Thu 24 May 2012
Thursday night video feed
Posted by April K. Mills under Link Fuel
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Here’s a good, long string of videos I’ve been watching. I hope you’ll enjoy a few.
Two important lessons to learn.
The story of Admiral Rickover’s tenacity and courage against a bureaucracy to create something great and lasting, as told by a young girl for history day.
Listen for the part about conceptual blending.
And, here’s the Children’s Party story video if you haven’t seen it already.
Now, this video captures why I’ve so enjoyed learning more about Dave Snowden’s work: his interest in pulling patterns from stories. I love to do that in my own low-tech, low-theory way and then share with people what I think the story patterns are saying. I’m truly excited for what I can do if I pair my interest with Snowden’s true skill.
The video is long, but you’ll be hooked within the first few minutes. I had a conversation around the first 50 seconds of this conversation earlier today. Watch at least through the recipe followers versus chef example. If you can get through the first 15 minutes you’ll be stirred to much new thinking and be ready to post comments I’m sure.
Watch 55:00 on for the last video too. A worthwhile statement on systems thinking, stated values, and the language of power.
Dave Snowden is to knowledge management and cognitive science as Seth Godin is to marketing and behavioral science.
I particularly enjoyed the last video. There’s so much to discuss. I hope you attempt to break it down and examine each piece. I’d like to explore Safe-to-fail, established roles vs. teams, organizational stories, and more. The body of Dave’s work requires a paradigm shift in thinking and there are so many areas worth exploring.
Fascinating discussion on crews versus teams. It should be noted that it took years to develop crew management. One of the reasons it is so safe to fly in the air is the evolution of Crew Management.
Snowden makes a vital point – it takes a lot more work for the crew management to work. Thus crews that are successful often spend significant time practicing what they will do in “real time” in safe-to-fail environments.