Dear Oksana, thanks for your feedback and glad that expression resonated with you. I like it did because when playing with words for certain parts of the post, that one in particular was one I wanted to try to create the strongest image possible as to why this matters and what are the implications… is there any other thought or idea that the post triggered? I’m interested in better understanding how do you think this post, if used with a team, can be used to continue raising the bar of people’s thinking for higher impact in decision making?
I agree with Oksana and I also think teaching team members to recognize cognitive dissonance and how to overcome or become comfortable with it will help when new processes are implemented and where there's usually lots of push back from the teams. How many times we heard: why is the change needed? Or: things are working just fine, why do we need to change? Great leadership brings innovation no doubt but how well the team embraces it is key for success.
Sebastian, I think it all boils down to what you described as the flexibility of mind to balance tradition and innovation. I find this point to be of a paramount importance to develop within a team. I feel that the minds of many team leaders are biased towards what is known and what has worked well, but as the times and conditions change rapidly, we should stay open to non conventional thinking no matter how uncomfortable and counterintuitive it feels at the first sight. Your point that we should welcome and examine opposing views and not resist/fight them on the urge of first reaction is also very critical and resonated with my thinking.
thank you for the extra insight! I wanted to write about this because exactly like you say, it resonates well with my thinking process where I sometime find myself balancing well between two opposing views to be honest, waiting for the right time to make a decision or have a final opinion, not feeling conflicted at all, but depending of context what I am asked to do is to have a position right away. Of course this is also needed many times, but there is something about the balancing of opposing views and tightrope walking that feels natural at times and need to learn to find my own balance as well, to make it a strength, not a liability.
Thank you for sharing such a detailed perspective on this topic, Sebastian! I really liked how you compared embracing the duality with holding a torch in the darkness of human cognition. It says a lot! Very thought provoking!
True! I'm curious why is important for you when you write Leadership reflections and how you choose the music you listen to for a particular piece of writing?
thanks for the question… it’s a good one and honestly not with an easy answer… there’s a lot of different type of music that I like and inspires me, so I listen randomly and depending on something that I liked more that day or inspired me I chose the one to share
Thank you Sebastian for writing about such an important topic. Being confortable with the uncomfortable is a state of mind and skill we all need to develop in order to better navigate life and business. Embracing all that AI brought in such a short time is a very good example of where we can develop this skils and open our minds to conflicting ideas and beliefs.
Dear Oksana, thanks for your feedback and glad that expression resonated with you. I like it did because when playing with words for certain parts of the post, that one in particular was one I wanted to try to create the strongest image possible as to why this matters and what are the implications… is there any other thought or idea that the post triggered? I’m interested in better understanding how do you think this post, if used with a team, can be used to continue raising the bar of people’s thinking for higher impact in decision making?
I agree with Oksana and I also think teaching team members to recognize cognitive dissonance and how to overcome or become comfortable with it will help when new processes are implemented and where there's usually lots of push back from the teams. How many times we heard: why is the change needed? Or: things are working just fine, why do we need to change? Great leadership brings innovation no doubt but how well the team embraces it is key for success.
Sebastian, I think it all boils down to what you described as the flexibility of mind to balance tradition and innovation. I find this point to be of a paramount importance to develop within a team. I feel that the minds of many team leaders are biased towards what is known and what has worked well, but as the times and conditions change rapidly, we should stay open to non conventional thinking no matter how uncomfortable and counterintuitive it feels at the first sight. Your point that we should welcome and examine opposing views and not resist/fight them on the urge of first reaction is also very critical and resonated with my thinking.
thank you for the extra insight! I wanted to write about this because exactly like you say, it resonates well with my thinking process where I sometime find myself balancing well between two opposing views to be honest, waiting for the right time to make a decision or have a final opinion, not feeling conflicted at all, but depending of context what I am asked to do is to have a position right away. Of course this is also needed many times, but there is something about the balancing of opposing views and tightrope walking that feels natural at times and need to learn to find my own balance as well, to make it a strength, not a liability.
Thank you for sharing such a detailed perspective on this topic, Sebastian! I really liked how you compared embracing the duality with holding a torch in the darkness of human cognition. It says a lot! Very thought provoking!
Also... beautiful music!
Thank you!! Music is important
True! I'm curious why is important for you when you write Leadership reflections and how you choose the music you listen to for a particular piece of writing?
thanks for the question… it’s a good one and honestly not with an easy answer… there’s a lot of different type of music that I like and inspires me, so I listen randomly and depending on something that I liked more that day or inspired me I chose the one to share
Thank you Sebastian for writing about such an important topic. Being confortable with the uncomfortable is a state of mind and skill we all need to develop in order to better navigate life and business. Embracing all that AI brought in such a short time is a very good example of where we can develop this skils and open our minds to conflicting ideas and beliefs.