by DavidFraser | Feb 25, 2013 | Learning, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
It’s a funny thing… Socially, it seems to be expected that we behave as if everyone knows what they need to know; that they are not learning anything further; that they are complete. And yet… We’re learning all the time: How to deal with new situations,...
by DavidFraser | Feb 13, 2013 | Personal Mastery, Wisdom
For organisations to learn, people need to tell the truth, and to discuss the “undiscussable.” If they think one thing and say another, how can the collective entity ever understand what’s really going on? In other words, people need to be “real,” or “congruent” in...
by DavidFraser | Feb 11, 2013 | Autism, Relationship Skills, Special Needs
Sometimes dealing with the extremes brings the mainstream into sharp focus… I’m watching an interview with the creator of a well-known intervention program for children with Autism. As he puts it, such children find “our” world a bewildering...
by DavidFraser | Feb 8, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Learning
Occasionally you learn something truly new and advance the field in some way. It feels like a tiny step to you—one you hardly think worthy of the name. And yet… For the rest of us, getting to that new layer you’ve added on top on an existing body of knowledge is...
by DavidFraser | Feb 1, 2013 | Change, Communication, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Systems
“Culture change program” “Public sector reform” “Get well program” We hear these phrases all the time. We might even use them ourselves. But there’s a problem… Using language like this, the hearers need to accept that what they were doing yesterday was wrong....
