We have had a number of heated and interesting conversations about how we would know if a really high potential individual was on earth... For those of you who know my work (and that of Elliott Jaques) I am talking about individuals who could operate at the level of a universal genius - in Jaques terms Sixth Order of Information.
Just as context; ordinary people live out their world of work in the Third Order of Information, in Work Levels I-IV which equates with Growth Modes I - IV. They can leave legacies in the work place that can span years. Exceptional Individuals are those that leave legacies that can last decades, and encompass Work Levels V - VIII and Growth Modes V to VIIII. These people process information in the Fourth Order of Information. CEOs of major international companies work at Level VII and great contributors to society like Muhammad Yunus and Nelson Mandela operate at the top end of the Fourth and Fifth Order of Information.
So that gives you an idea of how special a Sixth Order person may be... the question is would they be heard in all the babble of the modern world and if they could what would they be like?
This is the blog of Andrew Olivier - I enjoy networking with people who have interesting stories, adventures & who want to add value to life. I am interested in how we can and do make small changes and what they are, in our strive towards lighter footprints. I am interested in connecting with others who share an interest in a different future and who are (or who are thinking about) making changes in how they live, create, commute, consume and work.
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ReplyDeleteThese people litter the earth. They are not so numerous as sands upon the shore but still I've not found it hard to find them (as measured using the CIP interview process). The problem is that they don't seem to be who we want them to be. A few find a convergence to make some impact on this world. The rest we destroy as effectively as our society will allow and as young as possible, so that we might be safe from their terrifying insights.
ReplyDeleteChristian, I agree with you but I think there are few truly high mode individuals living at the moment - I am thinking of truly great though leaders whose legacy will last centuries, maybe millenia. I made the following comments in a discussion group on Future Trends - a linkedin discussion group -
ReplyDelete"Hello, some good trends/comments here... and many of them are probably true. In my humble view I believe the most positive developments is all the really big bad news - economic system failure and breakdown in belief of financial services; failure of democracy to address the big issues of global warming; peak oil, declining resource, population growth, dictatorships/terrorism etc.
Like the big ages of the past, Agriculutre, Industrialisation, Information - we are entering our young adulthood as a species and this era will be called Post Development. A bold new canvase is here - and we can fail like an out of control virus, we can become the clever new society or end up tending a damaged Earth like a spaceship continually needing maintenance.
How will we achieve this? By means such as you mention here; but not sure we have the time for yesterdays systems to do this; or by the rise of a "Green" Hitler, but the cost may be too high; or by the rise of a popular global movement or realistically as well, we won't. Post Development is a reality.