How many of you know the fable of the ant and the grasshopper? Most of us want to live the life of the grasshopper, but have the stockpile of the ant. Let's face it, the life of the ant looks dull. On the other hand, I'm not so sure that the life of the grasshopper … Continue reading Ant or Grasshopper →

We have been using Amazon Prime streaming video to watch Avatar: The Last Airbender, the Nickelodeon series. Something that I have seen about it that is interesting is the question of power. The quest for power. The plot of most stories seems to involve a quest for power. Such as Avatar. But also, the fickleness and … Continue reading Power, frames and freedom →

Today I took a 20-plus mile bicycle ride, wearing short and a T-shirt in about 50 degree weather.  By the time I came back I was hot and sweating in some parts, cold to the touch in others.  But I felt warm and invigorated. Now I am sitting in a 73 degree house, wrapped in … Continue reading Hot vs. Cold →

The theme of this song (number 9 in my Concert of Sacred Metaphors series) is almost highly appropriate today. Between job and work done for my master's degree class, I am consumed with work of one sort of another. But this song speaks of another type of work, something we shouldn't forget: * To The … Continue reading A Concert of Sacred Metaphors:To The Work →

  Today the Avondale United Methodist Church book club toured the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, MO. We decided to go as a follow up to the reading of Last of the Doughboys, a book about interviews done with the last surviving veterans of World War I. We received … Continue reading Liberty Memorial →

Interesting that the main story that rocked us in the business world at work today wasn't anywhere on the Yahoo news feed or business feed tonight.  I had to go to Reuters to pull up anything about it.   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/26/us-janus-billgross-idUSKCN0HL1DJ20140926   Interesting conjectures about Bill Gross.  Is he the wronged by PIMCO, or is PIMCO … Continue reading PIMCO off the radar →

This is an interesting time perspective     Interesting to see how he, and his channel, have changed over time.  And how he pronounces aluminum.

Short post today, a link to another blog about benefits of church choirs.

One thing this course does is attempt to point to the obvious and show us that we aren't seeing it. Sometimes the obvious really is the obvious, sometimes it isn't. Like what is a network. A network is a strategy for organizing based on the need to balance integration and change. Networks come in three … Continue reading What sort of network? →

  "The reality of the world hangs on the thin thread of conversation" -- Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman Organizations have cultures. Someone came up with the bright idea that you might be able to use the culture to organize an organization, instead of the other way around. But to do so, you need to … Continue reading Organizational Culture (chapter 5) →