Category: Brain
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Body vs. Soul
“As long as we pay more attention to bellies than to souls, we will continue to see humans primarily as machines.” — Dan, OrgIQ.org For a long time, I’ve been carrying a very simple thought. Uncomfortably simple. As long as our systems focus first on bellies — pay, efficiency, utilization, output — we will inevitably…
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Basics of Trust (3): Forgiveness Is Not a Reset (Repair Is the Work)
When trust breaks, the first word that usually shows up is forgiveness. It sounds right. Warm. Mature. Almost noble. We forgive so we can move on, so things can be normal again, so the tension finally stops. And that’s already the first misunderstanding. Because forgiveness is not what fixes trust. What forgiveness actually does Forgiveness…
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Basics of Trust (2): How Trust Breaks (and Why We Usually Miss It)
When people talk about broken trust, they almost always point to an event. A decision. A sentence. A moment that changed everything. That makes sense. Events are visible. They give us something to hold on to. A clear before and after. But if you look a little closer — at your own life, at teams…
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Collective Intelligence or Collective Stupidity?
Why organizations don’t fail because of people – but because of systems The Familiar Belief Most organizations are built on a simple assumption: if we hire capable people and put them in the right positions, performance will follow. Leadership teams are experienced. Experts are highly trained. Decisions are prepared carefully, supported by analysis and framed…
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70% Blinder-Fleck
Der größte blinde Fleck im Business: Beziehungen Wenn wir über Business, Organisationen und Arbeit reden, haben wir einen riesigen blinden Fleck. Und das Merkwürdige ist: Er ist nicht zufällig. Er ist eingebaut. Er kommt aus unserem Modell. Aus unserem Weltbild. Und dieses Weltbild ist so normal geworden, dass es in unseren Standards steckt, in unseren…
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What The Double-Slit Experiment Teaches Us About The Potatoe Field
The Slit, the Field, and Why Control Makes Us Blind Imagine a wall. In that wall, there is a narrow slit.Behind it, a large surface where you can see where things land. You take an electron gun — or, easier to imagine, a kind of tennis-ball cannon — and shoot particles at the wall. What…
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Avoidance – Die Bildergeschichte
Jetzt sind wir Experten für Avoidance. Und deswegen schauen wir es uns tiefer an. Machen wir uns mal ein Bild vom Innenleben. Und noch ein wenig detaillierter, als beim Hamsterrad. Figure 1: So sehen harmonische (symmetrische) Kontakte aus. Entweder gleiche Oberflächlichkeit oder gleiche Tiefe auf beiden Seiten. Unser Modell ist jetzt ein einfaches Schalen-Modell. Eine…
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“I’m outta here” – The Psychology of Ghosting
Before I begin, one thing is important: “I love you!” When we talk about ghosting, avoidance, disappearing, alienation, and pain, it’s about seeing, hearing, and understanding. But not judging or devaluing. Everything we do tells our story. It reveals more about us than we realize. And this is your story, or the story someone told…
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Baby-Elephant
What can we learn from baby elephants? “Often that lies became our truth.” Some time ago, I described an image to a friend. “Imagine you are a seedling of an oak tree. The acorn has opened and now there are two little leaves outside. And no matter who comes and steps on you or nibbles…
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Baby-Elefant
Was können wir von Baby-Elefanten lernen? “Oft sind Lügen unsere Wahrheit.” Vor einiger Zeit habe ich einer Freundin ein Bild beschrieben. “Stell dir vor du bist so ein Keimling von einer Eiche. Also die Eichel hat sich geöffnet und da sind jetzt die zwei Blättchen draußen. Und egal wer komm und drauftritt oder an dir…