{"id":1019,"date":"2008-01-08T20:46:05","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T19:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/index.php\/archive\/how-to-run-organizations-craftfully\/"},"modified":"2008-01-08T20:46:06","modified_gmt":"2008-01-08T19:46:06","slug":"how-to-run-organizations-craftfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/2008\/01\/how-to-run-organizations-craftfully\/","title":{"rendered":"How to run organizations craftfully &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yalepress.yale.edu\/YUPBOOKS\/book.asp?isbn=9780300119091\"><img style=\"float:left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px\"src='http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-craftsman.png' alt='craftsman' \/><\/a>In BBCs GlobalBiz Peter Day talks with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Sennett\">Richard Sennett<\/a> about the role and prospect of crafts for managing organizations. Some sound quotes by craftsmen like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Taylor_%28movies%29\">Richard Taylor<\/a> (of NZ&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wetaworkshop.co.nz\/\">Weta<\/a>) are interspersed. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This week\u2019s programme explores an intriguing proposition: that craftspeople know better than most business people how organisations ought to be run. [&#8230;] good craftsmanship \u2013 knowing the practicalities of the job \u2013 lies at the heart of good business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>[&#8230;] Craftsmanship names the basic human impulse to do a job well for its own sake [&#8230;] good craftsmanship involves developing skills and focusing on the work rather than ourselves. In this thought-provoking book, one of our most distinguished public intellectuals explores the work of craftsmen past and present, identifies deep connections between material consciousness and ethical values, and challenges received ideas about what constitutes good work in today\u2019s world. (from the <a href=\"http:\/\/yalepress.yale.edu\/YUPBOOKS\/book.asp?isbn=9780300119091\">book blurb<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now I don&#8217;t buy all of these challenging ideas and yes, he disses consultants (rightfully, mostly) &#8211; still, I just love his british ways of pronounciation. So go and get the <a href=\"http:\/\/downloads.bbc.co.uk\/podcasts\/radio\/worldbiz\/worldbiz_20080108-0006.mp3\">mp3<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In BBCs GlobalBiz Peter Day talks with Richard Sennett about the role and prospect of crafts for managing organizations. Some sound quotes by craftsmen like Richard Taylor (of NZ&#8217;s Weta) are interspersed. This week\u2019s programme explores an intriguing proposition: that craftspeople know better than most business people how organisations ought to be run. [&#8230;] good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,11,8],"tags":[121,122,311,115,325,514],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}