Hi Pat,
Thank you for the link - it is very useful. I can see its relevance to many projects, not only metrication. Regards Martin _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat Naughtin Sent: 25 April 2010 03:41 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:47270] Re: Metrication in Africa On 2010/04/25, at 06:10 , Martin Vlietstra wrote: Metrication in Africa has a political dimension as well. Most of British Africa was decolonized in the early to mid 1960's which co-incided with the commencement of British metrication. I believe that subconsciously metrication was seen as part of the decolonization process. Dear Martin, I agree with your idea of a political dimension. However, this is only a small part of the whole of the metrication change process. Think about John Kotter's thoughts about how changer in organisations (and nations) happens, see http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_82.htm Using this model the 'political dimension' you refer to plays a part in step 1 and in step 8 of Kotter's 8-step change model, but all the other components need to happen in between. Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com <http://www.metricationmatters.com/> for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
