Great reflections Annick. Since doing the 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐬 course I’ve found myself in a much better position to understand the different responses to the US election, and related issues.
So much seems to be coming to the surface to be recognised, including different worldviews. I’ve heard many lament they were blindsided by the election result, while others were happy and confident of the outcome.
These different groups appear to live in very different worlds. They consume different media with different meta-narratives. They seem to focus on different key issues, different values, and have little understanding of ‘𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’. Many on both ‘sides’ remain convinced that ‘the opposition’ will soon realise they were wrong. Emotions run high.
This is where your work in helping people have difficult conversations across worldviews has so much to offer. If we can recognise and respect the value, and partial ‘truth’, of all worldviews perhaps we may be in a better place to co-create preferred futures.
Thanks Roger! I resonate a lot with what you say here, and I'm actually working on a piece to analyse this monumental election from a worldview-perspective. Perhaps, as you;'re saying, the time is right for these things to come to the surface!
The enchanting power of the narcissist. Amazing so many get taken in by it. 'Surely they wouldn't...'. we all thought. I had a thought on my walk this morning that the teaching from this decade of democracy can be summed up as 'Just because you feel bad, doesn't mean you get to make shit decisions.'
Thanks Simon, yes. Or should we rephrase that teaching as: 'when people feel bad, they make shit decisions, so we need to make sure that people are supported to thrive'?
Although the approach doesn't appear to work politically. Seems like people hate hearing they're being supported. They want the embodiment of power and assertion or so it seems.
Well, yes, I think in the current scheme of options 'the embodiment of power and assertion' (and actually an authoritarian leadership style) is what a lot of people choose. If politics were different though, and people had really felt that the other option is supporting them (not just saying so), results might have been different. I'm working on another piece to unpack further, and analyse the election from a worldview-perspective.
Great reflections Annick. Since doing the 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐬 course I’ve found myself in a much better position to understand the different responses to the US election, and related issues.
So much seems to be coming to the surface to be recognised, including different worldviews. I’ve heard many lament they were blindsided by the election result, while others were happy and confident of the outcome.
These different groups appear to live in very different worlds. They consume different media with different meta-narratives. They seem to focus on different key issues, different values, and have little understanding of ‘𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’. Many on both ‘sides’ remain convinced that ‘the opposition’ will soon realise they were wrong. Emotions run high.
This is where your work in helping people have difficult conversations across worldviews has so much to offer. If we can recognise and respect the value, and partial ‘truth’, of all worldviews perhaps we may be in a better place to co-create preferred futures.
Thanks Roger! I resonate a lot with what you say here, and I'm actually working on a piece to analyse this monumental election from a worldview-perspective. Perhaps, as you;'re saying, the time is right for these things to come to the surface!
The enchanting power of the narcissist. Amazing so many get taken in by it. 'Surely they wouldn't...'. we all thought. I had a thought on my walk this morning that the teaching from this decade of democracy can be summed up as 'Just because you feel bad, doesn't mean you get to make shit decisions.'
Thanks Simon, yes. Or should we rephrase that teaching as: 'when people feel bad, they make shit decisions, so we need to make sure that people are supported to thrive'?
So much better!
Although the approach doesn't appear to work politically. Seems like people hate hearing they're being supported. They want the embodiment of power and assertion or so it seems.
Well, yes, I think in the current scheme of options 'the embodiment of power and assertion' (and actually an authoritarian leadership style) is what a lot of people choose. If politics were different though, and people had really felt that the other option is supporting them (not just saying so), results might have been different. I'm working on another piece to unpack further, and analyse the election from a worldview-perspective.