https://www.sfio.org/authors/ben-furman/Ben-FurmanSource Themes Academic (https://sourcethemes.com/academic/)en-us© 2016 - 2026 ASFIO - All Rights ReservedTue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sfio.org/images/logo.svghttps://www.sfio.org/authors/ben-furman/https://www.sfio.org/interaction/2009-1/sf-respects-the-not-invented-here-syndrome/Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sfio.org/interaction/2009-1/sf-respects-the-not-invented-here-syndrome/<p><a href="https://www.sfio.org/authors/carey-glass/">Carey Glass</a> <a href="https://www.sfio.org/authors/kirsten-dierolf/">Kirsten Dierolf</a> <a href="https://www.sfio.org/authors/ben-furman/">Ben-Furman</a></p> <h2 class="red-heading">Abstract</h2> <p>Dr Ben Furman is a psychiatrist, inspirational speaker and author from Finland. He is renowned for his practical adap- tations of the SF approach in different settings. In Kids’ Skills, people involved in the upbringing of children learn how to encourage children to develop the skills they need to overcome their difficulties. Together with his colleague Tapani Ahola, he created the Twin Star and Reteaming models as practical applications of SF in organisations. The first offers very practical suggestions on how to improve the psychosocial environment of the work place. The latter pres- ents concrete steps to motivate people to change. One characteristic of Ben Furman’s approach is the avoid- ance of blame storming. Talking about problems and what caused them quickly leads to accusations and excuses. These can be overcome by engaging in “solution talk”: talking about what you want instead of the problem and what can be done to get there. Another constant in his work is his inter- active perspective: “We work with teams even when we work with individuals.”</p> <h2 class="red-heading">Article</h2> <script src="https://www.sfio.org/js/pdf.js"></script> <div style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <button id="prev">Previous</button>&nbsp; &nbsp; <button id="next">Next</button>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="article.pdf" download="article.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; <span>Page: <span id="page_num"></span> / <span id="page_count"></span></span> </div> <p><canvas id="the-canvas" style="border: 1px solid black; direction: ltr; width: 800px;"></canvas></p> <script id="script"> // If absolute URL from the remote server is provided, configure the CORS // header on that server. var url = './article.pdf'; // Loaded via <script> tag, create shortcut to access PDF.js exports. var pdfjsLib = window['pdfjs-dist/build/pdf']; // The workerSrc property shall be specified. pdfjsLib.GlobalWorkerOptions.workerSrc = '/js/pdf.worker.js'; var pdfDoc = null, pageNum = 1, pageRendering = false, pageNumPending = null, scale = 2, canvas = document.getElementById('the-canvas'), ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'); /** * Get page info from document, resize canvas accordingly, and render page. * @param num Page number. */ function renderPage(num) { pageRendering = true; // Using promise to fetch the page pdfDoc.getPage(num).then(function(page) { var viewport = page.getViewport({scale: scale}); canvas.height = viewport.height; canvas.width = viewport.width; // Render PDF page into canvas context var renderContext = { canvasContext: ctx, viewport: viewport }; var renderTask = page.render(renderContext); // Wait for rendering to finish renderTask.promise.then(function() { pageRendering = false; if (pageNumPending !== null) { // New page rendering is pending renderPage(pageNumPending); pageNumPending = null; } }); }); // Update page counters document.getElementById('page_num').textContent = num; } /** * If another page rendering in progress, waits until the rendering is * finised. Otherwise, executes rendering immediately. */ function queueRenderPage(num) { if (pageRendering) { pageNumPending = num; } else { renderPage(num); } } /** * Displays previous page. */ function onPrevPage() { if (pageNum <= 1) { return; } pageNum--; queueRenderPage(pageNum); } document.getElementById('prev').addEventListener('click', onPrevPage); /** * Displays next page. */ function onNextPage() { if (pageNum >= pdfDoc.numPages) { return; } pageNum++; queueRenderPage(pageNum); } document.getElementById('next').addEventListener('click', onNextPage); /** * Asynchronously downloads PDF. */ pdfjsLib.getDocument(url).promise.then(function(pdfDoc_) { pdfDoc = pdfDoc_; document.getElementById('page_count').textContent = pdfDoc.numPages; // Initial/first page rendering renderPage(pageNum); }); </script>