Alone on my desert island, consideration is a totally unnecesssary concept. My personal experience of reality and my actions rule.
Then another person arrives. A second perspective of reality and possible action. A perspective different to mine. What to do?
1. I could get rid of the other. Either literally or by banishing them to the far end of the island and once again my perspective rules. At least in my territory.
2. I can allow the other to co-exist with me as long as my pespective is accepted as the perspective. The trouble with this is all the questions I keep getting about the perspective and what to do next.
3. I can choose to live as a community where different perspectives are allowed and encouraged. The difficulty with this is handling the difference between the perspectives and the issue of dominance.
If we both choose alternative 3 we can start developing our co-operation. Co-ordinating our different perspectives to benefit our mutual survival. Should one of us choose alternative 1 or 2, we may have embarked on the path to our mutal destruction. Energy we could have spent on survival will be spent on our struggle for dominance, being “right” becoming more important than surviving.
How much energy is wasted in your organisation?
The third option might pose as a problem if the seemingly divergent thinking springs from earlier perceptions, feelings and memory, which is usually the case.
If not then the third option is perfectly acceptable and desirable too.
Thanks for your comment. The third option is a great challenge but also a great possibility. In fact, in our Rapid and Complex world it may be a matter of survival. The different perspectives
our previous experience, feelings etc give us are a source for creativity and flexibility. If we can handle the process!