Touching Reality

Well.... this is the start of it, the first page if you will of my launch into 'blogworld'. My purpose for writing? Well, not only to give myself something constructive to do but to add an emerging world of thought in the virtual world.

Who am I? Well, I have spend time doing a number of things over the years. Currently, I am running an organisation (small as it is) which helps sane people find ways of navigating an insane world. I draw from psychology (my background), economics (not the neo-classical stuff which has lost credibility) and experience of working with teams and organisations over the last 15 or so years.

My purpose?

Selfishly to help me to articulate a line of thought which I hope some people (ie you if you are reading this) will contribute to. I am not making any claims to be able to see into the future, nor am I claiming that I have the franchise on understanding what is going on in the world. What I can say is my starting points are ones which are based not just in my own experiences, but ones supported by research. If you find what I have to say to be controversial, that is fine by me, but please don't assume that I am interested in reading some ill thought through rant. If you want to challenge a point at least make it coherent. I am of course not promising that all my points are coherent but I am attempting to discuss and explore organisational life, the life of work if you will, in a way which will help towards better thinking and better solutions.

My starting premises?

• That most people do not employ rationality in their thinking (many think they do and argue vociferously in defence of their case)
• That we cling to our thinking in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary
• That despite the rhetoric about change in organisations people don't want to change
• That most efforts to 'train' people are a complete waste of money
• That the strategy for many is to stick their heads firmly in the sand
• That the 'quick fix' solutions offered by many (exercise, diet, improve your life.... add your own here if you want) are masterfully sold but change nothing
• That for the most part people dont want to take responsibility and prefer others to make decisions for them (and then to put all their effort into complaining about that fact)

I am sure that I will add to these as I go but this is going to be my starter for the moment. I am sure too that given that there are a kazillion blogs on the web this is just one small piece of a massive web.

If you find this welcome to my space.

Si