books about: undiscussables (indescribable jossey-bass overcoming)

books about: undiscussables

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The Thin Book of Naming Elephants: How to Surface Undiscussables for Greater Organizational Success

9 reviews
Sue Annis Hammond, Andrea B. Mayfield

Thin Book Publishing Co., 2004

A Striking Case Study on Organizational Culture
Anyone who has worked in a corporation knows that an elephant is not just an animal with four legs and a trunk -- an elephant is an issue or problem standing in the middle of the room that everyone knows about but no one is willing to acknowledge or deal with. Elephants are "undiscussables" present in every organization. The size and depth of these "undiscussables" are proportional to the ...

Undiscussable: a question in the Senate.: An article from: National Review
Byron York

Thomson Gale, 2007

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The Indescribable and the Undiscussable

2 reviews
Dan Bar-On

Central European University Press, 1999

A stunning description of multiple perspective-taking
I have only read the first chapter of Bar-on's book, but that in itself makes the book worth reading. This is the story of three Israeli soldiers and a Bedouin partner finding their way in an uncharted desert terrain, each with a different strategy. The story and its analysis is a stunning and amazingly explicit example of different perspectives, how each of the individuals learn to ...

Discussing the Undiscussable: A Guide to Overcoming Defensive Routines in the Workplace (Jossey-Bass Business ...

2 reviews
William R. Noonan

Jossey-Bass, 2007

This is brilliant!
I can't praise this book any higher, for 2 reasons. One is, and the most important one is, that this book is about a kind of interpersonal practice that was advocated by Chris Argyris and Donald Schon for at least 30 years, which was called action science. And there is a group of very experienced consultants, and also students of Chris Argyris, still working on this approach. And I want to say, ...