January 29, 2005

Thanks to Harold Jarche for clueing me in … I missed # 9.  I must have been looking at this one so hard the other day that I thought I posted it … the software’s not quite that good yet.

 

We’re All In This Together

The interconnected Information Age is beginning to show us that we’re all linked together – and that the whole system matters.

This principle applies to organizations, to networks of customers, suppliers, employees and communities, to our societies and to the planet.

New language for this principle is popping up everywhere – knowledge networks, intranets, communities of practice, systems thinking, swarming, social software, social networks, tipping points.

Awareness is the key.  Maintain an “open focus”.

Being aware of yourself, others and the effects of your actions and ways of being in relation to others is a fundamental requirement in these conditions.

 

 

I know this has been done to death, but what will it take to admit that the WOT (War on Terror) and WOT II (War on Tyranny) are both ill-conceived and unwinnable, at least when it comes to force.

 

As the cover below asks, when will be ….

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s No Going Back to “Normal” –

Permanent Whitewater is the New Normal

It’s almost trite to say this – the only constant is change.

However…over the past 15 years or so, there have been enormous amounts of energy spent resisting change – waiting and hoping for things to go back to “normal”.

It won’t happen.  It’s useful to acknowledge and accept this, and get started … at learning how to learn, and equipping yourself for constant adaptability. 

It’s a good - but not the only - way forward.

At the same time, you won’t survive by trying to make yourself into a chameleon.  You can’t be all things to all people.

Connecting to your self – your values, your ways to build and acquire knowledge, and understand and use your intuition – is in my opinion the only way to go.