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9780943233970

An Unused Intelligence

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  • ISBN13:

    9780943233970

  • ISBN10:

    0943233976

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-01-01
  • Publisher: Conari Pr
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Summary

Reengineering is out! The hottest topic in business today is learning--with learning organization leader Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline, leading the way. This revolutionary approach to the mind-body connection in business combines the classic wisdom of the martial art aikido, the no-holds-barred exploration of Outward Bound, and the management of personal and collective energy in the workplace--with remarkable results at every level.

Table of Contents

Foreword xvii
Peter Senge
An Opening: Discovering Our Unused Intelligence 1(10)
What is the intelligence we're not using that can help us change the way we're thinking about our most pressing challenges?
Physical Thinking: learning to Change Our Organizational Mind
11(24)
What are the new ways of thinking we need to implement the essential ideas of a learning organization?
In the Center of the Storm: Shifting From Stress to Balance
35(24)
How do you manage job stress and change the ways of thinking that contribute to it?
Solo, Centering in a Chair
Pair, Centering with a Challenge
Group, Centering with Specific Challenges
Relational logic: Establishing Trust During Uncertain Times
59(26)
How do we create trust and support on the job when everything keeps changing?
Solo, Expanding Your Awareness While Walking
Pair, Trust Bridge
Group, Blindfold Obstacle Course
Boundaries, not Barriers: Respecting One Another's limits
85(32)
How do we establish mutual respect for diverse needs in the workplace?
Solo, Increasing Awareness of Body ``No(s)''
Pair, Maintaining Personal Space
Group, Coming to Standing
Virtuous Intent: Acting on Your Vision
117(28)
How do we find personal intent and shared vision in the distraction of day-to-day work challenges?
Solo, Finding Your Inner Intent
Pair, Moving Forward From the Chair
Group, Moving While Linked Together
The Middle Third: Transforming Impasses in Thinking
145(24)
How do you deal with either-or thinking?
Solo, Fear and Wanting
Triad, Double Arm Pull
Group, Telephone Pole Shuffle
Collaborative Leadership: Moving Beyond Command and Control
169(38)
How do we get more effective results using fewer resources?
Solo, Boss on Vacation
Pair, Relating Instead of Controlling
Group, Community Instead of Collision
The We of I: Acting Systemically
207(32)
How do we learn to perceive the whole instead of just thinking about how we can survive individually?
Solo, Rotating Mental Models
Pair Noticing Where You Are Free
Group, Warped Juggle
A Closing: Creating a New Ecology of Caring
239(6)
What is the coherence that exists beyond fragmentation?
Appendix 245(6)
Bibliography 251(6)
Index 257

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