Dear Jan
The word "manage" means "to take in hand (manu)" - as in "to take a horse in hand" - which then implies that mangement is a collaboartive skill/art like taking horses in hand - equally it implies, for me, that only certain things can be taken in hand and only at certain times - getting the attention of the horse is a priority?
I recall driving a pair of draught horses, as a child - they pulled a sled, which had steel runners, over gravel roads. Everything was fine until it came time to take off their harness and gear. One of the pair would stand still until the bit came out of its mouth then it would turn left and bolt. One could manage this by always allowing an open space to the left of the horse.
Hope this little tale makes up for my absence at the F2F - that I would dearly have loved to have been apart of.
all the best
keith russell
OZ newcastle
>>> Jan Coker <[log in to unmask]>
As for trees and forests, let me explain - I believe the issues we are
addressing require an almost schizophrenic like ability to jump back and forth
between trees and forests, logic and emotion, pre-design and design, etc. It is
almost like we are riding a wild stallion that we have to learn to collaborate
with (rather than control), and that stallion is human capabilities in all
their diversity.
Jan Coker
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University of South Australia
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There is no way to Peace, Peach is the Way Gandhi
Ken said:
"I'm not sure whether I agree or disagree with jan, though. No one
conducting thought experiments here. We are engaged in a research
discourse, and we are attempting to clarify issues that are still muddy
in
our field. This would be the kind of conversation that would take place
in
a serious seminar or conference on this topic. It is part of the oprocess
of sharing views and bringing forward information. (For example, Pekka's
note taught me something about ISO standards that is new to me and
useful.)
I don't think that we are missing either the treees or the forest here.
Again, I'll point out the fact that this is not a list for design
practice. This is a design research list. Supporting improvements to
practice is one of our several purposes, but only one. Those of us on
this
list who do practice meet here as scholars and researchers -- our lives
in
professional practice take place elsewhere."
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