The essence of
fundamental
change
Stop focusing on the parts,
start seeing the whole
Suppose you have a headache, regularly
Looking from the outside, it’s a problem
waiting to be solved
Suppose you are getting wrinkled
Problem solved ?
Suppose oil is running out
Problem solved ?
“Problemsolving often functions
as a way of maintaining the
status quo rather than
enabling fundamental change”
Why
Problem solving is reactive
“We are downloading
habitual ways of thinking”
“Simply labeling a situation
as a “problem” allows us
to distance ourselves
from it and blocks
observing whatever arises
as it actually is”
David Bohm
“Normally our thoughts have us,
rather than we having them”
Fundamental change occurs when we
learn to see from the whole
Seeing from the
whole does not
happen as a result
of ‘trying’.
It comes out of
‘suspending’
our voice of
judgment
“If we can simply allow ourselves to sit with
all the seemingly unrelated bits and
pieces of information we see,
fresh ways to understand a situation
can eventually emerge”
The less
you pack,
the more
awaits you
“When we truly suspend
taken-for-granted ways
of seeing the world,
what we start to see can be
disorienting and disturbing”
“Embarking and continuing
this journey requires
the willingness to accept
many such moments
of “profound disorientation”
Break down the walls
between self and world
Sense what is happening from
within a situation,
rather than from outside
Minds are like parachutes
They only function when open
THE END
Acknowledgement
This presentation is the
personal view of Marina
Noordegraaf of the essence
of "Presence: An
exploration of profound
change in people,
organizations and society",
Peter Senge, Otto
Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski
en Betty Sue Flowers
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