The Key Metaphor of Organizational Behavior

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In his new book, David Frum argues that organizations don't do enough to foster those sot. He says the key metaphor is a glass of water and how it changes as you warm or cool it. People will suddenly transform from embracing wild new ideas to rigidly rejecting them - but why? It has nothing to do with the individual just like no individual molecule is sayng "let me run around"

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