This comment reminded me of the confusion Anna mentioned at the end around self-fulfilling prophecies. It also reminded me of a book called Leadership is Language (which I recommend), with some interesting stories and examples. One I recall often from the book is about asking questions that invite open, thoughtful answers rather than closed, agreement-like answers. For example, “what am I missing”, rather than “am I missing anything”. I find I’m often in the latter mode and default to it, just wanting confirmation to roll ahead with my plan, rather than actually inviting others’ views, so I try to remember this one.
I feel like expanding a bit on the confusion around self-fulfilling prophecy. So one theme that seems consistent on across narrative syncing, leadership language and self-fulfilling prophecies is that they’re all paying attention to the constructivist forces.
This comment reminded me of the confusion Anna mentioned at the end around self-fulfilling prophecies. It also reminded me of a book called Leadership is Language (which I recommend), with some interesting stories and examples. One I recall often from the book is about asking questions that invite open, thoughtful answers rather than closed, agreement-like answers. For example, “what am I missing”, rather than “am I missing anything”. I find I’m often in the latter mode and default to it, just wanting confirmation to roll ahead with my plan, rather than actually inviting others’ views, so I try to remember this one.
I feel like expanding a bit on the confusion around self-fulfilling prophecy. So one theme that seems consistent on across narrative syncing, leadership language and self-fulfilling prophecies is that they’re all paying attention to the constructivist forces.