Flexible
Drive Aware Open for Innovation
Authentic (WITA)
WITA
is a concept designed to provide an overview of
and insight into the European culture, including:
historical events
historical connections
cultural artifacts
scientific discoveries and inventions
Thus WITA creates an understanding of the socio-psychological
connections that shape actions and opinions today.
Currently we are working with COM/ON/FOURŪ,
a service provider for personnel and organizational
development, on a blended learning process for
learning programs. This program will be available
shortly.
Objectives
The aim is for participants to acquire good general
knowledge, as well as an understanding of their
position amongst history, every day's routines,
and their private and professional lives.
Relieved from fears caused by ignorance, participants
will discover formerly unknown creativity and
vitality in all areas.
Methodology
MAJA-Method:
Transparency of thought structures
Transparency of knowledge structures
acquire individual, connected knowledge through
analysis /synthesis
I can use what I know
Grasping the core of a culture requires an understanding:
that no historical situation is unique
A systemic analysis of a specific
historical event, e.g. the French Revolution,
provides insight into its guiding and controlling
mechanisms. However, stripped of their culture
specific appearances, the very same mechanisms
apply to the Russian Revolution or the Spartacus
uprising in ancient Rome.
parallels between the peasant wars and international
terrorism
charismatic leaders use the
discontent and hatred of the less privileged,
or those who consider themselves less privileged,
to push through their ideological interests and
claims for power. And the "shoulder shrugging
offhandedness" with which the "undeservedly wealthy"
regard "opulence" (from Salman Rushdie "Anger")
and abundance stirs anger; the anger of the peasants
against the landlords or the anger of people in
the Third World against the First World.
the connections between the relativity theory
and abstract art
The relativity theory has toppled
the century-old assumption of consistency between
sensual perception and physical reality. Today
it is a known fact that human perception is merely
a subjective encoding of physical reality. Thus
art presents a subjective encoding of the individual
reality of the artist.
of the origin of western capitalism in protestant
reformation
Calvin's reformatory theories
include the so called pre-destination theory,
according to which an individual can recognize
its status of being chosen by God by the comfort
and luxury it accumulates on earth. This led to
work ethics that boosted performance and to the
abdication of worldly pleasures.
Who will not strive to prove that s/he is a chosen
one. And who will not accumulate riches if s/he
preserves the fruits of her/his labor well.
millennia of repeated futile attempts to build
and rebuild the tower of Babel and its falls
"Pride comes before a fall" is the proverb.
How many "proud" intends have caused fall and turmoil in history? How many presumptuous towers have fallen?
One can find examples anywhere from ancient High cultures of the ancient Orient to modern times.
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