hold your own view as just one in a collection of views. This requires an ability to hold multiple perspectives at once, a state of partial knowing that the poet John Keats called “negative capability”—in one author’s definition, “the innocence from agendas that enables one to become like what one observes rather than impose the self upon it, the p... See more
Graham Duncan Blog • What's Going on Here, With This Human? - Graham Duncan Blog
believe the best managers acknowledge and make room for what they do not know—not just because humility is a virtue but because until one adopts that mindset, the most striking breakthroughs cannot occur.
Josh Seiden • Sense and Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously
The path to better decision-making begins by questioning one’s own beliefs, biases, and assumptions. It’s something people rarely do—and it’s certainly not easy to do. (There are some biases that are likely to remain invisible to us no matter how hard we search for them.) It may be more difficult than ever in these “echo chamber” times.
Warren Berger • The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead
A common theme in many wisdom traditions encourages us to see things from many viewpoints and avoid the illusions that come from looking only through our own eyes. Buddhist practice can take this to extremes, adopting the perspectives not only of other people but also of animals, plants or physical objects, breaking down the distinction between us
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