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Acknowledgements
'People come into our lives to be our teachers' - Steve Biddulph
It is often difficult to recall the actual sources of one's learning. But over the years the following people have directly or indirectly provided insights, encouragement and/or inspiration. Some are famous, others virtually unknown.
Their public standing bears little relationship to their contributions to the author's learning. The following come readily to mind. There are many that I have failed to notice and I apologise for failing to do justice to the multitude of others who have taught me so much along the way
- W Edwards Deming for his profound
insights into
- the huge potential to improve things continuously and forever
- the value of attending to people, systems & processes
- the significance of reducing variation
- Myron Tribus for his knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment to making the world a better place through education and the application of quality (more...)
- Reuven Feuerstein for his knowledge
of
- what really prevents people from thinking and learning
- and what might be done about it in order to
- free people from the many self-fulfilling assessment made of them
- Rob Palmer & Michael King for
their
- commitment, inspiration and support to the author, and,
- work in building links between quality and education in Australia
- Peter Senge for his inspirational
writing on
- systems
- dialogue
- paradigms
- Peter Block for his insights into
- our working relationships
- Joel Barker for his insights into
- the nature and operation of paradigms
- how they facilitate our thinking, activity and development
- how they impede our thinking, activity and development
AND ABOVE ALL are the staff and students (and their families) that I have had the pleasure and privilege of being with during my most rewarding career.
Ivan Webb