Sustaining positive change
Every facilitator, educator, enabler, and activist should read The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge et al:
Grassroots community initiatives and public interest groups could be achieving far more, IF participants learned how to work together creatively and constructively, and IF they made more effort to understand how and why corporations may excel. [2][3]
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Footnotes:
[1] I came across The Fifth Discipline in 1996 - I was so excited, I got copies for friends/colleagues. More links reviewing this book:
[2] From 1999 to 2003, I often commented that running a government is like managing a business or large organization. 'Government is an organization like any other' is yet another of my outspoken observations, which Big Brother found interesting and useful. I believe they've taken up this idea with full gusto.
(Note: TVO recently featured a documentary about the history of provincial politics in Ontario. By closely analyzing the development and subsequent demise of 'The Big Blue Machine,' one gets a clear picture about how the Ontario Progressive Conservative party managed to stay in power for 42 years. I believe a new Big Blue Machine is being built on a national level. PC party leader Stephen Harper possibly being eased out in favour of someone with broader appeal is part of a comprehensive strategy (or they will make him more popularly appealing through savvy political handlers and media manipulations). I have also previously suggested a 'Carrot-and-Stick' media approach is being used by both the Conservatives and the Liberals to maintain overall power, while ensuring U.S. priorities are being met.)
[3] Having inadvertently helped Big Bro improve their enlistment of moles and plants, I would advise people to be aware of their presence within most groups or organizations - big, small, or even seemingly casual. OCAP (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty) is just one likely example, but I believe it's happening EVERYWHERE - in for-profit and non-profit circles, alike, progressive or conservative, you name it.
Grassroots community initiatives and public interest groups could be achieving far more, IF participants learned how to work together creatively and constructively, and IF they made more effort to understand how and why corporations may excel. [2][3]
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Footnotes:
[1] I came across The Fifth Discipline in 1996 - I was so excited, I got copies for friends/colleagues. More links reviewing this book:
- 'The Fifth Discipline' - a short review by Fleming Funch, 1995.
- Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
[2] From 1999 to 2003, I often commented that running a government is like managing a business or large organization. 'Government is an organization like any other' is yet another of my outspoken observations, which Big Brother found interesting and useful. I believe they've taken up this idea with full gusto.
(Note: TVO recently featured a documentary about the history of provincial politics in Ontario. By closely analyzing the development and subsequent demise of 'The Big Blue Machine,' one gets a clear picture about how the Ontario Progressive Conservative party managed to stay in power for 42 years. I believe a new Big Blue Machine is being built on a national level. PC party leader Stephen Harper possibly being eased out in favour of someone with broader appeal is part of a comprehensive strategy (or they will make him more popularly appealing through savvy political handlers and media manipulations). I have also previously suggested a 'Carrot-and-Stick' media approach is being used by both the Conservatives and the Liberals to maintain overall power, while ensuring U.S. priorities are being met.)
[3] Having inadvertently helped Big Bro improve their enlistment of moles and plants, I would advise people to be aware of their presence within most groups or organizations - big, small, or even seemingly casual. OCAP (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty) is just one likely example, but I believe it's happening EVERYWHERE - in for-profit and non-profit circles, alike, progressive or conservative, you name it.
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