A sense of urgency and how much effort here - Global Sensemaking2024-03-28T22:51:35Zhttp://globalsensemaking.net/forum/topics/2052744:Topic:3004?commentId=2052744%3AComment%3A3084&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe problem is clearly heartb…tag:globalsensemaking.net,2008-05-27:2052744:Comment:30842008-05-27T12:53:20.000ZMark Kleinhttp://globalsensemaking.net/profile/MarkKlein
The problem is clearly heartbreakingly urgent - I hear lots of people talking about how the next ten years or so are critical ones - but it's hard to know what a small group can do to save a huge world. The metaphor I've used to reassure myself about the possibility of change is that of crystallization in a super-saturated solution. When the world at large comes to realize the urgency of change (analogous to the solution becoming more and more saturated) there comes a point when even a tiny…
The problem is clearly heartbreakingly urgent - I hear lots of people talking about how the next ten years or so are critical ones - but it's hard to know what a small group can do to save a huge world. The metaphor I've used to reassure myself about the possibility of change is that of crystallization in a super-saturated solution. When the world at large comes to realize the urgency of change (analogous to the solution becoming more and more saturated) there comes a point when even a tiny crystalline seed (like ourselves) can trigger a massive self-propagating global change. But the trick is having the right kind of seed: many worthy innovations fail because they weren't quite right for the times. So that suggests that we should create a context, in our group, where many diverse real-life sensemaking experiments can flourish with the same kind of fecundity that nature creates in its own experimentation with species. If we hit upon the right idea, people will crystallize around it. I think one of the most diffi…tag:globalsensemaking.net,2008-05-27:2052744:Comment:30662008-05-27T03:01:14.000ZAndy Streichhttp://globalsensemaking.net/profile/AndyS
I think one of the most difficult things a global sensemaker can do is to recognize/acknowledge the depth and breadth of global wicked problems <b>and still act to mitigate them</b>. So, yes, I share your sense of urgency as well as what I think is your sense that this group has a vast potential to amplify the effort of people and organizations working toward solutions to the most important problems facing us today.
I think one of the most difficult things a global sensemaker can do is to recognize/acknowledge the depth and breadth of global wicked problems <b>and still act to mitigate them</b>. So, yes, I share your sense of urgency as well as what I think is your sense that this group has a vast potential to amplify the effort of people and organizations working toward solutions to the most important problems facing us today. George, I share this sense of…tag:globalsensemaking.net,2008-05-26:2052744:Comment:30132008-05-26T18:29:57.000ZMark Szpakowskihttp://globalsensemaking.net/profile/MarkSzpakowski
George, I share this sense of urgency. I made some comments which try to suggest the way I see so far to bring this urgency together with effective relationships and action (cf Global Sensemaking U).
George, I share this sense of urgency. I made some comments which try to suggest the way I see so far to bring this urgency together with effective relationships and action (cf Global Sensemaking U).