Train the ability to make it work by strengthening relationships between the parts so they connect better as a whole.
The whole is not the sum
of its parts. It's the
relationship
between them.
Insight comes from the relationship of the whole, not from a reduction to the parts.
The ability to anticipate comes from reading the relationships between the parts of the whole, not from computing the function of individual parts.
The generation shaped by the world war developed the relational skills needed to establish standards for rebuilding. Later generations used technology to extend those inherited skills, reducing the world into increasingly smaller parts. Today, we can no longer rely solely on relational skills that establish standards for comfort and safety. We also need different relational skills to connect those parts and work together more effectively as a whole.
Two factors make it difficult to see the whole picture:
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Cognitive offloading: We rely on technology to organise our lives, which directs our attention toward individual parts.
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Reductionism: Breaking a big problem into tiny pieces can feel like an easier, safer way to please others. We follow assigned roles and repeat familiar habits. We do what others do because, if we are wrong, at least we are wrong together. But when we reduce each other to individual parts, we can’t give one another access to the relational whole. We all end up living empty reductionist lives.
Opportunities to train the ability to MAKE IT WORK by strengthening relationships between the parts
All-ability adults. Mixed.Sun 13 SeptWatford- Older adults and adult beginners. Mixed.Wed 16 SeptLoreto College, St Albans
Late paymentThu 31 DecAL3 5LH
All-ability adults. Mixed.Date and time is TBDLocation is TBD
Create highlight reels that go beyond the numbers.Date and time is TBDLocation is TBD
I hope you are well.
My corporate career began with adapting face-to-face practices used to build high-performing teams for high-performance online communities. When these skills made me the best person to support our children, I moved into home education.
When our children didn’t fit into an increasingly standardized education system, our one clear resolve was to resist what everyone was urging us to do. We didn’t yet know the alternative, but we refused to respond to our children's struggles by doubling down on drilling the parts our children were being told they needed to master. In time, that refusal led me to help our children—and many others—practice the skills of relating as a whole.
Today, Josh, Arran, and Jon, supported by Debbie, offer LifeSkills21.club: a place to train the relational skills of the whole.
Always happy to chat
St Albans, UK
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