Posted on Thursday, 23rd September 2010 by admin
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FISH! told the story of a fictional company which transformed itself by applying lessons learned from Seattles famous Pike Place Fish market. Now, with FISH! TALES, readers can learn how real-life businesses and individu… More >>
Fish! Tales: Real-Life Stories to Help You Transform Your Workplace and Your Life
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Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (5)
September 23rd, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Yes, you can judge a book by its cover. Just as when a person tells a tall fish story this book also falls flat at the end. At least when you get a fish there is meat on the bone, but this “little” book is not worth the money or the time spent reading it.
Rating: 1 / 5
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Actually, this is just a short review after my longer FISH! review, mostly because I found myself rather horrified after reading this “real world” application of FISH!
Imagine working in a call center in which people would come in dressed as pigs or chickens, or godz forbid, Elvis! You have disco balls rotating overhead, and music. You try to do your job, but you’re pounded relentlessly by all this corporate-engineered “fun…” Urgh! Someone hands you a plastic fish or a paper fish, and then makes you go “fishing” for prizes.
Welcome to Job Hell! Run FAR FAR FAR away… This could be coming to a workplace near you.
And most of us would rather just have a decent paycheck, with a challenging intellectual environment in which to work. Amazing what happens when the Blanchards and Lundins of this world get into the mix. Disaster!
Rating: 1 / 5
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:58 pm
The first Fish book was really great, but here they have repeated themselves over and over again. It is the same idea repackaged. As a reader when you buy a new book you expect something new to be in it–not the same old rehash. The problem is when the first book is a hit, like Fish was, there is a temptation to write the same book marketing it as a new volume. Marketing, instead of a fresh idea, is what I bought here and I am sorry I did.
Rating: 1 / 5
September 23rd, 2010 at 11:18 pm
I have met Jim Bergquist (of Biz Futures, who does seminars on the Fish Philosophy)and been to his seminars and almost quit my job because if it. He preys on anyone who seems vulnerable so he can say they had a “breakthrough”. This is no different than bringing in a church leader and breaking people down and calling it revival. I don’t understand how this and others like it (landmark Education) has become acceptable in the workplace. I think it is a money making machine and they prey on the gullible. In his seminars they never pick on the bosses who are paying instead they stroke their ego. I would recommend anyone forced to go to these seminars to question why and not be afraid to walk out.
I also agree 100% with the post copied below another person left.
“As to the first, I do not believe that a company can motive or change a person. That is the business of missionaries, evangelist and philosophers. Business has no business in shaping the beliefs and ideas of the employees. These motivational programs all have silent value-statements, and to propagate these is a a form of intellectual evangelism. In short, you manager is a missionary for the gospel of corporate success. Unless you specially work for a church, or a philosophy-specific organization, such as the Freemasons or a political party, this smacks of violating conscience. ”
Rating: 1 / 5
September 24th, 2010 at 12:17 am
A friend loaned me this book because she thought I might be interested in it. It didn’t live up to my expectations, although it did have a few good points.
There are three things I liked about this book. First, the principles, if a bit simplistic and basic, are still sound ones. Second, the authors wrote the book in a way that I wasn’t lost even though I hadn’t read the first book in the series. And last, some of the activities in the second half of the book might be useful for some people.
I personally didn’t find that there was anything new in the book that I hadn’t read in other places. I got bored fairly quickly, even though it was an easy read. There are only two groups of people I’d reccommend this book to — those who absolutely loved the first book and want to have the sequel for personal, sentimental reasons, and those who in skimming through it are intrigued by the exercises and want to do them.
Rating: 2 / 5