We're entering an era that will continue to ask as ever-increasingly complex questions about how to help humans learn, adapt and grow.
We're facing increasingly complex challenges.
Across organizations, classrooms, families, and communities, we're seeing..
patterns that seem to repeat themselves,
... even when we have more information, more technology, and more tools than ever before.
And I believe part of what will help us move forward is a deeper understanding of how human beings actually perceive, connect, learn, and change.
As I continue to work with global institutions, organizations and communities of individuals, professionals and leaders, I see three capacities I believe will become increasingly important:
1. Embodied Intelligence
- Understanding that our thinking, decision-making, and interactions are deeply connected to the state of our nervous systems.
Our nervous system and embodied states influence what becomes possible for the people around us.
2. Systems Intelligence
- The ability to widen our lens beyond individual behaviors and isolated problems.
To recognize patterns, relationships, feedback loops, and the conditions that keep certain dynamics in place.
3. Adaptive Human Intelligence
- Understanding that our brains are continuously using past experiences to predict what comes next.
And developing the capacity to question those predictions, update our models, and become more curious about what we might be missing.
These capacities are deeply, powerfully interconnected.
And they're relevant to anyone whose work involves helping human beings grow.
Because every idea arrives carried by a nervous system.
Every conversation happens within a larger system.
And every possibility for change depends, in part, on our capacity to see beyond what we already know.
I wrote an article for New York Weekly a little while ago exploring why I believe these three capacities are so essential to the future of leadership.
I hope it offers you a few new perspectives on the extraordinary intelligence of the human systems we're all part of.
Read: The Future of Leadership Is Embodied Systems Thinking →
P.S. If you're curious about bringing more of this type of embodied systems science into your own coaching, teaching, or leadership work, you can learn more about my micro-courses here. They're designed to help you translate these ideas into language and practices that reach more people.
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