I can't believe Brussels sprouts came up again :-D (inside joke).
I grew up with a deep appreciation for history thanks to my mother the history professor. History and introspection are partners in the same human instinct: the desire to understand ourselves through time. History records what happened; introspection asks what it meant. When the two meet, experience becomes wisdom rather than just memory.
Mom taught me to recognize that without history we forget; without introspection we fail to learn. I guess that puts me squarely in the thumb-sucker camp and I am ok with that.
Cool article and nicely rendered artifact! I won't assume the intention here, but I am concerned that what is in essence observational could be construed by some (sociopath?) to be a prescription. Of course, the thesis, while having an attractive structure, also requires a disciplined study to back it up, especially from a counterexample perspective.
Honestly, I'm not sure what to make of this exercise just yet!
It did call to mind Harrison Assessments, specifically their leadership development assessment, which Lee Klepinger administered for me a decade ago.
The assessment is based on "Paradox Theory," which holds that a trait can be either constructive or destructive depending on complementary traits.
Quoting from my 2015 report, "For example, when frankness is complemented by diplomacy, it takes the constructive form of being forthright and truthful. However, without the complementary trait of diplomacy, frankness becomes bluntness. While frankness and diplomacy appear to be contradictory, they paradoxically coexist, complementing and fulfilling each other."
The Harrison model focuses on 12 paradoxes, looking at behaviors not personality traits or virtues.
But there may be a corollary 2x2 where compassion and ruthlessness coexist as a positive within a leader. (Maybe?)
I can't believe Brussels sprouts came up again :-D (inside joke).
I grew up with a deep appreciation for history thanks to my mother the history professor. History and introspection are partners in the same human instinct: the desire to understand ourselves through time. History records what happened; introspection asks what it meant. When the two meet, experience becomes wisdom rather than just memory.
Mom taught me to recognize that without history we forget; without introspection we fail to learn. I guess that puts me squarely in the thumb-sucker camp and I am ok with that.
Cool article and nicely rendered artifact! I won't assume the intention here, but I am concerned that what is in essence observational could be construed by some (sociopath?) to be a prescription. Of course, the thesis, while having an attractive structure, also requires a disciplined study to back it up, especially from a counterexample perspective.
Honestly, I'm not sure what to make of this exercise just yet!
It did call to mind Harrison Assessments, specifically their leadership development assessment, which Lee Klepinger administered for me a decade ago.
The assessment is based on "Paradox Theory," which holds that a trait can be either constructive or destructive depending on complementary traits.
Quoting from my 2015 report, "For example, when frankness is complemented by diplomacy, it takes the constructive form of being forthright and truthful. However, without the complementary trait of diplomacy, frankness becomes bluntness. While frankness and diplomacy appear to be contradictory, they paradoxically coexist, complementing and fulfilling each other."
The Harrison model focuses on 12 paradoxes, looking at behaviors not personality traits or virtues.
But there may be a corollary 2x2 where compassion and ruthlessness coexist as a positive within a leader. (Maybe?)
Anyway...
It's a consultant-speak ode to sociopaths. But at least now I know that I am an introspective, guilt ridden, thumb sucker prone to boondoggles.
Nah, not even that. I already knew.
lol. You outdid yourself with your new AI friend. Could be a bestseller 'leadership' book with expensive workshops.
I'll have you write the foreword.
here to say the same thing