In “teaching” situations with adults I often try to impart the modesty argument. I want my audience to become less sure of themselves, less sure of their judgements, less sure of their brains, less ready to disagree and thus more open to suggestions.This is a theme that repeats itself many times. Progress is rather uncertain so maybe this isn’t very useful! Darn! Perhaps I should change course and go onto signalling and status issues instead, so we can arrive at the truth about ourselves.
On second thoughts maybe the most useful and frequently used thing is the daily discipline and the daily pleasure of reading OB—it primes the mind and in a sense gives membership to an international club of people who want to think about things—and reach many different answers.
In “teaching” situations with adults I often try to impart the modesty argument. I want my audience to become less sure of themselves, less sure of their judgements, less sure of their brains, less ready to disagree and thus more open to suggestions.This is a theme that repeats itself many times. Progress is rather uncertain so maybe this isn’t very useful! Darn! Perhaps I should change course and go onto signalling and status issues instead, so we can arrive at the truth about ourselves.
On second thoughts maybe the most useful and frequently used thing is the daily discipline and the daily pleasure of reading OB—it primes the mind and in a sense gives membership to an international club of people who want to think about things—and reach many different answers.