tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182964864941667860.post9220873285936428629..comments2023-11-03T03:49:45.623-05:00Comments on Leading as Enabling: Change is the NormRyan Lanhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06266179405343102875noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182964864941667860.post-72004488012012484432008-01-11T02:58:00.000-05:002008-01-11T02:58:00.000-05:00I'd say that norm has very little to do with norma...I'd say that <I>norm</I> has very little to do with <I>normal</I>, but rather refers to that which is <I>typical</I>. Something typical might actually be somewhat abnormal. Which leads one to ask: typical to what/who? Probably typical to that which the user of the word is accustomed to. <BR/><BR/>Of course, in time the typical might become the normal ... or perhaps even abnormal ...Paul Eloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03118070441522491786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182964864941667860.post-29134218129154086622008-01-10T11:14:00.000-05:002008-01-10T11:14:00.000-05:00Norm is a fascinating concept. We do use norms an...Norm is a fascinating concept. We do use norms and we do have psychological needs for "normal."<BR/><BR/>But is something that is not the norm...abnormal? In the simple Latin roots of the word, it is abnormal...but in a psychological sense abnormal is obviously loaded.<BR/><BR/>I wonder what we mean by norm these days?Ryan Lanhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06266179405343102875noreply@blogger.com