[FRIAM] organizations

[Vladimyr]

Nick,

If memory serves me, we used Tomahawk Traps and they required both hands to  set or open.

Nowadays I rescue spiders from my bathtub and transplant milkweed to feed Monarchs.

 

Maybe as people change so should organizations which seem saturated with hormones.

 

Hormones , booze, heavy machinery and loud music make for a difficult time when thinking about consequences.

 

Men only learn to think long after it was needed.

vib

From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Nick Thompson
Sent: March-22-17 10:16 PM
To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group'
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] organizations

 

When setting a have-a-heart trap, it is always wise to attach a LONG cord to the release mechanism, just in case you catch something you don’t want to.  

 

n

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

 <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 

From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Vladimyr
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 6:21 PM
To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] organizations

 

Marcus, That sounds preferable to Trapping the little devil. They get really mean if you get in their way.

So clearly a little tactful negotiation is preferable , as I recall my advisor at that time flipped a coin to determine

who would have to approach the cage trap and release him. 

 

I lost. 

vib

 

He is probably still laughing…

 

From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels
Sent: March-21-17 10:46 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] organizations

 

“At some point I saw a skunk about 50 feet in front of me.  If I had had a rifle I'd have made a hasty retreat.  But instead I aimed carefully and dispatched the skunk.  The last days of the wild west.”

 

I once had a hot tub which I used mostly to lower my blood pressure after day (after day) of frustration at work.  There may have been some drinking involved too.  A common visitor late at night was a neighborhood skunk who’d poke its nose over the side.   Alarming at first but I came to look forward from visits from that little guy.  

 

Not sure how it works in to Vladimyr’s metaphor.  

 

Marcus

 

 

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