There’s little predictable about our world right now. Conflict. Political uncertainty. Shaky business confidence. You’ll have your own examples.
Predictable, stable looks like an ever more distant continent. I confess I am comfortable with predictable (it’s probably the same for you).
And yet, volatile is attractive too. Great leaps forward come from volatility. The discovery of fire. The Renaissance. The agricultural, industrial, information ages.
Are we then, in the middle of this volatile period, on the verge of another great leap forward? I hope and believe so…to a kinder, more prosperous, better world for all.
As leaders, in any institution, we can start ushering the shift. That means letting go the need for control of everything. Connecting with heart and intuition to sense what’s needed in each moment and situation. Raising our consciousness to a greater good. Guided by a moral compass that discerns the right rather than expedient move.
I get this is easier said than done. The nostalgia impulse (for calmer times) is strong for many.
We can stick our fingers in our ears and hunker down. Decide we are ‘victims’ of circumstance. Or we can choose to step courageously into the flow. To embrace and work with what comes.
A great leap forward to a better world might sound like blind optimism. We won’t know until we try.