If you're interested in Complexity in the real world, here's an interesting take on Sales Complexity (connections with story telling for sure) I never thought...
I think you need to explain why you think this is about complexity in the real workd From what I can see we have one (and there are many) web site with a ...
Dave, It all depends on your point of view. I am half-way through this book, which is about how the marketplace is getting turned 180 degrees by customers...
Buck, Thanks for the link. I think that anything that has to do with rapid change and connectivity is about Complexity, with a big C. Please try to flesh it ...
Personally I always think that debate increases understanding (and there is evidence that it increases innovation rather than killing it) if people are...
Hi David, Another way to look at what you are saying would be related to developing creative tension through fierce conversations about the subject or idea,...
David, The problem is that you are sometimes so aggressive with your online debating that you come across as a "must win" participant. Many of us in this group...
Dave and all, In the coming days I would like to describe more specifically what I mean by dialogue and debate. But for starters let me say that I'm not for...
You haven't seen aggressive yet! However if you want to enjoy the harmony of the spheres exploring mental models (a very old concept by the way of limited...
I don' think this is possible with email. Email narrows human response to letters on a screen, communicated with a gap of several hours. In person, yes, very...
Hi - I'd like to make a couple of points here - firstly, the US - UK difference. I am / have been involved in several professional groups at Board level, of...
Dear David and Dick, the entropy builds to the point of bifurcation for the whole group I am intrigued by this statement, and also your response David. I...
David: Are you suggesting assertive words or aggressive words for a verbal or typewritten debate? These exchanges may not communicate the depth of ecologies...
Well for a start I think you confuse assertive and/or combative with aggressive. Debate is a form of ritual attack, which allows both those asserting, and...
Certainly, debate would allow and even encourage assertive expression. I would think there are weaknesses in any argument, perhaps more in the assumptions...
Are you suggesting assertive words or aggressive words for a verbal or typewritten debate? These exchanges may not communicate the depth of ecologies present,...
David, I don't know about aggressive but we've certainly seen arrogance. I have been guilty of this myself and have noted it in others from time to time, and...
One more time: The current debate/discussion is near-meaningless without specific examples so that others will have a concrete idea of what you are talking...
Dave, Since you have a fondness for debate, why don't you open the debate with an assertion of something you strongly believe, and let's have a go at it? I...
Hi Monica, Yes, I think the discussion on story telling is one of the best this group has had, and everyone was relatively well behaved. I've had the same...
Hi Andrew, Entropy and free energy (I think this is negentropy) are directly related. I think the entropy is exported to the larger systems in which we are...
Hi Bill and David, What do you suppose would happen if we declaired our intentions as we toss out ideas? Let's assume that we are each trying with the best of...
Ken, I am sorry, I am not sure whether you are referring to the meaningless of the Debate with David, or my comments specifically. I assume you mean my ...
* * Here is a link to De Bono's book on rock logic and water logic. I got the title wrong. The title is: *I Am Right You Are Wrong : From This to the New...
Ken, A specific example I've experienced is in conducting a safety improvement workshop in a concrete factory where they were making pre-stressed beams for...
I think I just did Buck when I asserted the value of debate - and the swords came out, al be it that many of them were rusty. However when the group has...
I think debate and dialogue can be compared to Edward De Bono's concepts of vertical thinking and lateral thinking, respectively. Vertical thinking is what we...
