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Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

http://drlwilson.com/ARTICLES/TRIM%20TAB%20CONCEPT.htm - 0 views

  • Bucky Fuller said many times that you cannot push people, but you can pull them or draw them to your ways of thinking.
  • The way the trim tab and rudder on a ship pull the ship around is that when one turns the trim tab or rudder to one side, it forces the water around the ship to move faster on one side of the ship than on the other side.
  • This lowers the pressure of the water against the ship on that side of the ship.
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  • A vacuum is a type of disturbance of the equilibrium forces in society that, in some way, speeds up the flow of energy in the area or direction in which you wish people to move.  This is the human equivalent to Bernoulli’s principle.
  • How this is done is subtle.  Ways to upset the equilibrium pace of society and societal evolution is to introduce new technology, present new information, draw attention to yourself or to something that upsets things in certain ways, or to send out love that draws people in.
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    interesting discussion of trim tab and rudders by Lawrence Wilson, an MD. He quotes Richard Buckminster Fuller who said that for one person to change the entire world, they need "to act like the rudder and trim tab of a ship."
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Becoming a Trim Tab at Work | FranklinCovey Blog - 0 views

  • “how can I possibly create change in my organization,” think of being a trim tab.
  •  Far too many people are not engaged in their work, they are neither fulfilled nor excited, most of all they feel powerless to change anything, and they blame it on the organization or their boss or their lack of authority. In truth you are the creative force of your own job and life. No matter what role you play, your contribution can make a difference. You can become a trim tab.  How? Simply by focusing on what you can do even if it’s outside of your job description and make small adjustments and improvements along the way.
  • What is one small adjustment that you can make today to put you on this path? I
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    Where and with whom is WLS a trim tab? What impact are we having? FranklinCovey Blog, August 28, 2009
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

What We Do | The Buckminster Fuller Institute - 0 views

  • conceive and apply transformative strategies based on a crucial synthesis of whole systems thinking, Nature's fundamental principles, and an ethically driven worldview. By facilitating convergence across the disciplines of art, science, design and technology, our work extends the profoundly relevant legacy of R. Buckminster Fuller. In this way, we strive to catalyze the collective intelligence required to fully address the unprecedented challenges before us.
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    page from Buckminster Fuller Institute that explains how they work--they build across disciplines to understand divergent needs/answers, then facilitate convergence across the disciplines of art, science, design, and technology to "address the unprecedented challenges before us."
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