Harrison
You were thinking of Reg Revans, who created the concept of action
learning, that is, people who met and learned from one another by
sharing direct experience.
I used his concept to pilot a series of courses at Heriot Watt
University for company directors who could learn from each other
Thank you Harrison - that is a wonderful affirmation
Jon
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Harrison Owen
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Subject: Re: OS & Evidence based practice
I can't think of any examp
As I think
Muddling Through is the art of " adapting oneself to and getting alone with
the life"
This also includes responding the needs of management ::)) your mother or
your father etc.
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I know this is a list about OS but I hope it is OK to suggest to Jon
Harvey that he also consider using an Appreciative Inquiry for his
client. Perhaps an AI in OS?
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 12:43:35 -, Jon Harvey wrote:
> Hallo
>
> I work in the field of public services - and I have a potential c
Jon-- There are a number of us on this list who sometimes use OST in
conjunction with Appreciative Inquiry (AI). Briefly, AI is about
discovering what's working in the organization, and teasing out the
factors that contribute to the success. These discoveries seed the
vision and design process to
Jon--
Paul and I facilitated a series of meetings for a manufacturing company which
wanted to identify management practices which helped create safety, and find
a way to measure managers on those things. They could see that their current
system only measured failures of safety.
The meetings wer
Hallo
I work in the field of public services - and I have a potential client who
wants help to discover what works in the field of community safety.
Specifically they coordinate a number of projects thoughout a large city
here in the UK - and they have conducted some recent evaluations of 4 of
the
Hi all
I came across a definiton of intelligence as:
'knowing what to do when you don't know what to do'
...perhaps this is about muddling through...?
Jon Harvey
Oxford
UK
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I can't think of any examples of applications just as you describe -- but I
would argue that every OS is in fact such research. A number of years ago I
did an Open Space for the Executive MBA program at City University (London).
This was for all current students, faculty and guests. I don't remembe
