Hello
Have you ever considered how the ‘always on’, swipe left, swipe right, twenty four seven society that we find ourselves in, may be reducing (potentially quite radically) our ability to think not only rationally, but also in a subtle and nuanced way?
I do suspect that we need to continually remind ourselves that emotional thinking and the need, or at least perceived need, to react immediately to things do not always good bedfellows make. Note for example the ‘Twitter storms’ that flare-up, but which may well not be quite so vicious if people had the chance to sit down and calmly discuss things.
And let’s not mistake the frenzied and febrile atmosphere of a television studio, complete with hectoring interviewers, with only a handful of minutes being allocated to having a discussion, as being remotely conducive to enabling sensible and nuanced debate. ‘And just before the break, I’d like to welcome onto tonight’s show Professor Heisenberg who is certain that he did not accidentally kill the cat of a very irate Professor Schrodinger’.
The leader in particular must take a much more balanced and nuanced approach to decision making, and in how they view others. If a leader becomes too isolated they can fall foul of what is called ‘Confirmation Bias’ and I have seen this particular trap cause all sorts of problems for the leader and for those who report to that leader.
To learn more about this leadership trap, join me on my December retreat to the foothills of Tibet, where we will build igloos from discarded plastic bottles and grow taller as we guzzle growth hormone infused milk from a McDonald’s Yak.
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Best wishes
Mike