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November 2006 Edition

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November 2006: Apropos of the Autumn themes of endings and loss, Michael C. Gilbert has written a Quicksheet for this issue of the Journal that focuses on Learning From Failure. There are also two articles of his in this issue. One of them looks at trust and authenticity in organizations from three related perspectives. The other outlines a mindfulness oriented approach relating to time and task management. Hassan Masum and Mark Tovey have contributed their visionary and practical compilation of large scale online group process methods in "Given Enough Minds". Lisa Petrides shares a number of key people-centered insights in her piece on "Knowledge Management, Information Systems, and Organizations". This issue also has 22 annotated resources in two dozen categories, as well as eight short book reviews.

Table of Contents

 
8 - Letter From the Editor
9 - Contributors

Articles:

10 - Three Stories of Trust and Authenticity
By Michael C. Gilbert
The Gilbert Center offered an unusual set of seminars in November on the topic of Trust. This parallels the launch of a new book project by Michael Gilbert entitled The Authentic Organization, which is being written online in an open forum. These three stories -- about Time, Failure, and Bravery -- are a personal introduction to this exploration.

14 - Making Peace with Time
By Michael C. Gilbert
The topic of our relationship to time is central to the culture of many organizations and tightly related to The Gilbert Center's current exploration of authenticity as an organizational characteristic. This article describes a simple, mindfulness driven approach to time and task management that is consistent with the currently popular Getting Things Done model.

19 - Given Enough Minds... : Bridging the Ingenuity Gap
By Hassan Masum and Mark Tovey
Although involving more people doesn't necessarily lead to smarter answers to difficult problems, it can often yield very good answers and it definitely can leverage more social resources. The authors are looking specifically at how to make a problem solving architecture so much fun that it draws a quality of participation that elevates the collective result above that produced by experts who are in the employ of interested parties.

59 - Knowledge Management, Information Systems, and Organizations
By Lisa Petrides, Ph.D.
With a focus on examples from higher education, this paper identifies a number of important people-centered patterns in the field of knowledge management. Key systems insights include information feedback loops and the building blocks of other cycles. The author also advocates strongly for a culture of inquiry and makes some progress operationalizing that concept.

Other Resources:

71 - Quicksheet: Learning From Failure
72 - News
106 - Book Reviews
109 - Classifieds

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