Thinking outside the box - in a box

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Permalink Reply by Lina Skantze on May 21, 2009 at 22:37

Hi Hans-Peter,
Good to read from you!
I like like your dissociate-exercise. I will try it next time I have a chance!

Permalink Reply by Hans-Peter Korn on May 21, 2009 at 23:18

Great! I send you a short description of this exercise "off list"!

Permalink Reply by Lina Skantze on May 25, 2009 at 20:56

Thanx!!

Permalink Reply by riccardo benardon on May 25, 2009 at 10:43

hi hans-peter
it is exactly what in system dynamics approach is called "helicopter view"; the distance is important because must allow to exit from the environment (or the problem), in order to see it from a different point of view, but also to see clearly all the connections with the other systems, that can be impacted from any decision.
ciao riccardo

Permalink Reply by Andre Burki on May 27, 2009 at 10:56

Hej Lina
I see similarities to John's Feldenkrais-exercises. The smaller the movement the more I can perceive the differences. Or in homoeopathic medicine: The more the active substance is diluted the more effective. In a world of globalisation and think-big and bigger I enjoy these opposite world of richness in the reduction and focusing. For me there is also an analogy to our work with the scale: reduce the difference from x to 10 by making very small steps - but continuously.
Regards, Andre

Permalink Reply by Hans-Peter Korn on May 27, 2009 at 16:49

Hi Andre
Well, comparing "making steps smaller" with the ongoing dilution used in homoeopathy might be a risky metaphor: The effect of homoeopathy in the sense: "D12 is often much more effective than D6" might be more based on the belief (= placebo) than on physiology... whereas the "small step method" is well founded on the science of "complex adaptive systems".
And: applying "small steps" in non-complex situations will lead to inefficiency or to high danger: Crossing a crevasse with continuously small steps definitely is not possible, but doing it with a long jump works well.

So, "each case is different - don't apply generalised theories/methods to all cases"

Cheers,
Hans-Peter

Permalink Reply by riccardo benardon on May 27, 2009 at 18:09

in any case the placebo ... can be very effective and the nocebo very heavy on the physiology; think for example the "psychological reaction to medicinal drugs".
from the technical point of view some time the system (whatever) needs a drastic action.
ciao riccardo

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