E-mail: Internet: + 31 6 - 50 69 79 82 <mailto:i...@tonnievanderzouwen.nl> i...@tonnievanderzouwen.nl <http://www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl/> www.tonnievanderzouwen.com <http://www.largescaleinterventions.com/> www.largescaleinterventions.com <http://twitter.com/TonnievdZouwen> twitter-bird-blue-on-white <http://www.linkedin.com/in/tonnievanderzouwen> LinkedIn_Logo30px.png
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