Contrary to wide belief, I do not think that a leader's primary job is to create a vision, goals and direction. The primary job of leadership...is to enhance the individual and systemic capacity to see, to deeply attend to the reality that people face and enact.
Scharmer says that moving from downloading to seeing is simple, but not many of us desire the simplicity of burning our houses down. It is common to expect leaders to have answers, but perhaps there is more leading to be done with questions. What is the most important goal of our committee, organization, society? What is the personal story that brings you to the group at this time? What can I learn from you?
I am reminded that human vision actually "sees" images upside down and our brains then invert the image. Sometimes the best question is the one that turns everything upside down.
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