1995
On Performance Indicators
11.30.95 21:42 Filed in: Performance
Indicators
"Task based measurements are finite Cartesian
interpretations that restrict you to incremental
change. You can only make the process more
efficient. Outcome based measurements ask "Why"
instead of "How" and open up the possibility for
quantum changes in performance because they are
not preconditioned to accept that the process has
to exist at all."
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The Origins of the Razor's Edge
02.14.95 13:06 Filed in: Admin
| Philosophy
The "razor's edge" is a term used by Maturana and
Varela in "The Tree of Knowledge" to describe the
balance required to think and act in a world that
cannot be completely objective and yet at the
same time is not thoroughly without substance or
order. To exist on the "razor's edge" is to live
in an understanding that both extremes are
nothing more than interpretations that we make,
and to be effective in the world you must be a
master at managing the middle ground.
This interpretation has led us to explore new thinking that we have published here in a variety of articles on various topics, to provoke others to recognize different possibilities in diverse areas of business, life, and the world, where we observe that the traditional interpretations are breaking down and causing people to suffer.
This interpretation has led us to explore new thinking that we have published here in a variety of articles on various topics, to provoke others to recognize different possibilities in diverse areas of business, life, and the world, where we observe that the traditional interpretations are breaking down and causing people to suffer.
Welcome to the Razor's Edge!
01.01.95 12:00 Filed in: Philosophy
Razor's edge thinking on issues of management of
change, configuration, assets and margins, safety
conscious work environment, safe operation of
complex systems, causal analysis, management
assessments and investigations, performance
measurement systems and tools, linguistics,
neuro-biology, producing action, requests and
promises, and other extremely "outside the box"
perspectives on life, the universe, and
everything.
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