Large-Scale Transformation and the Bias for Action | #49

Change-harvesting takes the stance that our most reliable strategy for change is a highly iterative process of act-look-think, in roughly equal proportions, repeated in small local cycles. We oppose that approach to look-think-act, emphasis on think, in large global cycles.  This opposition is, of course, not a philosophical light-switch, an all-or-none thing. If you abstract away the locality factor, a series of five a-t-l's looks like an a followed by a series of four t-l-a's, followed by a final t-l. :)  So the difference between these issues has to do with the locality and its implications and the relative proportions of the thinking, looking, and acting. The change-harvester wants maximum locality, and wants equal effort applied to the thinking, the looking, and the acting.  When we contrast the two approaches, the change-harvester and the more standard trade approach, we use one as the base and one as the difference, and this leads us to the language saying "bias for action".  Episode 49 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today! --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org.