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Dale  As an organizational consulnt, this is the closest phrase I can
find to
describe myself,  I find this article very relevant.  Most of my clients
wish me to help them recapture that sense of certainty they used to
have.  My reality is that we would all be better off if we adddressed the
issue of "living with insecurity".


Regards  Denis cowan
On Tue, 31 May 1994, Dale R. Worley wrote:

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> A thought on fear: Reading a recent New York Times article about
> recent high-school graduates, I noticed that there was a strong desire
> for security in the students.  Whether this is good or bad, it points
> out a problem: The present economy is in no position to provide
> security for anyone.  It will reward intelligent effort in the long
> run, but until the Information Revolution and the industrial
> restructuring due to Globalization are worked out (twenty years,
> maybe?), no business and no job is going to be secure.
>
> Historically, people have joined hierarchical organizations to gain
> security.  What happens when those organizations provide no security?
> How do we deal with the fraction of the population that wants
> "economic security", when there is no economic security to be had?
>
> Some of this could be cured by better managment, but in an industry
> that is inherently unstable, even the best managment can't eliminate
> the fear of those who want stability.
>
> Dale
>
> Dale Worley             Dept. of Math., MIT             drw@math.mit.edu
> --
> What do you mean, *you're* a solipsist?
>