Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Suspending Judgment

In last week’s class on Kegan and Lacey’s Immunity to Change, I noticed a thread through the comments during the multi-column exercise.  People were reluctant to share what they would like to change about themselves.  And even more reluctant to reveal the underlying motivations that were working against a change they really wanted.  I have a deeper respect for Adam for his willingness to be essentially defenseless with us for a few minutes.

Scharmer talks about the resistance to change and how we need to quiet three inner voices: the voice of judgment that keeps us from seeing things as they are; the voice of cynicism that makes us protect our emotions from others; and the voice of voice of fear that tells us to dread giving up our familiar sense of ourselves. 

Ah, but how to do that, especially in the heat of the moment?  Allyn Bradford suggests some practical ways to still these voices here.

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