Now I'm not sure who that recent quote (presented in the article) that I posted 
should be attributed to, David Bohm or Gary Zukav?  Anyway, here is a skill set 
based on a quantum perspective:


 "The well-known motivational theorist, Abraham Maslow, once commented: "If the 
only tool you have is a hammer, you will see every problem as a nail." Today 
many people are attempting to create organizational transformation using a 
hammer and nail mentality. They diligently hammer away at issues with logical, 
linear action plans, attempting to create major change with minimal chaos. 
Consequently, the results of their new initiatives are often merely incremental 
and sometimes only cosmetic. If we are to re-create our organizations for the 
twenty-first century, we must release our outdated beliefs about the way the 
world works and we must replace our time-worn hammers with a radically new tool 
kit. Such a kit would contain new skills-skills that are congruent with the new 
paradigm view of organizations as unpredictable, interactive, living systems, 
rather than stable, clock-like machines.

"Since the business tools of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling 
are derivatives of classical Newtonian physics, perhaps we can look to quantum 
physics for an updated skill set. Though many new paradigm writers prefer to 
use a biological metaphor, the basic principles of quantum mechanics provide 
radical insights into a world that is both objective and subjective, logical 
and irrational, linear and nonlinear, orderly and chaotic; a world in which 
human observation somehow affects that which is observed. In short, the 
principles of quantum mechanics challenge us to turn our view of reality upside 
down and acknowledge that there is much more to life than meets the eye.

"These quirky quantum concepts can be translated into a highly practical skill 
set. I call these skills Quantum Skills because they are premised on the 
assumption that the quantum realm of energy is primary or causal and the 
material world is secondary. The skills are:". 



http://www.newwork.com/Pages/Contributors/Shelton/Hammer.html 



 
 

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