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> I remember how our dialogue was suddenly flooded for a couple of weeks by
> people usually very quiet (I try not to use "lurker").
Oops, used it ;)
Hi, I'm new to this list. I've been reading for a few days and I'm already
enjoying it very much.
I'm finisching my MBA (Nijmegen Business School - The Netherlands), while
working as an Quality Manager, and being a relatively new mom (daughter of
8 mnds.).
At the moment we (I'm writing the thesis with a friend) are not yet sure
of what we will be writing about, we are in the preliminary research
phase. But our interest is in topics like creativity, wholeness, the power
of intentions, etc.
We have read some books by David Bohm, 'Synchronicity' by Joseph Jaworski,
some books by Alice Miller on conditioning by pedagogics.
We will be writing in English, so representing our ideas here as we
develop them will help prevent deformation by translation in the end. So,
if I ever state anything which doesn't make sense it can have two reasons:
language or difference of opinion. In both cases please let me know.
I already have a problem stating our initial thoughts, because we have
developed them in Dutch. I'll try:
Business ethics is not as ethical as it sounds. You'd better do something
you really like, this will make you more respectful towards your
co-workers and customers, we call this creative/original business, or
maybe business integrity is a better name.
We will state something in the line of: Business integrity is key for
succesful business in todays high-information environment.
Because in this information age you cannot control business top-down,
there is no time to consolidate the information and you can't permit to
lose information by consolidating it before the organization acts on it.
This means empowerment. Empowerment is the solution. But often empowerment
is just a phrase. Your co-workers know (feel) this, so no real
mobilization takes place. Real respect is needed. And only by doing
something which is near to your heart, you'll have enthousiasm and
non-competitiveness brought by intrinsic motivation.
Has anyone read/written something on this subject? Or can you suggest any
other further reading? We haven't read Peter Senge's Fifth Discipline.
Probably worth reading. I'm interested in your opinions. Isn't he somewhat
mechanical in his ideas?
Kind regards,
Laura Peek.
--Laura Peek <laura.peek@asml.com>
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