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What is Chaos Theory and How Does It Apply to Your Organization?

Have you ever made a seemingly innocuous statement, or executed a "normal" business action and, in return, experienced surprisingly angry or retaliatory reactions? That is, reactions that were far out of proportion to your original intentions, that were meant as benign and "inconsequential" acts? If so, you were experiencing, first hand, the results of Chaos Theory at work.

James Brown (fictitious name) is the CEO and Managing Director of a large utilities company in a mid-western state. He frequently visits offices of his managers, and, while there, he also makes the rounds and chats with their employees, answering questions, receiving feedback, and so on. On one such visit, Mr. Brown encountered a group of employees clustered in the coffee room, excitedly poring over and discussing a news item in the Wall Street Journal. Seizing upon the opportunity to talk to a number of employees at once, he approached the group [Mr. Brown had just returned from a long overseas trip and was interested in conducting his business in this plant as expeditiously as possible, before jet-lag overtook him - the larger the number of employees, the greater his "reach" for the day, and the sooner he could achieve his sense of having fulfilled the obligation of "keeping in touch with the troops."] Therefore, Mr. Brown waded into the midst of the group to join in their conversation which, as it turned out, was about deregulation of the utilities industry.

The employees welcomed his presence and explained that they were deeply concerned about what this move might mean to the industry. Mr. Brown, tired from his long trip and distracted by his recent talk with the plant's manager [productivity was down], was disappointed to find himself in the middle of a political discussion. He, therefore, experienced the employee comments as simply an overreaction and "unprofessional whine." Consequently, before he could stem the flow of his words, he had said exactly that. "This sounds like just unprofessional whining to me!" he thundered. His outburst had the effect of dissolving the group's vibrancy into stunned silence. An immediate attempt to retract his piercing comments were not met with a high degree of receptiveness, as the mood had descended down the scale to distinct chilliness. In addition to the embarrassment of his humbling exit from the coffee room, he was later to learn that a junior employee overhearing the exchange, during his first day at the firm and while taking a coffee break with his group, was, in fact, the nephew of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Mr. Brown's utility company. The remainder of the scenario is predictable and can likely be imagined without going into further detail.

But the point is that, in a seemingly small, innocent, and unguarded moment, Mr. Brown sowed the seeds for his dismissal. Because the Board Chairman, upon hearing of his nephew's distress during the exchange, made it his new-found mission to closely monitor
Mr. Brown's performance.

A more recent, and more public, example of a remark gone awry is that of Lawrence Summers, President of Harvard University, who mentioned in a throw-away line that men were better at math and science than were women [current research supports this contention, by the way, and there are complicated reasons why this is so]. Regardless of the long-term ramifications of his statement in relation to his job [there were faculty censures of him as well wide-spread public outcries before the matter was ultimately resolved], one of the unintended, long-term results of his "innocuous" action, is that Mr. Summers will go down in history as the Harvard President who proclaimed that "girls aren't up to the challenge" [that's not exactly what he said, but it's what he's popularly viewed as saying]. And, indeed, Mr. Summers was forced to resign his position.

To debrief on what Mr. Brown and Mr. Summers fell prey to, let me briefly explain Chaos Theory and the elements of its workings in the business environment, or other formal organizations. Clearly defined, chaos, or chaotic events, are the unexpected consequences of seemingly small actions of "inconsequential" behaviors. Chaos Theory has its basis in quantum physics and holds that: Not only do we influence our reality, but, to some degree, we actually create it. (Gary Zukav, The Dancing Wu Li Masters). John Wheeler, who was a physicist at Princeton University, wrote that the universe, in some strange sense, is brought into being by the participation of those who are a part of that universe.

Popularly stated, the simplified Theory of Chaos is that, "If a butterfly flaps its wings in Tokyo, it causes a tornado in Texas." One might ask why this bit of philosophy and science is important to the conduct of business and to those who manage organizations? The central meaning of chaos theory is achieved when one realizes that the smallest of actions in an organization can have prodigious ramifications -- as in Mr. Brown's case. One then becomes aware of the magnitude and importance of each human interaction and the impact of these interactions on the organization.

This awareness, alone, can be a powerful tool for the knowledgeable executive and can mold and temper his or her professional reactions. For example, knowing that the slightest action can set off a firestorm, as in Mr. Summer's case, and that this fact is supported by a large body of theory [called Chaos Theory] one can feel secure in structuring daily interactions wisely and mindfully. To take the simple example of Mr. Brown: had he been more attuned to himself and to his behavioral tendencies when very tired, he would simply (and wisely) have postponed a plant visit planned for the day
after his return from Asia. In other words, had he considered the matter carefully, he would have planned that day's activities so that he interacted, solely, with trusted confidantes and with those individuals who would not be prone to take offense at ill-advised words spoken while in a state of exhaustion.

So what is the message here for executives? What can be derived from the teachings of Chaos Theory and then applied to the broader scope of a manager's life?

The message can be summarized in a few statements, known as the "Three Recognitions of Chaos Theory in The Practice of Management:"

The First, is to Recognize that everything that you do is under serious scrutiny;

The Second ...Recognize that you are the employees' friend only so long as they want you to be -- any untoward message or action can change the category from "friend" to "enemy," irreversibly; and

The Third ...Recognize, therefore, that all actions, no matter how small or seemingly inconsequential, must be self-monitored on a regular, consistent, and on-going basis, for their content and continuous appropriateness, and, even more importantly, for the reactions that they might incur.

"Remember the Butterfly!" my graduate management students used to say. This was the slogan adopted for their management practice after they had become familiar with Chaos Theory and had found an explanation for the chaotic events that they were experiencing as managers. Chaos Theory brought new meaning to their management efforts, especially after they had all experienced the first "bite" from chaotic events. One of the reasons that first experiences with chaotic events are so surprising is that we are often told in our management classes that we are not to "sweat the small stuff" -- that we are, instead, to "take care of the big stuff" and the "small stuff will take care of itself." [This is a quote from one of my management professors, but every management student has heard a similar bromide.]

By not "sweating" the small stuff, one is led, inexorably, into chaotic events, because one's management belief structure has been formed to consider "small matters" as inconsequential, insignificant and beneath one's notice. Nothing could be further from the truth!

When Chaos Theory was first explored as an explanatory theory for management practice, Dan Griffiths, Ann Hart and Billie Blair wrote: "A great many facets of administrative work cannot be described, explained, or predicted by current [management] theories...[managers] are chagrined when seemingly minor and innocuous events that are quickly forgotten surface later as major lawsuits, noisy demonstrations, acrimonious confrontations, or strikes. These events do not seem to be related to the [manager's] competence, foresight, intelligence, knowledge, or sensitivity. Because
these events are unrelated to the customary relationships that characterize a leader's work, they represent a form of disorder that reappears with seeming regularity."

As you observe your work as a manager and leader, observe with fresh application the incidents that have preceded truly chaotic events and begin to chronicle for yourself what these events consisted of -- I think you'll be amazed to find that all chaotic events have their roots in a very small, "triggering" incident. And, as you look at your practice of management, "Remember the Butterfly!"

Dr. Billie Blair heads the organizational development firm, Leading and Learning, Inc., a firm of 30 business, education and health care professionals who have expertise in management practices and change associations in organizations and corporations.

Dr. Blair has a doctorate in organizational psychology and has worked with executives and CEOs for the past 25 years to institute strategic planning processes, manage organizational change, assess employees for growth potential, and lead processes of change within their businesses and institutions, including serving as a professor of management/leadership and as a college dean in California's largest public university system.

In offering the services of Leading and Learning, Inc. to leaders who appreciate the need for continuous learning in their organizations, Dr. Blair states that her firm "works with executives in organizations to finalize strategic goals and to help these leaders efficiently and effectively deal with change."

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"Pieces of Existence" by Joe Hartman - Poet Joebirdies

Pieces of Existence is just that. A medley of all Joe's feelings, inspired by the reality of life, by his hopes and wishes, but most of all by the deeply caring love that he has within himself! For Joe the reality of life though wonderful can unfortunately be very sad, that it can be horror more frightening than fiction and most real for so very many people in the world today. It is with seeing all the vast differences in lives that people today live, especially very many young helpless children that moves Joe into speaking out, so that he can hopefully bring them out into the light and shake people into standing up for the under privileged.

So it was with this all in mind that the cover picture of the book done to Joe's specification, was designed to highlight especially all the differences seen and reflected in our society today. Such as the wealth and grandeur of all the cathedrals we see, in comparison to the real desperate poverty of people living in nothing more than a shack or even worse, nothing! His poems speaks out greatly about wild life and how some animals, birds etc are free to roam and fly, while others are caged or hunted to extinction. Yes! When reading it is very clear to see just how much Joe is moved with all the bondage of poverty. as he compares those with a poor existent in life, to the ones that he sees with all the privilege wealth, thus pointing out the differences such as the quiet lovely suburbs that are always miles away from the ghettos.

He writes about the pain and loss of war, and the injustice of how it can make some men really rich and other men dead. He also touches upon death itself, how it brings comfort to some, yet great sorrow to others. All pieces of life, like a jigsaw puzzle that forms to put tragedy always clearly seen along side of jubilation. Believing that you don't have to be sad before you should be made aware, Joe portrays in his book all these pieces of existence in life, just as he has seen them so far, in the hope that maybe one day someone who may be in a position to help will read his words and be moved enough by them to want to go about making the much needed changes. Here is one poem of Joe's that in his own words show some of the reasons for his writing poetry to express himself and all his thoughts, so others that read will understand him and join him in prayer to see some changes for equality made.

Children who are innocent, the homeless that are cold.
Sick folk needing medicine, that are all the lonely old.
The birth of one's first baby, families on the mend.
The passing of an old friend, love that sparks again.
Feelings for an old house, lives that slip away.
Thoughts that I he finds funny, meaning things that people say.
Wars that cause destruction, soldiers that have died.
Kids that don't know where to turn, parents who have cried.
Staring at a September flower, watching fall leaves turn.
Winters that go by too slow, summers that you yearn!
Blue jays eating peanuts, geese I've seen in flight.
Pieces of existence, the reasons that I write.

Yes! This book is about all these things, it is moving and uplifting, within its pages you will find poems that will greatly inspire you, to try and make you do more than ponder on your own love of life and hopefully also, to create a deeper caring love within you for your fellow man, particularly for all the children that are seen suffering in tragic situations the world-wide over.

Everyone reading will without doubt see all this caring love that Joe honestly feels, because Joe does not in any way disguise it comes from his great love of God. For it is God's words that moves Joe, it is Gods love that guides him, and that is why Joe Hartman is without doubt one of today's most loved and respected poets.

My name is Pat Simpson I am a poet a publisher and a book cover designer, who loves to help other writers see their dream of a book come true. I love to specialise in doing books for fund raising, to do this I created the group called 'Poets World-Wide' Joe Hartman is a prominent member who so generously donates his poetry for any charity project. Read more about Joe Hartman and his work at his web page here http://www.pfppublishers.com/jhj.html.

My Personal website - http://patthepoet.com/.

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The Different Types Of Cotton Sports Bra

A cotton sports bra is a great bra to choose if you want to be cool and fresh at all times. It is also a way to add an extra support in times of your sports activities and routines. Aside from that, a cotton bra is the basic type of a bra s woman should have.

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To help you on how to buy your very own cotton bra, here are the types of it that you can find in the market.

• Compression-like any other sports bra, this type of bra has its main function, which is to protect your breasts from bouncing. A compression bra pulls your breasts closer to your body and gives it a better lift. The more your breasts are compressed closer to your chest, the minimal or perhaps the bounce will be totally eradicated. The eradication of bounce will give you a painless sports and exercise activities thus making you more enthusiastic of losing weight.


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Ronda's view

Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles spent many summers in Ronda as part-time residents of Ronda's old town quarter called La Ciudad. Both wrote about Ronda's beauty and famous bull-fighting traditions. Their collective accounts have contributed to Ronda's popularity over time. Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls describes the murder of Nationalist sympathizers early in the Spanish Civil War. The Republicans murder the Nationalists by throwing them from cliffs in an Andalusian village, and Hemingway allegedly based the account on killings that took place in Ronda at the cliffs of El Tajo. Orson Welles said he was inspired by his frequent trips to Spain and Ronda (eg Welles' unfinished film about Don Quixote). After Welles died in 1985, his ashes were scattered in a Ronda bull-ring. About Ronda, Welles once said, "A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die." The fictional hero of novelist George Eliot's book was Daniel Deronda, the story of Spanish Jew brought up as an Englishman in the book of the same name. Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann (Marian) Evans. There is some 'fun' speculation that Evans' ancestors may have lived in Ronda prior to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.



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Interview With Peter Lewis, Author of "Treehouse Chronicles"

Reader Views is happy to have with us, Peter Lewis, author of "Treehouse Chronicles." Welcome Peter!

Irene: Peter, you have a book here that is very unlike other books. Tell us a little more about it.

Peter: "Treehouse Chronicles" is a story about people, the joys of working together, and the wonder of the natural world, all wrapped around a dream shared by kids of all ages--the creation of an enormous treehouse filled with odd contraptions, secret locks, furniture made from trees, and a drawbridge activated by gravity and falling boulders. It's a hardcover, large format book full of photographs, sketches, and watercolors. But it's more than just big and pretty: it has a wonderful message - it's a coffee-table book with heart.

It's the story of what happens when big people decide to be kids again and they have tools and lumber. I call the book my "master's thesis on irony" because it explores the ups and downs (pun intended) of living a dream which on some days seemed like the greatest adventure in the world, and on other days seemed like the biggest mistake I ever made. I kept a journal during the construction and the 1400 pages that I amassed form the heart of the book: from day 1, when inspiration struck, to day 1028, when I splashed the last bit of shellac on the last stair tread. It's the story of an ordinary man who goes on a great journey without ever leaving his back yard.

Irene: What inspired you to publish this book?

Peter: I've written a bunch of books and this was my first book of whimsy (and it won't be the last). I published this book because people need to know that childhood never really has to end, and that being a grownup isn't just about going to meetings and paying bills and shuttling kids to soccer practice and answering e-mails. Although chronologically I was in my 40s when I built the treehouse, the whole time I felt like I was about twelve--and I had the time of my life.

Irene: Tell us about yourself and how "Treehouse Chronicles" reflects on your own life.

Peter: I grew up in a family where imagination, creativity, and industry were highly prized. My parents didn't encourage me to think outside the box--they told me they weren't sure there was a box. (My father, who is 80, builds boats.) This idea of pushing, learning, and experimenting, has stuck with me my entire life. But, we weren't just idle dreamers--there was a practical side. When I was little, my mom said to me, "Dreams need feet, Peter. They're no good stuck between your ears." She meant that the "doing" part of dreaming was even more important than the "thinking" part--she (and my dad, too) wanted results. (It was okay if the dream was silly--as long as you got it done.)

Irene: You were very fortunate to have parents did were so upbeat. They seemed to be ahead of their time when you were growing up. Did you appreciate their encouragement when you were growing up?

Peter: In most ways my parents, and my early years, were fairly conventional: two parents, two kids, dog, house in the suburbs (fortunately surrounded by forests and swamps). My dad was a mechanical engineer; my mom was mostly home, but worked a little. Typical for the 1960's. My parents were different--although I'm not sure "ahead of their time" describes them. I certainly appreciated the freedom they gave me to get a feel for the creative life. We had rules, to be sure, but my parents weren't afraid of saying "yes," whenever I wanted to try something. They let me keep snakes in my room (and in my pockets); I was allowed to climb on the roof (as well as trees) starting when I was about six; tools and lumber were everywhere for me to experiment with; playing in the swamp behind the house was considered normal. My parents told me I could do anything. I believed them.

Irene: Do you have children? If so, do you give the same encouragement your parents gave you?

Peter: I have two children. And no, I don't give them the same encouragement my parents gave me--I give them more. My typical response to "Daddy, can I?" is, "YES!" I only say no if something is truly dangerous or unethical or would hurt someone else. The pat answer that most parents give their kids is "no." They often do this because "yes" would inconvenience them or make them look odd to their friends and neighbors (or both). I think that's sad. Lest you think our home is chaotic, let me reassure you that it is not. Both my kids are respectful, studious, well behaved, and motivated to succeed in life. They have been encouraged to learn the value of initiative and hard work and they know where life's real boundaries lie.

My son is a junior at a prestigious engineering school and will likely go on to get his master's degree in nuclear engineering (he wants to work in the field of marine architecture). He is my best friend and when I get older I want to be just like him. My daughter is tall and lovely, reads several books a week, and is about to help me renovate our barn just in time for her new horse. She's only 13 so she's not sure what she wants to be when she gets older (notice I didn't say "when she grows up"), but she's already talking about college. (By the way, both kids are home schooled--all the credit goes to my wife, Karen.) Karen is the rock in the family. She's German, and very pragmatic. Without her we'd be completely out of control. She doesn't climb trees or keep snakes in her pockets, but she does cheer us on. Occasionally she says "no" and it's always a good thing when she does (it saves us trips to the emergency room). She's wonderful and the love of my life.

Irene: T.B.R. Walsh is the illustrator. Tell us a little about Mr. Walsh and how he became part of your book.

Peter: Ted is my friend, business partner, and a craftsman and artist. He helped conceive of and build the treehouse, and his artistic talent helped make the book truly special. He grew up in northern Massachusetts and on the Maine coast and his artistic bent showed up early. Before he turned four, he drew a three-dimensional cow.

"There's something wrong with this kid," his dad said. "We've got to get him tested."

He has studied the history of art in New England and Italy, dabbled in experimental archeology and comparative ancient languages, once built a Celtic wheelhouse, and restored a 37-foot wooden sloop (which he sails on the coast of Maine). After college he taught art history, history, and architecture design at a private secondary school for nine years where he slowly lost his mind. He taught wilderness and leadership skills at a prestigious wilderness medicine school in New Hampshire for many years, and lives in a cottage in the woods with a wolf.

Irene: When you were trekking with your camera and journal, were you aware at that time your findings will end up in a book?

Peter: Very early on, as I was tinkering with design ideas for the treehouse, it occurred to me that this was going to be a series of mishaps that many people would find interesting--I can't imagine not deciding to do the book. I'm always looking for the extraordinary in ordinary things, so writing a book about my little adventure hanging a cottage in the sky was inevitable.

Irene: Much of your book is about nature. From this, I gather that you bond with nature and the creatures in it. Tell us about your experiences.

Peter: Again, this stems from the early years of my childhood. I grew up in the woods, spent much of my free time exploring the local hills and swamps, and frequently snuck wild things into my room (logs full of ants, snakes, big rocks, bird's nests, bee's nests, turtles, leaves, live squirrels, etc.) My parents encouraged all this (except for the ants, which my mom had to vacuum up). We spent summers deep in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York on a lake where we had to take a boat to get to our camp. I thought it was paradise and I spent much of my time fishing or knee-deep in muck bonding with frogs. I went on to get a degree in forestry, and though I never worked in that industry, my love for wild places has never waned, (e.g. I spent twenty years on-and-off as a professional mountain guide). I feel most at home in the forests and mountains and streams.

Irene: The book is about fulfilling a dream. In reality, whose dream is this?

Peter: It's certainly my dream--at least in the sense that I was the guy who first had the nutty idea. But, there were many conspirators, and, if this project was anything, it was a magnet for people who don't take life too seriously (my father and my son in particular). I would have friends call me up and say things like, "Hey, I'm not busy on Saturday, can I come over and help you lug heavy timbers up a ladder? Please?" So, at least in a sense, this dream of mine was contagious and when it was over there were dozens of people whose lives had somehow been enriched by it. And perhaps it wasn't even the concrete dream itself--the indisputable fact that we were hanging a three-ton house in the sky--but rather the idea that this sort of thing was not only possible, but should be encouraged. I've had many readers tell me that this book has inspired them to throw convention to the wind and follow their own dream. I love the way that makes me feel.

Irene: As humans, one of our greatest needs is to belong - be needed. You filled that need for your friends. Do you believe that your dream became your friends' reality?

Peter: I hope not. I hope this dream we all shared will motivate my friends to go out and do their own great (if offbeat) things. And I hope they invite me over when they need help.

Irene: There is a deep message in "Treehouse Chronicles." Please tell us what it is that you hope your readers will "get"?

Peter: I've probably already answered this:

o Dreams need feet. They're no good stuck between your ears.

o Childhood never really has to end.

o Don't take life too seriously (and don't worry if people think you're a nut).

o The natural world is a wonderful place; spend more time there.

o Creativity and hard work have their own rewards.

o You don't have to travel to some far-flung corner of the world to have an adventure--I had my greatest adventure in my own back yard.

Irene: Why this message, and not some other message, like hiking is fun.

Peter: Because this message (described in the bullet points above) can be applied to anybody, anytime, anywhere, doing anything. It is not bound by social status, or financial security, or cultural convention, and is not limited to any one activity.

P.S. I'm not sure hiking is fun; my knees hurt (unless I'm running).

Irene: Explain to us about the squirrel - the squirrel with an attitude.

Peter: Vinny (Vincent R. Thugrat) is a red squirrel whose great grandfather came over on the boat from the Old Country. He is the principle antagonist in the book and my archenemy. He owns the tree (and, he thinks, the entire forest), and sees me as both a trespasser and a vandal. He is loud, obnoxious, and leaves cigarette butts and turds everywhere. He chews on woodwork, steals insulation, parties until the wee hours of the morning, and is just an all-around grouch. We constantly bicker and he always wins because he's louder. I've often thought of killing him, but he has bigger, more thuggish cousins (all named Vinny) who swing baseball bats.

Irene: Does Vinny's character resemble anyone you know?

Peter: Danny DeVitto in the sitcom Taxi.

Irene: What was your purpose of including the squirrel?

Peter: I had no choice. He threatened my family. Besides, he offers a kind of Mob-style comic relief.

Irene: It sounds like Vinny has a deeper message than just being a nuisance. What message does he give?

Peter: Don't give Vinny too much credit. He's just a squirrel (and not an overly bright one at that). He's made up of equal parts angst, opportunism, and territorial imperative. He gets far more press than he deserves. Vinny does not represent some deep and repressed feelings of anger or inadequacy that I have. He's just a common thug and we play him up in the book and in interviews because he makes people laugh.

Irene: Thank you Peter. I can't help but smile thinking of how much fun you had writing this book. And, needless to say, your readers will get a charge out of it too. Is there anything else that you would like your readers to know about your or your book?

Peter: Making the book was as fun and creative as making the building--and it was inside work with no heavy lifting.

Irene Watson is Managing Editor of Reader Views
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