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Comment on Systems Thinking in Public Sector -has the time for application finally come? by alec fraher

alec fraher — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:50:44 +0000

Hi Lilly,

this must be one of the few sites that has not attracted a whole host of participants and commentary and I wonder why?

Is it that the openning comments pose as many questions as John Seddon’s work on Public Services Reform seeks to remove?

How then do we engage in learning? I genuinely don’t know, otherthan to commit to learning and re-learning and after 28 yeras of working in the public sector/services I now realise I know less than I’d ever thought I knew. That is to say, more precisely, I have less confidence in the prevailing thought leadership actually benefiting the intended recipients. what to do?

Well, i’ve re-cast my own thinking back to the work of Alec Nove/Ernest Mandel (see new left review 159/161 in 1987) but also that of Rudolph Klein(Lloyds Bank Review June 1984)and added in John Broome’s work on Ethics and Economics and Transitivity and Existence Values. Why? well as far as my experience tells me the multiple perspectives, both ideologically and otherwise, have been put in the blender and i’m keen to step back and take a look at what has emmerged.

Why, because there’s a need for a fresh thought basis for action, or for the spontanity of actions of those ‘othered’ by current conventions to inform new learning.

I’d welcome your thoughts on this and what I do know is that many others would too, so, and if its Ok, i’ll pass this link on – its rather like someone turning the light on having spent some time fumbling around in the dark – not even knowing there was a light or switch in the first place.

So, many thanks, to you and Norman

warm regards,

Alec

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Comment on Guardian 20 Jan 1984 – Why this Applies now to the Financial Crisis by Elcorin

Elcorin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:54:21 +0000

Hi,
everything dynamic and very positively

Thank you
Elcorin

Comment on FT 4th June 2008 – Good Leadership is a team sport and that team has to be ‘whole-minded’ says research by lilashana

lilashana — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:05:53 +0000

Sue,

thank you for your comment and support. Congratulations on starting your own blog.

This is a slow developing space and any specific suggestions and observations are most welcome.

Comment on FT 4th June 2008 – Good Leadership is a team sport and that team has to be ‘whole-minded’ says research by Sue Massey

Sue Massey — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:00:41 +0000

I just stopped by your blog and thought I would say hello. I like your site design. Looking forward to reading more down the road.

Comment on HBR Editors blog, March 24 – How to Crack Companies’ Class Structure by Per Kurowski

Per Kurowski — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:58:18 +0000

Though I admit that some of the PhDs are among the smartest open and creative people there is, I must also declare the PhDs as one of the most formidable threats our society is encountering. The way they as a class tend to occupy and monopolize the right to thought with their methodologies, and so frequently worrying more about form than content, is a true menace to common sense.

I have always toyed with the idea of founding a guaranteed free of PhD university… but then of course since I am not a PhD I might be somewhat biased.

Institutions like the World Bank should establish a maximum quota of PhDs as in many ways this is what is most needed to achieve a diversity of thought; just as in the IMF and in regulatory entities like the Basel Committee for Bank Regulations there should be a limited quota on how many central bank professionals could be present. The real world is dangerous enough without clubs of mutual admiration imposing their thoughts on it.

Now, if Mr. Steve Prokesch happens to be a PhD… sorry!