Replying to LO27705 --
Is there a relationship between "free energy" and "potential energy" in
that the energy is not currently in use supporting the organization, but
has the potential to do that or other tasks?
The references to Enron's empowering culture included references to
interviews with lower level employees who were encouraged by the company
to try their ideas. These same types of comments were frequently heard in
National Public Radio (US) interviews with Enron employees that have run
over the last few weeks. The general feeling among the employees appears
to be that it was one of the best places to work not only for the
empowerment, but the spirit of achievement and sense of community both
inside the company and in local charity work. Now they feel betrayed by
top management.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AM de Lange [mailto:amdelange@postino.up.ac.za]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 5:55 AM
> To: LearnOrg List; Wirth, Ross
> Cc: Alfred (ProtVitMin) Rheeder
> Subject: Implications of Enron LO27705
>
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> Our LO-dialogue on "free energy" has been going on
> intermittendly for several years. The "free energy" (two
> words, one concept) of any system is that part of its total
> energy not bound in maintaining the organisation (structures
> and processes) of the system.
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> Ross, I have also noticed these references made to Enron. But
> I have never have seen any document originating from Enron
> itself giving extensive details of how it empowers its
> clients and workers. A search at their site
> http://www.enron.com/corp/ on key words like empower and
> empowerment brought nothing to light.
>
> Should it be the case that Enron CEO Lay's claims to empower
> people (other than selling commodities like energy and
> networks) are unsubstantiated, then the authors of such text
> books and articles will have to explain why they did not
> verify such claims. Should it be the case that Lay's claims
> to empower people (by selling commodities like energy and
> networks) had been misinterpreted for empowering people to
> take care of their own future, then the authors of such text
> books and articles will be self in the dock.
>
> Some authors like to give weight to their claims by citing a
> great name. In business it might be a name like Enron, in
> science a name like Einstein, in arts a name like Beethoven
> or in religion a name like Jesus. Whenever I myself use such
> a great name, I shudder at the consequences of doing it. But
> I try to comfort myself by thinking how much in the past I
> have stressed authentic learning and in depth questioning as
> perhaps its most powerful tool.
>
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