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The New Frontier Of Intelligence
By definition
INTELLIGENCEis the ability to learn or understand things or
to deal with new or difficult situations.
The New Frontier Of Intelligence
The drastic changes that have occurred in our
world, and consequently in the way of doing business, produced
unprecedented challenges that require totally new
approaches.
The New Frontier Of Intelligence
Hence, the need for the capacity to deal with
these challenges effectively has led to the development of a
new form of intelligence, called
Understanding How Nature Works
Until not too long ago, the world was divided into political and
economical blocks.Business was mostly “local”, and the old mechanistic way of thinking was
absolutely suitable for that.
Then, the fall of the Soviet empire, the globalization, and especially
Internet, swept out all the blocks, and the world as we knew it before
simply vanished!
Understanding How Nature Works
By simple extrapolation, it doesn’t take much to understand that our planet is on its way to become a
giant village!
However, there is no way that we can keep using the old way of thinking in this new setting.
It requires a massive paradigm shift, for which we have absolutely no
references, but ONE…
Understanding How Nature Works
NATURE
A very intricate and interactive system of forces we can’t control, but whichwe must become acquainted with and learn to manage dynamically.
Understanding How Nature Works
The word
“NATURE”in this context has nothing to do with the flora and the fauna
out there.Rather, it refers to the actual structure of the reality in which
we operate, which responds to each and every one of ouractions.
Understanding How Nature Works
Conversely, if our actions breach the laws of Nature, then the
systems will strike back in ways we can’t predict…
… and we’re not going to get away with
“It’s not fair, I didn’t now!”
If our actions abide by the laws of Nature (also called systemic
laws), then the systems respond favorably, and it will become
much easier for us to pursue the success we are working so hard
to achieve.
Understanding How Nature Works
This is not a moralistic approach to business in any which way.It has nothing to do with being a good, caring or honest person.
The systemic laws have been governing our world ever sinceits birth. They haven’t changed since, and they are not likely to
change any time soon!
Thinking “according to Nature” implies having to make a dramaticparadigm shift, and this requires us to develop a
SYSTEMIC INTELLIGENCE.
The Formidable Trio
The heart ofSystems Dynamics(how Nature operates)
is the so-called
“Formidable Trio”,which consists in a strong and unbreachable bond between the three basic elements of
reality.
The Formidable Trio
The awesome strength of this system is in that whatever happens to one of these elements will inevitably reflect on the other two.
As an example, a poor Self-Esteem will generate a Scarcity mentality, and it will make it easier for us to breach the
Metaprinciples, thus weakening our Self-Esteem even more, in a never-ending vicious circle that will produce crises and conflicts.
But the opposite is also true. Working on our Self-Esteem will strengthen our Abundance mindset, and it will induce us to abide
by the Metaprinciples, getting systems to start working for us instead of against us, as in the previous instance.
The Formidable Trio
SELF-ESTEEMFrom a psychological perspective,
Self-Esteem is a mental and emotional condition where the
individual “feels good” with and about himself.
From a systemic point of view, Self-Esteem is about an individual
developing a strong sense of worth resulting from a healthy interaction with the other two
elements of the Trio.
The Formidable Trio
ABUNDANCEIt is not an economical condition at all, but a mental state that
allows to see reality for what it is: opulent and munificent; full of
opportunities and beauty.A Scarcity mindset (opposite to Abundance), is both the conse-quence and origin of poor Self-Esteem, which will in turn move us to breach the Metaprinciples, thus generating more Scarcity.
The Formidable Trio
METAPRINCIPLESThese are the actual basic laws of Nature (or systemic laws),
from which all the otherprinciples derive.
There are 7 Metaprinciples: Life, Transparence, Openness, Growth, Balance, Dynamism, and Comple-
ment.Poor Self-Esteem and lack of
Abundance will favor the brea-ching of these laws.
The Skills Of Systemic Intelligence
All types of intelligence manifest through a set of skills which, if and when properly used, strengthen in turn the intelligence that
generated them.
SYSTEMIC INTELLIGENCEis no exception.
The Skills Of Systemic Intelligence
There are (again) 7 basic skills that ensue from Systemic
Intelligence.
As we almost exclusively use our “standard”, mechanistic,
Technical Intelligence, it’s hard, at first, to see these
as skills, but they’ll start making more sense as you get
deeper into this.
The Skills Of Systemic Intelligence
RELATIONSHIPSWe are accustomed to think about Relationships as something that pertains to our emotional domain.This is true, but there’s also a lot
more to it. People are systems, as anything else in Nature, and they
respond to systemic laws.Learning to deal with relationships systemically adds a lot more to our
relational potential.
The Skills Of Systemic Intelligence
CONTROLWe are accustomed to think
about Relationships as something that pertains to our
emotional domain.This is true, but there’s also a lot more to it. People are systems, as anything else in Nature, and they respond to systemic laws.
Dealing with relationships syste-mically adds a lot more to our
relational skills.
CONTROLAnything we think about and do is ultimately directed to getting more
Control.This is indeed an absolute necessity,
because we can’t get anywhere without control.
The problem is that we try to achieve control “mechanistically”, which is a non-systemic way to lead our life and business. But there’s another way…
The Skills Of Systemic Intelligence
LEADERSHIPMost of what is said and written about
leadership refers to the development of emotional skills.
That is obviously essential in a leader, but hardly enough in today’s world, which is becoming more and more
“systemic”.Today’s leader must develop
Systemic Intelligence in order to not only manage events, but predict
them.
The Skills Of Systemic Intelligence
SELF-ESTEEMSelf-Esteem is one of the elements of the “Formidable Trio”, but it is also a skill which consists of increasing our
sense of worth.Systemic Intelligence is based on our capacity to understand, see and ma-nage the dynamics at play between the outer systems and the inner
systems within each one of us, and Self-Esteem plays a huge role in this.
The Skills Of Systemic Intelligence
ABUNDANCEAbundance is a mental state that
ensues from the way we look at rea-lity, and learning to look at reality in a way where everything that happens has a purpose and it’s for our best interest is an outstanding achieve-ment that enables us to unleash our
full potential.It’s not about what’s being taken from
us, but what’s being given to us
The Skills Of Systemic Intelligence
FREEDOMAgain, most of us see Freedom as a social condition, but from a systemic perspective it is a skill based on our capacity to make choices that are not subject to our emotional and
mental conditioning, thus enabling us to see and relate to reality much
more confidently and to live a more fulfilling life, while becoming far more
effective at work.
The Skills Of Systemic Intelligence
DIRECTIONDirection is the worthy closure of
this set of systemic skills, as it provides the compass that today’s entrepreneur needs in order to play
confidently in this new reality.This skill enables to step back and look at the single problem from a
wider angle, realizing that it is simply the effect of a distortion at the
systemic level.
Getting to know Systemic Intelligence better
I’ve been involved in the study and the development of Systemic Intelligence for the past 20 years, and this work now
enables me to help entrepreneurs become more effective and productive
with their business.This new “discipline” allows anybody to step up in their personal evolution and
to work out way more powerful and incisive strategies to improve the qua-
lity of their life and work.
Getting to know Systemic Intelligence better
SYSTEMIC INTELLIGENCE
is a topic that’s being taught in a specific training program.
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Also, the Coaching I offer for the Self-Employed and Small Business Owners is based on S.I.
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