The leaders of this gathering asked if I would focus on you

1. The leaders of this gathering asked if I would focus on you

2. classic approach • What is already known • What will this add • Is this relevant

3. Moments with the ancients

4. Reference / Contruct • B. Lipton • Nancy Tappe • K.Weick • Frecke& Gandy • Other brilliant people like “you”

5. It is appropriate and intellectually ethical to give credit where it is due. Because I have been influenced by others (you) throughout my life and don’t remember their (your) exact words but may have used their (your) constructs; so if these words, thoughts, or constructs are yours and I did not reference you specifically, I now give you credit. Thank you.

6. so who are the ancients? a 2000 p 2000

7. Evolution is the progression of accumulated awareness. (Lipton) • Carry the history of it, not the experience of it (Nancy Tappe)

8. What is already known about us?

9. We work in an ocean. The ocean is alive, changing, and dangerous with different depths and hidden dangers. Holbrook, 2011. Washington DC 4th International HRO Conference

10. WE AREINDEPENDENT AND YETINTERDEPENDENT

11. We are complexly coupled

12. Medicine is one of the leading causes of death in United States. (NIH, PSMF) • Interesting when we have the best physicians, nurses, paramedics, technicians, practitioners, and institutions at all levels. • It is my belief that we need to explore and realize a new way of thinking.

13. We realize “a diverse group offers more accuracy than a homogeneous group of specialists”. (Lipton) • Knowledge resides between people. (Slagmolen) • Sometimes the authority is not the expert.

14. The “boots” learn and do at the same time, while dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity.

15. The galaxy called youto help others. • Thank you for answering the alarm.

16. Some of our calls areSTUPID • Seeking • To • Understand • People • In • Distress • (Holbrook & Nicholson, 2011)

17. Maybe you’re the one who has to love, because no one else did / does (Tappe, Nancy)

18. We keep growing From single entities we assembled into groups and identified and developed specialized functions and skill. We are a multifunctional community for the external world. We do unstable!

19. We need to empower others.

20. no isolation • no authority gradient • shared experience • time to connect • learned, not taught • degree of control • v span of control How do we get there Holbrook, van Stralen, 2011. The Hague, Netherlands

21. “There is no absolute conceptual knowledge. Nothing is certain. If we acknowledge this, we can play with ideas, not fight about them” (Freke & Gandy) • There is no truth, only perception. (Tappe)

22. “It is time to face up to the fact that nobody can be right about everything” (Freke, T. & Gandy) • If two people think alike, one of them is unnecessary. Abraham Lincoln • We can be effective as a community of learners. “The universe has no judgment because it has no separates” (Tappe)

23. together Team by shared objective Team by hierarchy is artificial Structure Facilitates information flow van Stralen, Holbrook, 2011 The Hague, Netherlands

24. Recognize primal responses • The 3 F’s • Anger – fight • Frustration – fight • Avoidance – flight • Doubt – flight • Blame – flight • Confusion – freeze • Inaction – freeze • Choke - freeze Holbrook, van Stralen, 2011. The Hague, Netherlands

25. Learning and threat are directly opposing principles. • Growth and protection cannot happen at the same time. We either grow or protect. • The paradox. Teach in the positive.

26. We find balance and harmony Dopamine Serotonins Oxytocin Enkephalins / endorphines Cortisol • Teach and lead in the positive. Holbrook, 2011. The Hague, Netherlands

27. What if we dismissed all old grievances in a ceremony and declared ourselves healed? (Lipton)

28. I think the next step is • to realize a process where no one is in charge, yet everyone is responsible. . . . . . . for each other, the team, the system. We are empowerment.

29. Together we have Leopold, Lynda. 2012