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Earlier this week, we shared with those of you at Mission HQ our hypothesis that Godzilla and other movie monsters have much more than we initially thought to teach us about collaboration, love, facilitation and knowledge management. So far, the evidence we have gathered supports this hypothesis.

As you know, those of us at the Field Office have begun our chronological Godzilla-viewing journey and what follows is the first report from the field.

GODZILLA FIELD REPORT No. 1

• Date: March 3, 020261

• Location: Brooklyn

• Mission: Kaiju_OrgLearning_Facilitation_KM_02026

• Artifacts Examined: Godzilla (1954), Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

• Rations Consumed: popcorn, an apple, some wheat thins, and a chickpea crust pizza.

• Chief of Mission (AKA Dudley the Dog) Present? Yes.

Godzilla (1954) is about ethics, the danger of nuclear weapons, resilience, personal sacrifice for the good of humanity, and how radio broadcasting is a Very Dangerous Job.

Godzilla Raids Again (1955) seems to be about how, when you report a monster fight to the police, you get to use a Dinosaur book to identify a perp. It’s also about getting your ancient reptile ready for winter hibernation. A “how-to” movie, if you will.

Let us consider our practices of learning and information sharing: When there’s an information vacuum, we can’t learn. When we don’t know Godzilla is on a rampage (but we do know something Very Serious and Very Bad is happening), we’ll send boat after boat after boat to the impacted area and wonder why they keep disappearing.

Then—and here’s the rub—when people try to tell us what they’ve been seeing and experiencing, we don’t believe them.

An elder from Odo Island told us about the old days: when Godzilla would eat all the fish in the sea, he’d come ashore to eat people. “It must be Godzilla.”

Witnesses shared testimony about Godzilla.

But no! Send more boats!

This is an allegory for learning.

We will collect more information, but we believe that the artifact review phase of this work is off to a promising start.

Rations are well-stocked. Morale is high. We are feeling prepared for the journey ahead.

One concern: there is a man who lives at the Field Office who might be here to sabotage the mission. When one of us suggested Godzilla—standing in the snowy mountains—needed a scarf and mittens, man said “Godzilla is not the baby.”

He is wrong. Will alert Chief of Mission if tensions increase.

Yours in Science2,

The Godzilla Field Office

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