The Human Potential of Choice Colby Stuart 10:2011

The Human Potential of Choice

How values frame our choices and how choices shape our future

not a presentation

an interactive experience experiment about choices

Dr. Colby Stuart • TransformationFest • 13 October 2011 • Haarlem, The Netherlands

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Thursday, 12 January 2012

Premise of the TransformationFest 2011

Inspiration

• focus on new thinking about the role innovation and creativity play in

transforming business

Networking

• opportunities to work together with attendees from other companies

and cultures to apply the day's thinking to real-life business problems

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What is Human Potential?

Scientifically, potential is• a physical quantity, capable of measurement at every point in a flow

system, whose properties always flow from regions where the

quantity has higher values of those in which it has lower, regardless

of the direction in space (Hubbert 1940)

Humanised, it is

• an inherent capacity for coming into authentic being so we can

experience an exceptional shift in our quality of life - filled with

happiness, creativity, and fulfilment

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulfillment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulfillment

The key to human potential transforming a mindset

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What is your ideal role in life?

What role would make you…..happy, fulfill your dreams and sustain you?

What is the role you really want to play? not the the role that you have played to fulfil the expectations of others

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What is the role of values in human potential?

Values are what we stand for and believe at the very core of our human

selves

• core human values are part of our RNA and get expressed through our behaviour and choices

Core human values exemplify who we are as individuals and frame our

perspectives (the what) and shape our dispositions (the how)• each person sees the world through their own lens and from their own

position• each person looks at the same situation and views it differently from the

others

There are many dependencies• context and expectations also play a role in our capacity to reach toward

our potential

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What is the role of human potential in groups?

Give people something they cannot find anywhere else• the chance to become exactly who they believe they can become and to

contribute in a unique way which demonstrates that value to the group

A piece of a greater whole• when people begin to do this, they often find themselves directing their

actions within society toward assisting others to reach their potential

Enhanced by social media• we see coaching skills developing through dialogue and discussion

• democratisation of old models of previously accepted behaviour

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What is the role of values in framing our choices?

Values establish a mental mindset• values frame what we have the capacity to see or believe

• values create meaning

Values establish an emotional mindset• values play themselves out in different contexts that affect our moods and

shift our dispositions

Values define our capacity to engage• if we believe in something, we engage naturally

• if we do not believe in something, we continually struggle with how to

engage with it

• this is where choices become critical

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How will your values frame your choices?

We all have to make critical choices within a deadline.

One way to test your true core values is to put yourself in a critical

situation. Here is an exercise:• You have 10 minutes before the spaceship leaves. You have no choice but

to get on it. You will never return.

• Who do you say goodbye to?

• Who do you take with you?• What do you take with you?

• There is a space limitation:

• You may only take 1 person plus whatever you can carry and hold on

your lap.

• Who is there to greet you when you arrive?• What will you do on your first day?

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What choices are shaping our future?

mindset - influenced by traditional media

new signals from social technologies - challenging us to choose between role as consumer and role as citizen

waves of influence from convergence of social media and the business of networking - creating innovative opportunities

human desire to make a difference - now technologically enabled for collective engagement and social innovation

web - democratising and transforming politics, enterprise, communication, and cultural hierarchies

transformational, evolutionary leadership practices - emerging

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What are the issues with making choices?

limited perspectives - 360º insight needed

clarification of role, purpose and value

influence of perceptions, assumptions, expectations, concessions and accommodations

assessment of risk and potential

pressure and capacity

knowing which approach will deliver wise outcome

implications for the future

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What are your issues with making choices?

Are you clear about the role you play in the choice - or - the role that the

choice plays in the situation?

Do you understand the purpose you serve in the situation?

Are you clear about the purpose the choice serves in the situation?

Are you adding value to the situation with your choice or taking value

away from the situation?

Does the situation create value for you?

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What have been your most difficult choices?

Why?

What kind of choice was it?

• functional

• emotional

• philosophical

How did you evaluate its outcome?

What progressive insight did you learn from it?

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One choice never travels alone

let’s watch a 9 minute video that really tells the story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7DtefkJsw8&feature=related

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Where is the 360º view?

Can we crowdsource our collective intelligence?

Can we use this collective wisdom to identify our choices?

Can we map the issues and consequences of those choices to make

them plain and clear to us?

Do we vision how those choices impact our future?

What is the impact of our collective human potential when we make

collective choices?

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A business with a future is now more important than one with just a past.

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How will these mindsets influence future growth?

Future = vision thinking➡ choice: building innovation practices into business models

Past = solution based re-engineering➡ choice: trying to plug innovation cells into business models that reject

them

Choice: How to evolve existing business models incrementally into an innovative

system of potential?

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What are your hopes for the future?

Make a list of your hopes for the future

➡ choose a personal one

➡ choose a business one

➡ choose one for society or the world

Choice:

How can you use these hopes to evolve how you engage in your existing

roles?

How will this draw out potential opportunities in each of these contexts?

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What are your fears for the future?

Make a list of your fears for the future

➡ choose a personal one, a business one, and one for society or the world

Choice:

How can you use these fears to evolve how you manage risk as you

build potential opportunities?

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What is shaping growth dynamics? shaping growth 1950 - 2050

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What is the evidence transforming our perception of worth?

in society - human values at heart of choices

in the economy - relationships driving enterprise

in technology - exponential growth

• access, processing, bandwidth, storage

in culture - democratisation of countries, industries and financial worlds,

using global communication platforms, is transforming how people

make choices and go about life

in worth - people are no longer accepting their limited participation or

potential

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How can we transform our engagement with value creation and worth?

Choice: Can we use a different value chain to evolve what we consider currency of exchange and worth?

Human capital = personal development, human potential

Social capital = relationship development and networks of relationships, your CRM database

Creative capital = information, knowledge, innovation, ideas, concepts, knowledge networks, and networks of meaning

Financial capital = material development, money, physical assets

Where is your potential as you re-evaluate your worth on this scale?

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What indicators are transforming the potential of business models?

globalisation - diversity and common cause

access - democratisation

connectivity - communication enhancement

participation - social innovation

transparency - accountability

choice - decision-making

worth - multi-level value streams

culture creation - power redistribution

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What are the paradigm shifts in organisational potential?

visions of future possibility - not solutions for past problems

transition from control model to share model

• democratisation of organisations, industries and cultures creates distributed and open source access to technology, people and knowledge

transition from consumer/purchase model to citizen/contribution model

transition from an end-transaction model to a service model with multi-value transactions at a every service delivery point based on feedback

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We are no longer managing business units,we are participating in communities.

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What are the global platforms framing the future of work?

reputation

scalable organising systems

communities of practice

principles, practices and standards

deliberated decision-making

inter-cultural, inter-disciplinary

integrated communications

open source

transparent accountability

replication, cloning and robotics

permissions and access

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What is evolutionary leadership?

leadership evolved through citizenship

evolutionary, transformational, inspirational

social and organisational innovation

developing potential of people and ideas

sustainable, systemic growth

worth re-defined on 4 value levels: • human capital• social capital• creative capital• material capital

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We need to make choices as citizens, not in isolation as consumers.

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What’s really needed from leadership to reach the full potential of organisations?

visionary, evolutionary leadership

learning organisations

creating an innovation culture

imagination

transforming the mindset

adaptation to technology and continual change

creativity

a way to validate identity and reputation

meaningful communication

meaningful contexts

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This requires new focus

technology requires mathematical minds

innovation requires creative and strategic minds

leadership requires vision

networked organisations require the ability to think in unified service systems

educational systems require talent and resources to prepare students for the future

individuals require coaching to become more aware of their human potential and whole value

people desire to believe they are making a difference in meaningful contexts

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What new skill sets will help transform organisations for future value?

managing mediated environments

strategic service system thinking

relationship management

concept development

identifying organising principles

pattern recognition

mathematic formulas and algorithms

preferences and permissions

value creation metrics

profiling and positioning

constructing unifying frameworks

scenario planning and model building

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What does this mean for wealth, worth and the economy?

new definitions of wealth and worth

how to manage personal, the collective and our commons - natural resources

how to redefine the economy in context of future scenarios invested with human potential

What is the value of human contribution?

What happens if currency drastically changes?

What puts relationships at risk?

What is risk management in context of future human potential scenarios?

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Future choice. Human Potential.What if...

...collective intelligence over time provides us with ability to make choices with tools to collect, manage, spend and grow wealth in new ways?

...nano-bots manage wealth systems beyond the scope of the human mind?

...wealth systems manage global mass wealth to manage global economies and end poverty and war without emotion but with sense?

...the health, education and welfare of a child became a core sustainability strategy at the heart of every government on the world?

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What are the issues and implications of future potential?

how to identify scenarios for the future - in the context of your work, your

people, your clients and their contexts

how to identify the parameters that define the future space - where you

can easily engage and create value for yourself and others

how to identify who we are, our core human values, our consciousness

how to make choices in the context of enhanced technology

how to identify the responsibilities of our role as citizens - and how to

contribute to the wellness of our communities and our economy

how to engage in lifelong learning - gaining progressive insight

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If we want to shape a different future, then we need to define choices that will frame that future.

What are the leading questions to open new dialogue with leaders about

creating value through the growth of human potential in new ways?

What are the simple practices we could integrate into leadership styles to

bring innovation practices into the daily routine to incrementally evolve a

business model?

How do we coach at a strategic yet conversational level?

We ask.

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Human Potential starts with one simple step.Believe you are worth something.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for

Do something today that your future self will thank you for

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Colby’s personal perspective on the future of work

extremely rapid, exponential technological growth

silicon-based intelligence modeling actual brain cells @ speeds beyond

human comprehension

coding and life in circuitry

core human values embedded in DNA driving choice

a global economy networked in productive alignment with the health,

education and welfare of the population as a whole

every person has a unique and defined worth

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Recommended reading

Closing the Innovation Gap by Judy Estrin

Coaching for Performance: Growing Human Potential and Purpose by John Whitmore

Engage! by Brian Solis

The Future of Work by Thomas Malone

Presence by Peter Senge, Otto Scharmer, Betty Sue Flowers

The Wealth of Networks by Yochai Benkler

Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World by the US National Intelligence Council (NIC)

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century by Henry Jenkins

The Global Technology Revolution 2020, In-Depth Analyses Bio/Nano/Materials/Information Trends, Drivers, Barriers, andSocial Implications by the US National Intelligence Council (NIC)

The Quick Start Guide to Making Choices by Colby Stuart and Sierd Loman

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Who is Colby Stuart and what is she doing?

Dr. Colby StuartQuantum Brands BV

Kids 2020 Foundation

Concept developer; executive creative director; serial entrepreneur; geeky academically-

grounded scientist

Loves adventure of discovery and voracious, persistent learning

Likes to stay ahead of the game - moving forward - likes to grow things

Loves start-ups, inspiring innovation, growing value, & transforming old companies

Cooperative, collaborative, creative, constructive, systematic

Talent for wiring up the brand technologically, organisationally, financially, visually

Basic practices into best practices, stimulating to go beyond best practices

Coming Soon: The Go-Choose platform

Author with Sierd Loman of The Quick Start Guide to Making Choices - 1st in a series about choices

Contributing global citizen of many communities with many choices seeking value in life

Where you can find me:

[email protected]/quantumbrands

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www.kids2020foundation.orgwww.quantumbrands.net

speech on Human Potential http://ow.ly/Obqp • European Futurists Conference, Luzern, October 2009

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