It took a long time to figure out I thought differently. After finding no meaning in words like ‘foster’ or ‘enhance’ I find it disturbing to see both words in active use by mainstream thinking AI. It was with great relief that I came across the work of Paul McCarthy and his book The F.I.R.E.D. Leader.
Disruption can happen when a pandemic generates lockdowns, when technology replaces a business model, or when innovative thinking replaces predictable paradigms such as AirBNB or car-sharing. The ripple effect runs often without notice. Food prices rise in response to decreasing harvests of fish while oceans increase in temperature.
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There is an imperative to up-level trust and confidence in personal and collective ability to adapt, to handle disruption with confidence.
James Doty in his most recent book Mind Magic states “The reality, though, is that our feelings of disempowerment are often an illusion. If we examine each moment in which we appear to involuntarily give away our power, what is happening is the reactivation of an old habit.”
We are conditioned to act powerless.
Perhaps the lean to the right in the world’s political stage is an indication of that conditioning. Yet there are people among us who think differently, and who offer a shift in perspective, an opening so that doing things differently can provide a boost to the evolution of human consciousness at warp speed.
It takes a few key ingredients. Open-mindedness replaces fixed thinking, curiosity replaces fear, and recognition that growth personally or in business starts with being uncomfortable, then as we rewire, it all makes sense.
I mention this in the outro of the episode.
We can do it. We’re wired to adapt and evolve quickly when inspired or motivated.
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Why the world needs disruptive leaders