MANAGING WITH HORSE SENSE

 

Grace Ann and Nahdion

 

 

 

20th CENTURY:

man'age - verb: control physically, as a horse (Webster's)

21st CENTURY:

man'age - verb: influence reciprocally, as a horse and rider (Rosile's)

 

Who leads?

 

lead/follow create/express teach/learn first/last now/then open/closed

 

physical/mental work/play think/act part/whole horse/human

 

These photos reflect the physical experience of creating shared leadership in a mutually empowering context. I, the rider, must learn to adjust my body to allow my horse-partner the most free use of his body. Thus what non-riders may see as control of the "other," is to the rider a reciprocal relationship based on self-control. Similarly, although the word "manage" meant physical control in the past, I believe that in the next century "manage" will come to be understood as reciprocal influence. The photos problematize dualistic definitions of other terms as well.

By Grace Ann Rosile, Horse Sense At Work

Please see www.horsesenseatwork.com for the complete Academy of Management storyboard.