Imagining

Peter Bürgi and Johan Roos

Chapter 3 in Thinking from Within, 2006, pp 41-60 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In Chapter 2 we learnt that one of the distinguishing characteristics of play is that it is imaginative. The starting point for Thinking from Within is to see imagination as a practice that thrives in the ambiguous context of play (discussed in Chapter 2). This chapter serves two purposes: to provide a conceptual framework for the ancient and tricky notion of imagination and to describe and illustrate what it means to practise it. First, we describe three fundamental dimensions of imagination: conceptual, behavioural and material. Grounded in these dimensions we then present three roles that we should take on when practising imagination: handymen, architects and tellers of stories that drive action. Finally, we illustrate with the case story of ChemCo how two groups of leaders had an opportunity to practise imagining in these ways, helping them think from within rather then rely on their existing, prescribed thinking.

Keywords: Pure Reasoning; Balance Scorecard; Conceptual Dimension; Plate Section; Strategy Practice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230597419_3

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