Replying to LO27679 --
Andrew,
You bring up a good point on the possible need for an outside intervention
to break through the existing mental models. From your work on mental
models, could you provide some categories of what interventions you have
used in this area?
Andrew Wong responds:
>I am experimenting much in the area of "organisational learning" from
>collection of individauls, with emphasis on "Personal Mastery" one of
>the 5 disciplines of LO.
>
> IMHO and sharing my experience ...
>
> It is interesting to note "use a structured agenda and exercises that
> can be run with a facilitator role that is rotated among group
> members. Our hope is that the content, awareness, and group
> encouragement will provide a safe environment for testing new
> ideas .."
>
> it is certainly a democratic approach. However, the group
> will still be
> limited by the collective mental models. Some sort of
> intervention may
> still be required to challenge that group thinking.
--"Wirth, Ross" <RWIRTH@citgo.com>
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