Language Action Perspective
Fernando Flores made the language action perspective popular in his books Understanding Computers and Cognition, Disclosing New Worlds, and Building Trust.
- The Power of Words, Fast Company article on Fernando Flores
- Fernando Flores' Speech to IGLC-14 in Santiago, Chile
- Listening, Language and Action, by Chris Davis
- Entrepreneurship and the Wired Life: Work in the Wake of Career by Fernando Flores and John Gray
- On Living, Leading, Designing, and Coaching, by Steve March
- Using Commitments to Manage Across Units, by Donald N. Sull and Charles Spinosa
- Background on LAP from LAP '04, Rutgers
- Background on LAP from LAP '05, Lapland
- Amazon's current listing of LAP books
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Popular Language-Action Perspective Postings from the RPM Archives
Linguistic Action Perspective of Projects
Projects are human endeavors. By distinguishing a project from the language-action perspective we open new possibilities for successfully managing the project.
Projects Are People-Centered
Successfully leading projects requires a vocabulary that is consistent with the nature of projects. That starts with understanding what it means to be human.
Care for Critical Conversations
We construct our world both physically and interpretively in language. It is through conversation that we get anything purposeful done with others. It happens four critical conversations.
Invite Performers to Decline
Saying "Yes" when meaning "No" leads to breakdowns for you and your team mates. There's one action you can take to get the no you need to get. Learn more…
Projects Are Networks of Commitments
Projects are special-purpose networks of commitment, the fourth in the series of Five Big Ideas Reshaping Project Delivery.
