A Rising Tide!

“When the water level rises, all that is floating rises too!”

I have been going through my posts over the last few months.

There has a been a question on my mind “Is there a pattern to what I am writing about?”. I realize that there are patterns.

I am writing frequently about:

• human behaviour and the assumptions, beliefs, values, and feelings that underlie it.
• how we influence and are influenced by the institutions, structures, and processes that we co-exist with both at and outside work

But is that all? Does it just end with understanding?

It also strikes me that I have been writing with a view to finding alternative courses of action that result in both we, human beings, living a life of fulfillment and institutions excelling in their results.

We don’t exist in a vacuum. Our institutions, structures, and processes would remain. We can live a life without them or we can live a life enmeshed with them – a space where each impacts and shapes the other in search of fulfillment/excellence/perfection.

I have a visual!

Visualize you are standing at the edge of a stream. Look at its surroundings. Hear the noise of the flowing water. Observe the colour of the water, and the speed at which the water is flowing. Look at the boats on the river – whose on them, what are they doing? Observe the stream as it meanders through its surroundings.

Now visualize that suddenly there seems to be more water flowing in. The river is slowly breaking its banks. You are walking back; else you would be swept away. The water is flowing much faster now. The water level is rising fast. But hold on – you still see the boats on the river. Because of the growing expanse of the river, the boats now have more space to meander around in.

If the water level were to be our sense of fulfillment/excellence/perfection in our lives, I am trying to search for solutions that raise the level of water in the river continuously.

Who benefits? All the “boats” in our social milieu benefit – you, me, our friends, institutions, processes, and structures, all move towards perfection, fulfillment, and achievement.

So I would focus this space towards this end.

But then would the name “Talk the Walk” be descriptive enough?

Writing inspires reflection!

Reflection inspires ideas!

What would we call a space where we explore ideas? “The Thought Laboratory” appeals to me!

So here goes a small but significant change in my blog – “Talk the Walk” has retreated while “The Thought Laboratory” has emerged.

-

Sourav