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Do we use writing intelligently?

11/4/2012

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Do you ever despair of the way people use writing in organisational life today? Sending emails when it would be better to talk... bombarding you with busy powerpoint slides... following rules and guidelines slavishly...

Many years spent in writing, editing and research have convinced me that, used intelligently, writing is an invaluable form of communication that enables us to develop our thinking and influence others.

Using writing intelligently includes giving our writing a 'social life' - in other words, making sure what we have written does not disappear into a black hole but that we use it to stimulate conversation and dialogue.

Historically, writing technologies (writing, printing, computers and more recently the web), have profoundly shaped the world of work. For example, they have privileged plans and bureaucracy over spontaneity, creativity and face-to-face contact. If you have an appetite to read more, see my book chapter on this subject.
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19/4/2012 02:58:42 am

I agree, it also reduces the opportunity for creativity and spontaneity, particualy as two or more people just talk together. The way that writing has invaded that communicative space is saddening, and then how we almost make it worse, by the unthinking mechanics in the way that we also use flipcharts, ‘collect’ ideas, report back, and develop action plans and next steps in events like workshops that, to my mind, should be spaces for creativity.

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