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How do we know what we know about Organisations useful or dangerous? THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVATION AND THINKING ABOUT WH

How do we know what we know about Organisations useful or dangerous? THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVATION AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE OBSERVE Professor John Carlisle Cooperation Works Ltd, Sheffield, United Kingdom. What informs our thinking ? materialist reductionist models or

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How do we know what we know about Organisations useful or dangerous? THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVATION AND THINKING ABOUT WH

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  1. How do we know what we know about Organisations useful or dangerous? THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVATION AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE OBSERVE Professor John Carlisle Cooperation Works Ltd, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

  2. What informs our thinking ? materialist reductionist models or holistic model-building Professor John Carlisle Cooperation Works Ltd, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

  3. What informs our thinking ? materialism HOW CONSCIOUS ARE WE? Professor John Carlisle Cooperation Works Ltd, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

  4. What informs our thinking 1? How conscious are we of the impact of materialism? Professor John Carlisle Cooperation Works Ltd, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

  5. HUMAN? Part of the Natural World?

  6. What informs our thinking ? The language ? Professor John Carlisle Cooperation Works Ltd, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

  7. Prof Manfred Max-Neef • "There are two separate languages now - the language of economics and the language of ecology, and they do not converge. The language of economics is attractive, and remains so, because it is politically appealing. It offers promises. It is precise, authoritative, aesthetically pleasing. Policy-makers apply the models, and if they don't work there is a tendency to conclude that it is reality that is playing tricks. The assumption is not that the models are wrong but that they must be applied with greater rigour.”-

  8. Max-Neef: 9 Fundamental HumanNeeds • protection, • affection, • understanding, • participation, • leisure, • creation, • identity, • freedom and • subsistence.

  9. What informs our thinking ? A FISH ROTS…. So, we must start at the top: Boards, Cabinets, all Policy Makers – starting with challenging the language they use. Professor John Carlisle Cooperation Works Ltd, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

  10. DECISION: a nicer caterpillar or a butterfly?

  11. The Deming Chain Reaction Costs decrease because of less rework, fewer mistakes, fewer delays, snags # Improve Quality (right first time) Productivity & innovation improves Capture the market with better quality and lower price or Stay in business ++ Grow the market and market share. Provide jobs and more jobs Increase Margins

  12. SO, A ENLIGHTENMENT IS REQUIRED

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