Posted by Yogesh Malhotra on January 21, 1998 at 09:56:55:

"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you, all they show is limitation. Believe with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly." Richard Bach

Just while reflecting on this quote from one of Richard Bach's book, I happened to revisit his novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull that I had read more than a decade ago.

I tend to think that the novel, a copy of which I have found online, shall help one appreciate many issues discussed on this forum: including organizations, controls, structure, learning, skunk works, communities of practice, coaching, learning, trust, etc. Furthermore, many of us may be able to identify the images of gulls and flocks in the novel with the organizations of today, in corporate sector as well as in academia, that are trying to be 'learning organizations' and 'knowledge creating companies.' Also, borrowing from the world of seagulls, one may extrapolate one's thinking about humans: It is in the nature of humans to learn, and freedom of learning and creating new knowledge is the very nature of their being, that whatever stands against that freedom must be set aside, be it ritual or superstition or limitation in any form. Perhaps, that provides a foundation to build communities of practice and the knowledge creating companies of the future.

Here is the online book, enjoy!

Name: Jonathan Livingston Seagull
http://relline.ru:5000/lat/RBACH/seagullengl.txt

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Novel by Richard Bach

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