Paradoxical Balancing Acts...
Started by Simon, Mar 28 2004 08:59 PM
Paradoxical Balancing Acts in Organization Improvement
By Jim Clemmer
"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart go together." — John Ruskin, 19th century English critic, artist and social reformer
Too often, we see the world in narrow binary, either/or terms. Odd or even, closed or open, introverted or extroverted, individual or group, profitable or unprofitable, rational or irrational, right or wrong, real or imagined, hard or soft, emotional or dispassionate, and vertical or horizontal are common examples of how we try to neatly pair contradictory opposites.
But top performers look beyond either/or to and/also...
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Is this a green light to 'sit on the fence' or a valuable lesson?
Regards,
Simon
By Jim Clemmer
"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart go together." — John Ruskin, 19th century English critic, artist and social reformer
Too often, we see the world in narrow binary, either/or terms. Odd or even, closed or open, introverted or extroverted, individual or group, profitable or unprofitable, rational or irrational, right or wrong, real or imagined, hard or soft, emotional or dispassionate, and vertical or horizontal are common examples of how we try to neatly pair contradictory opposites.
But top performers look beyond either/or to and/also...
Read Full Article
Is this a green light to 'sit on the fence' or a valuable lesson?
Regards,
Simon
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