Share This Course!

A break from my pictures.  Instead, I thought I’d share an audio posting.  We haven’t had one yet.

The content of this audio snippet comes from a book, Human Groups, written by W. J. H. Sprott.  He was the Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham and his bio on the back cover concludes thus:

Though he is a student of group
psychology, Professor Sprott is
nevertheless a confirmed ‘non-
joiner’.

Don’t you love it.

Anyway, before you listen to this excerpt, take a moment to think about the challenge before us here on achieving a shared understanding about this course.  Think of the myriad of technologies, shifts in business and culture that are taking place, and the vista of possibility that lies before us.

As you embrace that scene, invite another to stand along side it.

Consider that Sprott’s book was published in 1958.  Mid twentieth century. It is a study in how people interact in groups, particularly face-to-face. It draws upon the relatively new efforts in social psychology and describes the many difficulties in attempting a conceptual analysis of all the issues and ideas presented in the area of human groups.

Listen to the world being described – not that long ago – and note the very real challenges they faced in a much simpler environment. But also note the very same challenges that still exist today.

AUDIO FILE: Human Groups – Sprott <– Click this link to listen to my 100 seconds of droning.

Tags: communication, complexity, human groups, society

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