Spot on Slip - not what we should be in the game for. Bad enough being a young Lothario, yet alone a Grecian 2000ed one! There is a certain sexual madness in any workplace -worth knowing it is there so one can keep it at arm's length! If we can't spot this behavioural stuff (many can't or get it all wrong) I doubt we can ever deal with racism, sexism and general power-freaking.
On 12 Sep, 18:37, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, So are the days of our lives. > > On Sep 11, 11:22 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The most creative program I watched this week was "Warplane" on PBS. > > Utterly amazing and inspiring!// Who is being "used"- the professor or > > the student? Academia reminds me of Hollywood sometimes. > > > On Sep 10, 5:14 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Very interesting my friend. It's not that I don't concur but there > > > are some areas of gray and, as you well know, shadows sometimes > > > represent images that do not formulate the actual instance. Pat of > > > course can have us dancing about the galaxy in search of substance but > > > that does not negate the fact that we are still here in ME tossing > > > about speculations. Students do have their delusions of achievement, > > > some beyond logical comprehension. I'm just wondering how many > > > voluptuous students passed your elevated bar via the path of > > > libidinous satiation. Let's be real, for those of us who have been > > > there, the opportunity for preferential treatment at certain levels > > > can present a special challenge to the cerebral section usually > > > designated to be lobotomized. Creativity is a method to achieve what > > > one desires and sometimes one's desires can achieve what one wants to > > > create. > > > > On Sep 10, 4:22 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I've appreciated the stuff on consciousness and other subjects we are > > > > never going to 'disentangle' of late. Someone was 'threatening' more > > > > on universes 'sprouting all over the place' from curved space-time > > > > (pace moi or a string necktie party round at Pat's perhaps). All in > > > > favour ... yet what about practical creative issues? > > > > I used to teach a module called Creative Organisational Practices and > > > > Analysis (where we could all come a croppa) - students from long ago > > > > often remind me it was an oasis in the desert of business teaching. > > > > There were no rules other than to produce a 5,000 word or equivalent > > > > project that I could feasibly fit with my own rules of scamming the > > > > bureaucracy. One story about the 'no rules' concerned the leisure > > > > studies lecturer who considered hammock sleeping on the beach as a > > > > clearly excellent project in leisure, though I did mention he was > > > > finally sacked after fourteen years of practice. Some of the work was > > > > so good it made Channel 4 television, some so bad I was reduced to > > > > marking the laughs of derision. The bull in the syllabus was silver- > > > > tongued and highly academic - an excellent cover for the FOFO teaching > > > > style and deconstruct the penguin ethos. No one ever failed, but a > > > > mark of 43.5% was covertly known to indicate my displeasure. One > > > > survivor even wrote her final dissertation as a comparison of > > > > management and the Dancing Masters of the Wu Li (high energy physics > > > > meets organisational aesthetics). Some said I was swooned by her > > > > prettiness, but she married a real physicist. The external examiner, > > > > agreeing my mark, spluttered this was the most dangerous work he had > > > > ever witnessed. Another did a photographic comparison of company > > > > mergers and marriage - presented at an International conference, > > > > topped only by another on the same theme by a Norwegian academic. > > > > Teaching, such as it was, varied from presentations of my own papers > > > > and people dragged in from the street, including Spike Milligan and > > > > Hovis Presley, a prostitute and some amateur magicians. > > > > I wonder what our views on practical creativity are? My course was > > > > inspired in part by a Peter Anthony book 'The Foundation of > > > > Management', opening with an assertion that the last place to send > > > > talented young people to learn about business was a business school - > > > > maybe they should spend time with scientists or Bohemians.- Hide quoted > > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
