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<DIV>I love that, Jon. Thank you.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=171135507-18072005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>Hallo
all</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171135507-18072005><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171135507-18072005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>I take the
view that culture is not something you can measure in any kind of a numeric
way - to do so creates spurious statistical results as well trying to number
something which cannot be counted. (On a scale of 1 to 100 - how beautiful is
that tree?)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171135507-18072005><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=171135507-18072005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>So what I
have done in the past is ask people to produce metaphors /
analogies:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171135507-18072005><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><EM>Using post-it notes – ask everyone to think
of a metaphor for the x organisation – giving
two eg:</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171135507-18072005><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><EM>The x organisation is like a
<STRONG>butterfly </STRONG>– because it looks great but it flits from one
thing to another</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171135507-18072005><SPAN
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color=#000080><EM>Or</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171135507-18072005><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"></SPAN><SPAN><EM><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000080>The x organisation is like a well
<STRONG>oiled machine</STRONG> – because it works hard and coherently
generating positive energy for its stakeholders</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000080> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><EM>Post up the metaphors in two place<SPAN
class=171135507-18072005>s for everyone to
read</SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><EM><SPAN class=171135507-18072005>Allow people
to say what this says about the culture of the
organisation</SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
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face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=171135507-18072005>Hope this helps
the debate</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><SPAN
class=171135507-18072005>Jon</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>* *
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