Leading your team – The panda and the bicycle
Another great post from Seth Godin on leading your team and a good one to remember when you next meet someone with a closed mind….
“Many tribes gain in power and connection by finding their opposite, by identifying the choices that members won’t make.
“People like us don’t do things like that.”
So the vegan tribe obviously chooses to not eat meat. And during the key formative years, the Apple tribe wouldn’t deign to buy Microsoft products. The Amish build solidarity and define themselves by the machines they choose not to use, and for a long time, many professional photographers wouldn’t use digital cameras.
The smart choice is to understand that tribal identity is based on choices, not on facts, based on allegiances, not the intentional disregard of the rest of the world. Some sects of the motorcycle tribe don’t wear helments… not because they believe it’s safer (and thus denying the obvious) but because it’s a choice they want to make.
Shortly after Copernicus rocked the world by proving that the Earth goes around the Sun (and not vice versa), many religions condemned this insight, “people like us don’t believe things like that.”
The problem is this”: ……….
Read the article here
“Many tribes gain in power and connection by finding their opposite, by identifying the choices that members won’t make.
“People like us don’t do things like that.”
So the vegan tribe obviously chooses to not eat meat. And during the key formative years, the Apple tribe wouldn’t deign to buy Microsoft products. The Amish build solidarity and define themselves by the machines they choose not to use, and for a long time, many professional photographers wouldn’t use digital cameras.
The smart choice is to understand that tribal identity is based on choices, not on facts, based on allegiances, not the intentional disregard of the rest of the world. Some sects of the motorcycle tribe don’t wear helments… not because they believe it’s safer (and thus denying the obvious) but because it’s a choice they want to make.
Shortly after Copernicus rocked the world by proving that the Earth goes around the Sun (and not vice versa), many religions condemned this insight, “people like us don’t believe things like that.”
The problem is this”: ……….
Read the article here