[From Ray Jackson (990809.2230 EDT)]
Hello All,
My name is Ray Jackson and I was a CSGnet contributor a few years back -- I
lived in Phoenix was doing a lot of work with PCT and organizational
development at Motorola and other companies. I'd especially like to extend
greetings to Bill, Rick, Dag, and Ed. For a variety of reasons, I dropped
off the net and out of this type of work a few years ago, but eventually I
found my way back into developing organizations, and back onto CSGnet.
So, through a series of professional victories, happy coincidences, and
rapid promotions, I'm now the head of the Leadership School for Unisys
University. I work directly with the CEO of Unisys, and my charter is to
facilitate the change of organizational culture from a traditional command
and control environment to an "empowered," people-oriented culture through
leadership education.
Of course, my work is still based on PCT, and the publication of "Making
Sense..." has impacted it considerably. It is follow-on reading for our
seminars, and a standing general recommendation from the Leadership
School. Everyone who has read this book has been strongly influenced by it
-- in my observation, this simple, comfortable little book Bill has
written will advance PCT more than the all volumes of work and research
that preceded it (with all due respect to that work). It's a masterpiece
for the masses that's not only an effective teaching and discussion tool,
it's a solid, real-world foot in the traditional-paradigm door, forcing it
open through sheer reason and powerful education. And the beauty of it is
in its accessibility and sheer simplicity -- I can't overstate the impact
I see from that book, nor the impact I am anticipating as more Unisys
managers read it.I do intense, five-day leadership/culture education sessions, and the big
difference between my past work and now is that before I started these
classes by introducing PCT, and then building on the theory for everything
else. Now, I start by going over all the things we intuitively know about
effective organizations, leadership, and culture -- things that people
readily accept and find reasonable. On the last day, I introduce the
reason "why all these things make sense" -- PCT. The discussions about PCT
are totally engaging and the course evaluations indicate it's one of the
more compelling topics, if not the most compelling, of the entire week. At
that point, everyone is dying to read the book. Eventually, this will be
out to 2600 managers worldwide by year-end '00 (Unisys is 36,000 strong
internationally).As I continue, I'd like to share more about my work with everyone; I'm
looking forward to exploring the frontiers of PCT in my own little neck of
the woods, and I hope it provides some small contribution in the grand
scheme of things someday.
Dag, I'd appreciate it greatly if you would send me your management book
file, I'd be very interested to see how your work has progressed.
Very Best Regards,
Ray
Ray Jackson
Unisys University Leadership School
Blue Bell, PA 19424
ray.jackson@unisys.com