tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post5268102716552613143..comments2023-10-15T10:29:12.991+01:00Comments on Karyn's erratic learning journey: Organisational development - a bit like Calvinball?The upsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-81733756048572680552008-02-14T09:07:00.000+00:002008-02-14T09:07:00.000+00:00Kelly: You're so right about that! In fact, I have...Kelly: You're so right about that! In fact, I have drawn from Calvin and Hobbes several times in my posts since I started this blog. On one occasion, I half-joked that one could "do a dissertation on the Calvin and Hobbes philosophy of teaching and learning" only to have someone immediately point me at <A HREF="http://teachingwithcalvinandhobbes.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes</A>. I can never be accused of having a truly original idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-57822508276818893772008-02-14T04:19:00.000+00:002008-02-14T04:19:00.000+00:00I would suggest that there are so many Calvinisms ...I would suggest that there are so many Calvinisms that apply to education that he could be the posterboy for the educational change which is being sought by so many. Calvinball, with its constantly changing rules is very similar to what is happening in education. As much as we try to "control" education with legislation, we need to become more flexible and more able to adjust to what is happening around us. <BR/>People in education still want to control so much of what is happening... which is so unfortunate. We do poorly, in many ways, at collaboration despite how much we talk about it.kellywchrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811167643423355223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-36548065197805894482008-02-13T19:32:00.000+00:002008-02-13T19:32:00.000+00:00This may be where my control-freak tendency and la...This may be where my control-freak tendency and lack of experience in corporate environments is exposed. <BR/><BR/>Most of my career has been spent in health care and academic environments where we can see stuff coming and the organization has a (reasonably) concrete purpose. Patients should to be healed, Students should be educated. <BR/><BR/>In terms of top-down, well, there is quite a bit of sideways but it is all still very driven by legislative directives and by the primary, well-defined goal of the organization. In the places where I work, all of the apparent chaos is still driven with these goals in mind.<BR/><BR/>To me, leadership's job is to provide that sort of focus on the end-goal. Where surfing and chaos and flex come in is how you get there. And if the organization is missing (or forgetting) what they are in business for - that's where real problems occur (and where I start looking for new work).<BR/><BR/>The above may explain why I spend more time in "institutions." ;' )Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08148326128914333870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-43625043576064309282008-02-13T00:18:00.000+00:002008-02-13T00:18:00.000+00:00Wendy: I would suggest that healthcare has enough ...Wendy: I would suggest that healthcare has enough red tape that you can see things coming before they arrive. I would also suspect that it is a largely top-down controlled environment. Although I might be wrong on both counts. Increasingly we are seeing the corporate world moving too fast for either red tape or top down controls. By the time something has filtered through either of those two things, it may well have become obsolete. Hence the increasing need for informal learning, unconferences, JIT performance support and all the other aspects of Jay Cross's home turf.<BR/><BR/>I'd be interested to know what you would regard as "well-managed". To my mind, well-managed means that the individuals are empowered to take ownership of their own learning journey and CPD. Management is not afraid to delegate, trusting in its ability to recruit capable staff, and does not feel that paranoic need to be in control of everything and everyone all the time. In fact, I would say that a good manager recognises that he/she can't always predict or know everything, realises that he/she has to go with the flow and is not threatened by that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-82280715784615866732008-02-12T18:36:00.000+00:002008-02-12T18:36:00.000+00:00Haven't even thought of Calvinball in a very long ...Haven't even thought of Calvinball in a very long time.<BR/><BR/>I have noticed that well-managed environments are better able to see what's coming and somewhat manipulate the game (like Roslyn). From my time in Health Care - we could see some of the legislative changes coming down the pike about 1 year in advance and have the system set up to handle it (just in case). Examples - CPT code changes (every year), HIPPA, Legislated Electronic Medical Records, Eliminating social security numbers from records.....<BR/><BR/>Of course (to switch to Harold's metaphor) - even the best surfers are smacked in the head with a wave every once in awhile.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08148326128914333870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-49054884273184414012008-02-12T13:54:00.000+00:002008-02-12T13:54:00.000+00:00Harold - sounds like a great idea!Harold - sounds like a great idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-87096584611851119572008-02-12T13:40:00.000+00:002008-02-12T13:40:00.000+00:00In OD and learning in the workplace today practiti...In OD and learning in the workplace today practitioners have to embrace the idea of flow. There are huge flows of information that cannot be controlled, but you may be able "surf at the edge of chaos". Get out your surfboards folks, because you are not going to control the ocean.<BR/><BR/>Now what we really need is a CalvinBall plugin for Facebook ;-)Harold Jarchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462304722726586155noreply@blogger.com