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July 19, 2005, 20:28
KallehDisruption
I am at a conference where we talked about "planned disruption" in health care today. Though we spent all day on the concept, in short, it is planning for the chaos that occurs with change. One person stated that she thought
planned disruption was an oxymoron. My thoughts precisely! We also had discussions about whether there is positive disruption. While I think that disruption can
result in something positive, I can't see that the disruption itself is positive.
What do you think?
July 20, 2005, 00:59
BobHaleI think that the only accurate use of "planned disrupton" would be for something like strike action where you are planning to disrupt your employer's business. The phrase I'd have used for what you describe is "anticipated disruption" or pehaps "contingency planning for the anticipated disruption", longer I know but at least it's accurate.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
July 20, 2005, 10:51
tinmanPlanned disruption sounds like sabotage. Emergency plan sounds better.
Tinman
July 20, 2005, 14:14
KallehYes, I agree. It just irritates me how academics take a perfectly good word and make it mean something else. It is confusing and often illogical.
July 20, 2005, 21:10
Chris J. StrolinAn example of positive disruption:
I once came home to find my SO (Significant Other. Do you use that term in the UK?) sitting in a chair gazing idly out a window. She seemed mildly preoccupied with something but whether she was simply bored or depressed, I never found out.
Walking over to the chair, I bent over, took her face in my hands, and laid a good, wet, sloppy one right on her. After some 30 seconds duration, I pulled away and said, "There! That's for nothin'!" and walked away.
As a result of this positive disruption, she got out of the chair, we went out for dinner and dancing and had a wonderful evening. I highly recommend it.
July 22, 2005, 21:06
KallehNice example, CJ. So you've convinced me; there are
positive disruptions. However, that must mean there are
negative disruptions and
just plain disruptions.
July 22, 2005, 22:08
<Asa Lovejoy>quote:
As a result of this positive disruption, she got out of the chair, we went out for dinner and dancing and had a wonderful evening. I highly recommend it.
Won't you be jealous if we do likewise?
Sunflower will definately frown on it!
And Kalleh, as for academics' changing the meaning of a perfectly clear word, whaddaya think politicians do!!! Orwellian semantics!
July 23, 2005, 01:09
Caterwaullerquote:
as for academics' changing the meaning of a perfectly clear word, whaddaya think politicians do!!! Orwellian semantics!
I believe the term for that is "spinning."
Dictionary.com has this for "spin":
To provide an interpretation of (a statement or event, for example), especially in a way meant to sway public opinion: “a messenger who spins bogus research into a vile theology of hatred” (William A. Henry III).
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"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama
July 23, 2005, 06:25
Sunflowerquote:
Originally posted by Asa Lovejoy:
quote:
As a result of this positive disruption, she got out of the chair, we went out for dinner and dancing and had a wonderful evening. I highly recommend it.
Won't you be jealous if we do likewise?
Sunflower will definately frown on it!
Why would I frown on a kiss, dinner and dancing???
July 23, 2005, 20:22
KallehSunflower, I had the same question you did. I can't wait to see what Asa had meant!
July 23, 2005, 20:35
Sunflowerquote:
Originally posted by Kalleh:
Sunflower, I had the same question you did. I can't wait to see what Asa had meant!
Still waiting. . .
July 24, 2005, 02:58
CaterwaullerMy guess is that he (Asa) was joking because of the way it was originally phrased. It could have been interpreted that CJ was suggesting that others try it out with
his(CJ's) S.O.
Asa, being the way he is, was saying that Sunflower would not like it so much if he was suddenly kissing, wining and dining someone else.
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"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama
July 24, 2005, 08:39
<Asa Lovejoy>quote:
Asa, being the way he is, was saying that Sunflower would not like it so much if he was suddenly kissing, wining and dining someone else.
Yeah, what she said!
And Kalleh, see the thread wherein "reframing" is mentioned. It's a close ally to spinning.
July 24, 2005, 09:48
beansDisruption is halting a process, and in that context has no moral dimension. To apply positive disruption would be the halting of a negative process (poor hygiene practices thru to phobias, for clinical examples).
I don't consider 'planned disruption' to be oxymoron because a disruption is not necessarily the undoing of a plan. I would guess that the connotation of negative, chaotic influence that the word disruption has become associated with is due to its use by our teachers when describing interruptions to our lessons. Well, it's a theory
. But disruption is often the orderly halting of a process, so doesn't qualify for oxymoron status.
July 24, 2005, 12:37
Sunflowerquote:
Originally posted by Caterwauller:
My guess is that he (Asa) was joking because of the way it was originally phrased. It could have been interpreted that CJ was suggesting that others try it out with
his(CJ's) S.O.
Asa, being the way he is, was saying that Sunflower would not like it so much if he was suddenly kissing, wining and dining someone else.
You guessed right, CW!
July 24, 2005, 20:15
KallehOr...Sunflower, he was just trying to get out of it fast!
Beans, I have been thinking a lot about "positive disruption" and "planned disruption" since posting this, and I am coming around to your point of view. I think you make a good point. BTW, we haven't seen you in awhile...welcome back!