More resurrection - process

There is a lot of talk about process these days. It seems that every moving target is a process. Maybe it is. But do we understand process? Do we really know how it works? I would think no. One person has done a lot of thinking about process, however. Arthur M. Young, inventor of the Bell helicopter and thinker par excellence. Though appearing at first rather complicated and technical, his process model provides us with an excellent analytic tool for looking at process in general, and anything we consider to be a process in particular. A few notions need to be in hand when approaching his model. His seven-stage arc covers three descending stages, if you will, a turnaround, and three ascending stages. As such it encompasses four levels, which parallel, if not explain, Aristotle's four causes (a topic, which if you haven't already dealt with, is highly recommended). These causes/levels are explained in terms of two related notions: freedom and constraint. Level I starts with 3 degrees of freedom and 0 degrees of constraint, and each successive level becomes less free and more constrained. Movement through the ascending part of the arc, of course, indicates increasing freedom and less constraint. Think about it: process is liberating. Put those two ideas into your consciousness and let them simply share some awareness space for a while. You'll be surprised where it might lead you. Today I'm not here to explain all of this to you, rather I just want to whet your appetite for something that can be a real eye-opener, if you let it. If you have to deal with processes, no matter what kind in which contexts, this can be a very helpful tool. Check it out.