Chris Argyris
Chris Argyris – An Argyris biography compiled by Mark Smith at the INFED Informal Education web site, also brought to my attention via Double Loop. See also Action Science in my side bar.
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Argyris – Emperor’s New Clothes
I’ve been using Argyris work together with emperor’s suit of clothes analogy in my Rationalisation thread for some time, but just discovered that Argyris published a Harvard Business Review paper with that title only a couple of years ago (1998).
Whatever Happened To Chris Argyris ?
Whatever happened to Chris Argyris ?Still active in Action Research / Organisational Learning
Thinking Systems Thoughts
Gary’s ISSS Mini Symposium (Talk) 29 June 2024 Everything can be seen as organised systems that are part of greater wholes. (Organised in terms of functional relations – systemic interconnectedness). Everywhere and everything. We see complexity and confusion that can be organised as a learning system. Complex Adaptive Systems as “Learning Organisation” (Argyris & Schon)? … Continue reading “Thinking Systems Thoughts”
Brief History of Systems Thinking
I formed my own view of how Systems Thinking came to be the umbrella term for what I’m about, and I can be quite dismissive of the choice of labelling given to different approaches and methodologies – which always feel like selling different commercial education and consultancy offerings. And when reading and researching about the … Continue reading “Brief History of Systems Thinking”
Zero to Pirsig
This is a 2023 Annotation of a 2005 paper prepared originally for the Liverpool Conference on Robert Pirsig and his Metaphysics of Quality (MoQ). The text is unchanged except for correcting a few obvious typos and formatting errors, and to keep me honest the original “It’s Evolutionary Psychology Stupid” remains here complete with old broken … Continue reading “Zero to Pirsig”
Hypocrisy – In Bad Faith
Hypocrisy has been a formal topic of mine since my late-1980’s / early-90’s days (Brunsson, Argyris, Action Theory, et al). Great Point of View “On Hypocrisy” by Will Self this morning, pointing out two key things. (1) Hypocrisy is an essential / inevitable / necessary part of social order in a functioning civilised society, but … Continue reading “Hypocrisy – In Bad Faith”
Action Research Reloaded
Been reading a fascinating 2015 paper co-authored by @DrSarahEaton and shared recently on Twitter. PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION AS RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY Fascinating for me on two levels. Firstly in seeing that the Argyris “double-loop” learning process (aka Action Research), which I explored in my late-1980’s Master’s, has been taken up and evolved in many creative learning contexts … Continue reading “Action Research Reloaded”