#3 MARCH: CHALLENGING OUR PARADIGMS
“When Bonobos know what you don’t, they’ll tell you!” is a Feb 5 article published in the Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news) by Marguerita Bassi. The research conducted on the “theory of mind” demonstrated that “a first-of-its-kind study suggests bonobos, like humans, can understand someone else’s lack of knowledge—and adjust their actions accordingly” . The experiment by cognitive scientists Christopher Krupenye and Luke Townrow of Johns Hopkins University working with three male bonobos named Nyota, Kanzi and Teco at the research institute Ape Initiative in Iowa, demonstrated that when bonobos know what that their partners dont know, they will tell them. Scientists had already demonstrate their ability to co-operate. “Like humans, some bonobos cooperate with members of other social groups, even when they don’t receive immediate benefits in return. This finding, published Thursday in the journal Science, may offer insights into the evolutionary history of cooperation among humans.” reports Sara Kuta in another smart news from the Smithsonian magazine.
Thats an interesting discovery (Bonobos are known to be our cousins)as they are now known to be able to hold two conflicting relationships in the same time: “they know where something is, and they know that you do not know where something is”.
We humans search for truth through facts. Some of us know, some do not. We operate from different versions, or our reading of the truth, especially as we are loosing our ability to cooperate, as we are and were intended to. That makes us different from other species.
In my book that you can get electronically in the Foundation section (hoping you will make a small or big contribution to Digital Bridges 4 Nepal), I describe one “leaderhip ability” called “Practicing Dual Pacing - TM. or the Art of Creating Concomitant Rhythm” that seem to me to embrace the paradoxical nature that may be as counterintutive to us as the conflicting relationship the scientists were able to establish with the Bonobos.
“Dual Pacing - TM - is the ability to have a slower internal pace while moving authoritatively and fluidly in any kind of environment.”
I believe that paradoxical way to be, slowing down internally while accelerating externally) is a key component of effective leadership in circumstances that require us to step up to a greater mission in life, if we can. That is why I created a new focus for the foundation Digital Bridges 4 Nepal in 2019. Knowing that it requested me to give it all that I had learned or experimented through successes and challenges for as long as I could, I reached the 5th year exhausted. And took a step back for 6 months, helped by my coach.
Without regular meditation and a dual pacing approach, I would not have made it. In my next blog, I’ll tell you what happened with Kathmandu University School of Education and how I used Dual Pacing at that moment.
Let me know your current thoughts about this topic??/
