Apologies: i sent this to the group by mistake. If it can be removed
by the group admin, it would be good

Alex

On Jul 20, 9:20 am, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Dickon,
>
> Forgive me contacting you out of the blue - I thought you might be the one
> to point me in the right direction on this.
>
> I'm involved in developing an organisational questionnaire. It outputs
> 'pathologies' which in earlier iterations were 'pathological archetypes.'
> We've had to re-write the pathologies and are looking for names for some of
> them. In a moment of inspiration I  wondered if your realm - Bion, Freud -
> might have some useful terms we could explore.
>
> One of the pathologies is currently "The Fanstasist" [1]
>
> I was trying to think of a psychological condition, or a character from
> literature on which a condition is named, which we could replace 'The
> Fantasist'. My first thought was something like Munchausen, but it is not
> quite right. Psychosis is not right either. We are looking for something
> that people will recognise but at the same time not get their backs up too
> much: calling someone a fantasist, we thought was a little harsh, and would
> not endear people to us.
>
> Any pointers would be most welcome.
>
> BTW How is your questionnaire project coming along?
>
> Best Wishes
> Alex
>
> [1] The Fantasist
> This occurs when decisions are made and action is taken without sufficient
> effort to research what is actually happening, or what is actually required.
>
> Because individuals (and individuals working in teams) are operating out of
> their personal experience and intuition without checking things out, the
> result is that the organisation, can end up pursuing a fantasy. Repetition
> of a shared fantasy reinforces its apparent validity, still without factual
> evidence.
>
> For example developing a theory about why sales are down and not asking
> customers.
>
> An example might be to develop a theory about why sales are down, but not
> asking customers.
>
> This pathology archetype stems from imbalances between experience /
> intuition and evidence in decision making processes. Solutions lie in
> redressing this balance.
>
> -----
>
> 2009/5/17 dickon <[email protected]>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I think I have got it working.  Thanks again, Alex.
>
> > Dickon
>
> > On May 16, 12:23 pm, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > in the red, amber and green, there you will see something like
>
> > > <<forEachTiddler
> > > where
> > > 'tiddler.tags.contains ("SD") && tiddler.data("SDscore") <= "2" '
> > > write
> > > '"|[["+tiddler.title+"]]|\n"'
>
> > > SDscore is "strengths and difficulties score" - its a template in the
> > > tiddler SDtemplate. It contains the following
>
> > > <html>
> > > <input name=SDscore type=radio value="1" />not true
> > > <input name=SDscore type=radio value="2" />somewhat true
> > > <input name=SDscore type=radio value="3" />certainly true
> > > <br>
> > > <input name=btnReset type=reset />
> > > </html>
>
> > > To adapt to evaluate Tiddlers, make another template , with another
> > > variable in say TIDscore
>
> > > <input name=TIDscore type=radio value="1" />bad
> > > <input name=TIDscore type=radio value="2" />ok
> > > <input name=TIDscore type=radio value="3" />ace
>
> > > Then put this into the tiddlers you want to include the
>
> > > <<formTiddler TIDTemplate>>
>
> > > Tag the tiddlers you want evaluating say EVAL Adapt the fET accoringly
>
> > > <<forEachTiddler
> > > where
> > > 'tiddler.tags.contains ("EVAL") && tiddler.data("TIDscore") <= "2" '
> > > write
> > > '"|[["+tiddler.title+"]]|\n"'
>
> > > ALex
>
> > > 2009/5/16 dickon <[email protected]>:
>
> > > > Hi Alex, and thanks. I kind of thought there would be a link to your
> > > > Likert Scale
>
> > > > How do I configure the forEachTiddler plugin?
>
> > > > Best
>
> > > > Dickon
>
> > > > On 15 May, 13:23, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >> > As a secondary thought, does anyone have any thoughts about how to
> > > >> > place a really simple feedback form at the bottom of each tidder (
>
> > > >> On the questionnare TW i did, open a tiddler. you will see a score
> > > >> form template: <<lickert>> or something like that.
> > > >> Put in in your tiddlers you want to evaluate.
>
> > > >> Read the values with the contents in the trafic lights - generated by
> > > >> forEachTiddler plugin
>
> > > >> ALex
>
> > > >> > Any thoughts or help welcome.
>
> > > >> > Dickon Bevington
>
> > > >> --
> > > >> t: 0161 442 2202
> > > >> m: 0781 372 50 17
> > > >> skype: alexhough
> > > >> delicious: alexhough
>
> > > --
> > > t: 0161 442 2202
> > > m: 0781 372 50 17
> > > skype: alexhough
> > > delicious: alexhough
>
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