Thiagi(Sivasailam Thiagarajan)Resident Mad Scientist

The Thiagi Group

Reconcile Paradoxes

to Improve Performance

Tracy TagliatiChief Learning Officer

The Thiagi Group

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AU CONTRAIRE!

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Look before you leap.

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Look before you leap.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

What will be, will be.

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TERMINOLOGY

PARADOX

SYNONYMS

Dilemmas

Contradictions

Polarities

Dichotomies

Paradoxes

Oxymorons

QUOTES

“The opposite of a great truth is also true.”

Niels Bohr

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and

still retain the ability to function.”

F. Scott-Fitzgerald

“Brilliant leaders are skilled at integrative thinking: the ability to hold two opposing ideas in their mind … and

then reach a synthesis that contains elements of both but actually improves on each.”

Roger Martin

BENEFITS

BENEFITS

More creative strategies

More systemic understanding of reality

Synergestic relationships

Increased productivity

Increased resiliency

METAPHORS

METAPHORS

Optical illusion

Default programming

Clock on the ceiling

Opposable thumb

Kitchen sink

METAPHORS

Optical illusion

Default programming

Clock on the ceiling

Opposable thumb

Kitchen sink

HOW TO RECONCILE A

PARADOX

TRIADS

Judge

Supporter of one side

Supporter of the other side

FLOW

Identify the poles.

Assign roles.

Pause for prep.

Listen to the first person.

Listen to the other person.

Synthesize the opinions.

CULTURECLASHES

Stouffer, S. A. & Toby, J. (1951). “Role of Conflict and Personality.” American Journal of Sociological Review, 30 (539-548).

CONTINUED …

Life is what you make it.