Reflexivity begins by asking ourselves how our assumptions influence the way we think and act; and, noticing how the choices that we make, as a result of these assumptions, contribute to our social reality.
It involves accepting responsibility for our part in what is being co-created; and inviting others to do the same.
Reflexive thinking opens up possibilities for co-creating better worlds, in that, unhelpful patterns of behaviour or unintentional consequences (such as unjust practice that is accepted as norm) can be brought to light and changed.
I am a ‘People Practitioner’ who has, over the years, been swept up by the tidal wave of change that has seen my profession go from being called Manpower Management to Personnel Management to Human Resource Management, and now back, well sort of… to Systemic People Management. I came up with the last phrase because I find myself increasingly uncomfortable with working within the confines of the ubiquitous neo-liberal approach to categorising and organising people. I believe that people are people, not merely assets, human capital or resources. While we do find fulfilment from PRODUCTivity, we are ultimately human beings, not human doings. I would like to transcend who we have become and becoming in a marketized, monetarised world and leave the corporatist worldview that reminds me so much of the allegory of Plato’s Cave.
I love God, my family, playing guitar, following Arsenal, travelling and taking and editing photos. This website is a celebration of all these things and more.
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Reflexivity begins by asking ourselves how our assumptions influence the way we think and act; and, noticing how the choices that we make, as a result of these assumptions, contribute to our social reality.
