Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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Telling Problem Telling Policy

What is the difference between shaking the problems and solve them? How politics can really be a tool to solve problems? This post tries to answer these two questions and wants give an indication to policy makers and those who aspire to be elected. He wants to make a suggestion to the next particular presidential candidate of the Board: define well the problems and then learn to turn them into interesting stories, in short stories.

political and ideological issues are masters of it in the abstract and generic, good for all circumstances. And the reason for this is because shake a problem is to prevent a debate. And those who use politics for personal gain and interest lobbying behave this way, however, violating the rules of democracy. These use problems in a "political" understood in its most degraded, politician. They are used in this sense, unemployment, immigration, living wills, etc.. On the other side there is instead the use of politics to solve problems. And in this perspective, the problem is well defined, classified and divided into a series of minor problems. The problem of unemployment means to determine the scope of the political sphere, economic sphere, the sphere of taxation, the sphere of education. And then define the age, the type (expecting their first job or job loss), the area (north, central, south), the sector (industry, services, new technologies), and so on. The policy needs and the methods of optics of problem solving, if he wants to give results and is intended as a service. And he has great need of Telling Problem, which is also similar. Think of a candidate in elections that, in addition to rail against this or that does not share that point of the opponents, says its program in two or three key points, which are the result of listening closely at the real needs of citizens ( problem setting). Let's pretend that in your program there is the creation of resources, tools and best conditions for the development of tourism. Now, this candidate will need to tell a clear and interesting problems resulting from them, developing them with games of imagination. If, for example, tourism can really grow, where we host the many people who come if our accommodations are not sufficient? How do we assure them that all the places to visit are accessible as often or are closed or no staff? Problem setting and problem telling do not solve problems, discover them, define them, they "sell." The setting makes it a solvable problem, the telling makes it interesting.

The problem telling crosses in storytelling, great instrument of power. Narratology has long been used for the organization and maintenance of consensus. It 'obvious that the powerful use in a top-down and in order to influence voters, where there are free elections, or subjects, where there are monarchies or theocracies. But the storytelling as network stories, from below, is also used by those who are opposed to power, make it the subject of satire as Dario For, Luttazzi, etc.. There's a war between the two forms now amplified by Real Time Web Problem Telling take storytelling but is more comprehensive problem-solving, is the threshold issue of history and a ceiling mobile, seamless. As such, it has to deal with the production of stories, it must identify the resources, modalities, etc.. So if a politician wants to talk to people's hearts not so rhetorical and artificial must learn to frame the issues according to a problem-solving and then must be able to tell stories to make it shared.

Photo credit: adrianobonc . The first part of the post was written in collaboration with Umberto Santucci .

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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The three options in L'Aquila

Today Umberto Santucci, consultant and trainer in strategic problem solving, he returned to teach at the Academy in L'Aquila for the first time after the earthquake. Umberto has dedicated a nice situation to the Abruzzi and in particular its capital, early as two weeks from happening, in L'Aquila, hands on the wounded city . He's also much discussed in terms of problem solving in the group Problem Telling on Facebook. In the aftermath of the earthquake I promised that I would follow the updates of the situation to learn the great lesson that this disastrous event (because of men) is providing to all those who want to learn it. So I asked Umber to send me his impressions from the city. Here they are.
Today I did the first lesson of the course at the Academy Image of the Eagle. It 's the first time I go back to L'Aquila after the earthquake. I took a ride into the main course, one of the few ways available. In addition to the great impression of the city deserted, I was struck by small p joints that can be seen in situations seemingly "normal": a crack, a marker to sign, slung around a pillar. Also in the photo of the INPS office seems okay, but missing a piece here and there a balcony and blocks of marble are disconnected.
now facing three options: 1
. make a great ruin leave everything and move elsewhere
2. give everything in the hands of gangs political / Camorra that demolish as possible to rebuild inspired Castel Volturno;
3. as possible to restore the facades to retrieve the face of the city, and rebuild good inside, with innovative criteria.
hypothesis 3 is the most desirable, the second is the most probable, although friends have told me that Aquila is the prefect working hard against the
llo of subcontracts.

far not the to Umberto. If we are the three basic options for any building in the city eagle. And I think the whole series of cases that the government is building from scratch go first point of view, however, because they are buildings of the new development. It 's true that building new houses is cheaper than renovate the existing but it means going into the towns of quake ghost towns. Or for the big events for mafia infiltration to the sites of demolition as well as those of the building. That's why the third point is the most desirable and the most convenient, I believe. The earthquake was an event whose possibility was not taken into account or neglected even though the seismic zone and L'Aquila Abruzzo ground that amplifies the effects of earthquakes. We had clear evidence that the events should prevent problems before they happen by asking the inevitable. Now we need to prevent another disaster socio-economic: the decline of the city and the region. What are the problems in the field? The floor to the next post comments and questions.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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Zen and the art of narrating the problems

Encho was a famous storyteller. His tales of love touched everyone who hears them. When telling a war story, it was as if the listeners are right on the battlefield. One day he met Encho Tesshu Yamaoka, a layman who had almost reached the total command Zen. "I heard," said Yamaoka, "that you are the good storytellers of our country and make people laugh and cry at your leisure. Tell me about my favorite story, that of the Child Fishing. When I was little I slept next to my mother, and she often told me that story. In the middle of the story I fell asleep. Tell me how I said my mother. "

Encho did not dare to face this test immediately. He asked for a little 'time to study. After several months went by Yamaoka and said, "Please give me the opportunity to tell the tale."

"Another day," said Yamaoka.

Encho he was very much disappointed. He continued to study and try again. Yamaoka sent him back many times. When Encho began to speak, Yamaoka interrupted him saying, "Do you still like my mother."

Encho took five years to be able to tell the tale as Yamaoka had they told her mother.

(Photo credit: k.Akagami)

This story is taken from Zen fiordacqua and introduces us to the Telling Problem, which is the art of transforming problems narratives in interesting . Many have a problem when they run to tell relatives or friends or close. Others fill their board in Facebook to do it. Still others go on TV to talk about it. Why, they say, when there is a problem we should not keep him inside but express it. The opportunity today to tell the problems are many and really spend much time doing it: about half our time is devoted to discussion of this or that problem at work, at home, with friends. These are sometimes happy to participate in the discussion of one or more problems, but many times or are bothered or do not have time to discuss them. But the recount problems (rather than the listener) or agitation is one of the prominent activities of the media as well as users of the internet.

But really the first thing to do when problems occur is telling the story? The answer is yes and no. Yes, because this helps us to define the problem , which is the first big step to take. No, because most of the time we do not know you tell us about problems, not even really know what they are, we confuse them with conditions or goals or false problems, and more. We then describe the problems as long as you learn to tell . And the talk shows do not help in this, as even, unfortunately, much discussion. Encho, despite being a storyteller, a professional storyteller needs to study, time and evidence before he could tell a story as simple as telling stories of her mother Yamaoka. Mind you that the history issue and the two terms are interchangeable: each story is a problem and every problem has a story. Think of Romeo and Juliet : without the problem of opposition from their families where the marriage would be the story? The problem is telling the art that comes to the rescue at the beginning of our problem to define and present themselves and to others (and less dramatic). But above all, helps us in the end, when our problem, made it interesting at this point, be "sold" to all those who have put money into a project, those who must carry it out, those who must make a decision. And here is the problem telling gives his best practices and providing tools to make our problem something plausible, seductive and convincing. Think of how beautiful, magnificent, seductive not appear the huge wooden horse left by Ulysses on the beach. E 'with it that the Greek siege of Troy solved the problem once and for all.

(image: Procession of the Trojan horse in a painting by Tiepolo )