Peter Senge on Shared Vision

Peter Senge on Shared Vision

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Transcript of video “One thing, I did not ask you to come up with some aspect of your vision that you probably would be inspired by. I did not ask you to come up with some aspect of your vision that they would connect to. I did not ask you to do any of these things with your partner, I just said, talk about your vision. This is not a trivial point. In fact, I would say this was most important points to appreciate. When we are really ourselves, when we really connect with who we are and what we care about, and we have the confidence and support being forthright and honest, we find each other. We discover the innate, deep, commonality that are aspirations. Carl Rogers once said this very beautiful, the American Psychologist, he said, “that which is most personal is most universal.” If that were not the case, there wouldn’t be no shared visions. When you really understand that you get the deep foundation, the deep underbelly, of shared visions. Now shared visions involves more that just this but it always comes back to this. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen so much money, time, energy, aspirations wasted because people try to create shared visions. And I say, let the people talk to each other, let them reflect on what matters to them. You know you’re kind of over here busy trying to build a shared vision and turning your back on the very thing that will lead to shared visions, which is, create an environment where people are continually reflecting on what matters to them. Having conversations where they can connect with each other and you will start to discover elements of the shared vision. Again, there’s more to do, but still like when we try to build a house when you build no foundation. This is the foundation. If you understand that, you will get good at building houses.”

[@Miss1158]

thank you

[@brit5x]

Thank you for the transcription. I appreciate you so much!