Description: All of the ideas in this diverse collection of provocative essays were first introduced either via my blog, theperipateticphilosopher.blogspot.com, or contained in one of my books. I wish to emphasize that many of the concepts presented here relate directly to The Fisher Paradigm of Organizational Development (OD), a paradigm that evolved over my many working years. The 'Fisher Paradigm' has never been publicly promoted; yet it has been an indispensable tool in my work. To whet your appetite, I'll say only that it once literally saved my life and then launched my career as an organizational consultant and global executive. It's all explained in these essays. Not surprisingly, the 'Fisher Paradigm' has positively influenced my writing.As a social psychologist, I am passionate about my ideas, principally because they address those dilemmas that directly impact our everyday working lives. My inclination is to delve into matters of common distress; things that tend to throw people off stride, disrupting their lives hurtling them into chaos. It's for that reason I am especially proud of this collection with it's potential to guide hard-working people through the straits of chaos that inevitably confront us all in our endeavors, especially where we work, that place we spend so much of our lives with such high hopes.
