Actionable Sense, Networks and Purpose
Spike Hall,
Dec 31, 2003
Interesting item, based on the concept that "meaning and full extension of skills (and self, too) occur within the social context of a project that has a contextual and social purpose - an objective to focus the deployment of skills. Then we have actionable sense." This idea is used to defined the development of 'ad hoc networks' that collect those skills within an organization that can meet the stated objective. It's a good model for organizational organization, but cautions are warranted: not every action on the part of a member of an organization needs to make actionable sense. Some things should be undertaken without a specific objective in mind. Otherwise, the capacities of members of the network will never grow.
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