How to Manage Ignorance; Inside the Book Peter Drucker Never Wrote

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  jpmuir@...12/13/07 Report as spam
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  What you don't know you don't know...

  "What you don't know you don't know" has been the target of Landmark Education's Landmark Forum for years. Getting at it requires getting really present to what is going on AND letting go of your opinions, assessments, and views which form the blind spot that inhibits. Take the Landmark Forum -- you will see very differently. Ask Reebok.
  
  Jim

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  Lori Deschene12/13/07 Report as spam
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  Landmark Forum

  Hi Jim,
  
  It's interesting that you bring that up. I actually did take the Landmark Forum just this past year. It was eye-opening, to say the least, and I definitely felt more effective in my personal and professional life after taking the weekend seminar.
  
  I do, however, have issues with the forum. (The following are my personal opinions, and in no way represent BNET.) First of all, the long, exhausting, and emotionally draining weekend brought many people to epiphanies that very soon after seemed like a dream. In the heavily charged atmosphere, people experience a high that often leads to a crash; and forum leaders were forthcoming in explaining it's necessary to continue classes/seminars to maintain that sense of freedom. In the beginning of the weekend, the leader promised the forum would be an end to all pursuits of self help. At the end of the weekend, she then engaged in some high-pressure tactics to get $800 checks right then for the advanced seminar.
  
  I also worry that the forum creates an almost cult-like dependence among weak people. On the one hand, the registration papers suggest you do not attend the weekend seminar if you have any type of psychiatric illness. However, in my forum, the leaders very knowingly accepted someone with a serious mental condition, led her to a near breakdown, and then told her she needs to ?get responsible with her illness.? This is often the type of person who pledges blind allegiance to a program for the hope of finding acceptance and belonging. And I think the forum is depending on that.
  
  I also take issue with Landmark's inception. I did quite a bit of research on Werner Erhard and EST, and what I found disturbed me.
  
  What I will say is this: I believe the Landmark Forum does in fact challenge you to open your eyes to what you don't know you don't know. But I think weaker people will find the consequences of involvement far outweigh the benefits.
  
  I?d be interested to hear your thoughts.
  
  Lori