Paradigm change is a frequent subject among business practitioners, although it is often difficul... more Paradigm change is a frequent subject among business practitioners, although it is often difficult to define change in terms of paradigm direction. This paper outlines four paradigms at work in the thinking of today’s business agents. Clarity comes in part from articulating the differences in language and practices that are based in different paradigms. In addition to discussion of the four paradigms in their relationship to change, this paper also examines the origin and applied use of each, along with the principles and instruments that each tends to draw upon. Examples of language that represent the metaphors of each paradigm are offered, as are practices that have developed from each and the effects of each paradigm and its set of practices on organizations, many of which are unintended and may even exacerbate the very situations that they are intended to improve. The overall intention of these comparisons is to improve discernment in an organization’s choice of practices and to facilitate shifts in paradigms and the ableness in individuals to create such shifts.
Guest edited by Helene Finidori, a series of essays on the theory and practice of collective inte... more Guest edited by Helene Finidori, a series of essays on the theory and practice of collective intelligence and transformative action, from a systemic dynamic perspective.
How and where does systemic change manifest? How does it unfold? What are the leverage points, the forces and dynamics at play? What are the conditions for its empowerment and enablement? How do agency and structure come into the picture? We would like to look at the subject from various perspectives and disciplines, in research and praxis, exploring the visible and the invisible, space and time, unity and diversity, level and scale, movement and rhythm.
Paradigm change is a frequent subject among business practitioners, although it is often difficul... more Paradigm change is a frequent subject among business practitioners, although it is often difficult to define change in terms of paradigm direction. This paper outlines four paradigms at work in the thinking of today’s business agents. Clarity comes in part from articulating the differences in language and practices that are based in different paradigms. In addition to discussion of the four paradigms in their relationship to change, this paper also examines the origin and applied use of each, along with the principles and instruments that each tends to draw upon. Examples of language that represent the metaphors of each paradigm are offered, as are practices that have developed from each and the effects of each paradigm and its set of practices on organizations, many of which are unintended and may even exacerbate the very situations that they are intended to improve. The overall intention of these comparisons is to improve discernment in an organization’s choice of practices and to facilitate shifts in paradigms and the ableness in individuals to create such shifts.
Guest edited by Helene Finidori, a series of essays on the theory and practice of collective inte... more Guest edited by Helene Finidori, a series of essays on the theory and practice of collective intelligence and transformative action, from a systemic dynamic perspective.
How and where does systemic change manifest? How does it unfold? What are the leverage points, the forces and dynamics at play? What are the conditions for its empowerment and enablement? How do agency and structure come into the picture? We would like to look at the subject from various perspectives and disciplines, in research and praxis, exploring the visible and the invisible, space and time, unity and diversity, level and scale, movement and rhythm.
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How and where does systemic change manifest? How does it unfold? What are the leverage points, the forces and dynamics at play? What are the conditions for its empowerment and enablement? How do agency and structure come into the picture? We would like to look at the subject from various perspectives and disciplines, in research and praxis, exploring the visible and the invisible, space and time, unity and diversity, level and scale, movement and rhythm.
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How and where does systemic change manifest? How does it unfold? What are the leverage points, the forces and dynamics at play? What are the conditions for its empowerment and enablement? How do agency and structure come into the picture? We would like to look at the subject from various perspectives and disciplines, in research and praxis, exploring the visible and the invisible, space and time, unity and diversity, level and scale, movement and rhythm.
Available on print on demand.