[Ailist] Devaluing by valuing Re: What is the Life Force (Vital energy/Prana) ofBusiness?

[Lionel Boxer]

Exactly, but that is what happens.  Accountants create dollar values for everything and now we have carbon trading.  Meaningless measurement that results in something with a money value that will become traded like shares.

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>>> "Roger Davies" <rdavies at rtpcompany.com> 10/11/09 10:12 AM >>>

 I'm also of a mind that in trying to quantify such things we actually
devalue them. There will be indirect, measurable benefits just like we can
measure heart rate or blood pressure to tell us about our health. Our health
is much more than a bunch of measurements though. If you did a big study and
found that an Appreciative conversation contained x number of y words would
that mean that any conversation with that quota of those words would be
appreciative? I doubt it. Measurement, though valuable can also be
deceiving, especially when one tries to apply it to dynamic systems. In many
, many businesses the output of everyone is reduced to a few measurements
and if you don't meet your target you aren't a good enough employee. That's
one way businesses unwittingly act to disengage their workforce.

Roger