Some Ideas Moving Us Toward Thinking Collectively
I read Seth Godin's blog everyday, mostly because he famously writes a blog post everyday. It's part of his "brand." If you're like I was and have never heard of Seth Godin, he's a marketing phenom and productivity mensch--entrepreneur, author, leadership trainer, and general business and culture guru.
Everyday on his blog is not a win for me. Some things resonate more than others but his post the other day on resilience really hit the nail on the head in a couple ways. I found all of his ideas completely appropriate for and relevant to collective impact.
This was the entirety of his post:
Everything here is what EC2C really hopes for in the long run.
The few that really stood out for me in terms of being a "north star" for where we want to go are:
I couldn't help but share just because it's given me days' worth of food for thought in what can really happen if we start challenging ourselves to work differently in every moment.
-kp
Everyday on his blog is not a win for me. Some things resonate more than others but his post the other day on resilience really hit the nail on the head in a couple ways. I found all of his ideas completely appropriate for and relevant to collective impact.
This was the entirety of his post:
Toward resilience
Apart <—> Connected
Hierarchy <—> Lattice
Them <—> Us
Winning <—> Interacting
Brittle <—> Flexible
Just in time <—> Slack
Excluded <—> Included
Willful <—> Perceptive
Fearful <—> Honest
Static <—> Bandwidth
Facts <—> Stories
Barriers <—> Bridges
Final <—> First
Shadows <—> Light
Consumption <—> Sustainability
Retribution <—> Justice
Once <—> Again
Resilient systems are far more effective and efficient. It’s easier to paddle a canoe on a calm lake, and the interactions and stability that come from predictable systems more than pay for the extraordinary effort needed to build and maintain them.
Everything here is what EC2C really hopes for in the long run.
The few that really stood out for me in terms of being a "north star" for where we want to go are:
- Moving from the mindset of winning to the mindset of interacting
- Moving from brittleness (in ideas, policies, goals, etc) to flexibility
- Moving from fearful to honest in how we go about about daily lives, organizationally and personally.
- Moving from the idea of "facts" to stories as evidence enough of both our challenges and our progress.
His final conclusion was important enough that I feel the need to restate it:
RESILIENT SYSTEMS ARE FAR MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.
I couldn't help but share just because it's given me days' worth of food for thought in what can really happen if we start challenging ourselves to work differently in every moment.
-kp
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