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A New Model for Polarized Thinking
Ali Anani, PhD
What Makes Birds Flock Together?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4f_1_r80RY
What Makes Fish Move in Schools?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15B8qN9dre4
What Makes Electrons In Metals Move
Together?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ileXLAvDXIU
What Makes Electrons In Plasma Move
Together?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94tReSbyPYc
What Makes Herding Cats Prefer not to Herd
Together?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6IpknZ5C9Q
What Makes Teams Act as Herding Cats
Prefer not to Herd Together?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck4syJk5Jk8
Birds flock together because:
Birds save 78% of their
energy if they fly in flocks
An individual bird has far
greater opportunity of not
being selected by a
predator than when flying
alone
What Makes Fish Move in Schools?
An individual fish
has far greater
opportunity of not
being selected by a
predator than when
swimming alone
Electrons In Metals Move Together Because:
The electrons form
their strength by
creating their own
electric field. They
all become stronger
Electrons In Plasma Move Together Because:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94tReSbyPYc
Electrons In Metals Move Together Because:
The electrons form
their strength by
creating their own
electric field. They
all become stronger
hat Makes Herding Cats Prefer not to Herd
Together Because:
The self-interest by
herding alone is greater
than herding with other
cats.
If a cat captures a mouse
it prefers to eat it all by
itself.
Besides cats have versatile
tricks to for self-protection
Teams Act as Herding Cats Prefer not to
Herd Together Because:
The self-interest of every
team member
overwhelms teaming with
others
A Telling Story
A rich man promised his favorite team to give a
fatty bonus for each player who scores a goal in
a derby soccer match. By doing so, the rich
man made every player’s self-interest greater
than the team’s interest to win the game. This
resulted in the team playing as herding cats
with no cohesion among the players or keeping
to their role. The defense players played more
attacking roles than their defending roles
because of their greed to score. This resulted in
a huge loss for the team
If Self-Interest prevails then:
We notice the herding-cats behavior
How then to streamline teams to work together?
By Streamlining their Negative attitudes:
Make the negative differences generate a current-like
that benefits every team member and make her/him
see a greater interest in working in coherence rather
than herding alone.
By Streamlining their Negative attitudes:
Like electrons in an atom moving within defined orbitals.
The further the differences are from the core (nucleus), the
easier they move.
That is to say creative approaches to make the differences
a source of power for all team members to work together.
It is NOT only leveraging the benefits; it is also streamlining
them to produce power fron this process
Benefits Shall always Come with
Undesirable Effects:
Inhaling oxygen more than a limit
may lead to the presence of
insufficient amount of carbon
dioxide.
Shortage of carbon dioxide (which
we view (negatively) harms our
bodies in ten different ways
Benefits Shall always Come with
Undesirable Effects:
Same with consuming food without
excretion and the terrible side
effects this has on our bodies
We Nee to Accept Negative Effects, but more
to turn them to our advantage
Polarized thinking or black and white thinking is
an irrational thinking characterized by the “all
or nothing” principle. People with this
unrealistic expectation do not see gray areas in
most situations; they think in terms of
this OR this rather than this AND this. I
discussed this issue in derail in my presentation
Separation Thinking.
We Nee to Accept Negative Effects, but more
to turn them to our advantage
This is why I find the polarity thinking© map
that Barry Johnson pioneered is of great
value. It encourages us to think of the benefits
and costs of eating, of breathing or any polar
situation we find ourselves
I am suggesting here new model for Polarity
Thinking Mapping
The Emerging Role of Leaders
The Emerging Challenges for Leaders
In complex systems, the total sum of efforts by
individuals collectively is greater than the sum
of the individual efforts if workers make their
efforts individually.
Unfortunately, the total sum of teams working
together is often less than the sum of their
efforts if every worker works individually. We
need a charging purpose to streamline the
efforts of teams and groups.

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A new model for polarized thinking

  • 1. A New Model for Polarized Thinking Ali Anani, PhD
  • 2. What Makes Birds Flock Together? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4f_1_r80RY
  • 3. What Makes Fish Move in Schools? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15B8qN9dre4
  • 4. What Makes Electrons In Metals Move Together? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ileXLAvDXIU
  • 5. What Makes Electrons In Plasma Move Together? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94tReSbyPYc
  • 6. What Makes Herding Cats Prefer not to Herd Together? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6IpknZ5C9Q
  • 7. What Makes Teams Act as Herding Cats Prefer not to Herd Together? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck4syJk5Jk8
  • 8. Birds flock together because: Birds save 78% of their energy if they fly in flocks An individual bird has far greater opportunity of not being selected by a predator than when flying alone
  • 9. What Makes Fish Move in Schools? An individual fish has far greater opportunity of not being selected by a predator than when swimming alone
  • 10. Electrons In Metals Move Together Because: The electrons form their strength by creating their own electric field. They all become stronger
  • 11. Electrons In Plasma Move Together Because: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94tReSbyPYc
  • 12. Electrons In Metals Move Together Because: The electrons form their strength by creating their own electric field. They all become stronger
  • 13. hat Makes Herding Cats Prefer not to Herd Together Because: The self-interest by herding alone is greater than herding with other cats. If a cat captures a mouse it prefers to eat it all by itself. Besides cats have versatile tricks to for self-protection
  • 14. Teams Act as Herding Cats Prefer not to Herd Together Because: The self-interest of every team member overwhelms teaming with others
  • 15. A Telling Story A rich man promised his favorite team to give a fatty bonus for each player who scores a goal in a derby soccer match. By doing so, the rich man made every player’s self-interest greater than the team’s interest to win the game. This resulted in the team playing as herding cats with no cohesion among the players or keeping to their role. The defense players played more attacking roles than their defending roles because of their greed to score. This resulted in a huge loss for the team
  • 16. If Self-Interest prevails then: We notice the herding-cats behavior How then to streamline teams to work together?
  • 17. By Streamlining their Negative attitudes: Make the negative differences generate a current-like that benefits every team member and make her/him see a greater interest in working in coherence rather than herding alone.
  • 18. By Streamlining their Negative attitudes: Like electrons in an atom moving within defined orbitals. The further the differences are from the core (nucleus), the easier they move. That is to say creative approaches to make the differences a source of power for all team members to work together. It is NOT only leveraging the benefits; it is also streamlining them to produce power fron this process
  • 19. Benefits Shall always Come with Undesirable Effects: Inhaling oxygen more than a limit may lead to the presence of insufficient amount of carbon dioxide. Shortage of carbon dioxide (which we view (negatively) harms our bodies in ten different ways
  • 20. Benefits Shall always Come with Undesirable Effects: Same with consuming food without excretion and the terrible side effects this has on our bodies
  • 21. We Nee to Accept Negative Effects, but more to turn them to our advantage Polarized thinking or black and white thinking is an irrational thinking characterized by the “all or nothing” principle. People with this unrealistic expectation do not see gray areas in most situations; they think in terms of this OR this rather than this AND this. I discussed this issue in derail in my presentation Separation Thinking.
  • 22. We Nee to Accept Negative Effects, but more to turn them to our advantage This is why I find the polarity thinking© map that Barry Johnson pioneered is of great value. It encourages us to think of the benefits and costs of eating, of breathing or any polar situation we find ourselves
  • 23. I am suggesting here new model for Polarity Thinking Mapping
  • 24. The Emerging Role of Leaders
  • 25. The Emerging Challenges for Leaders In complex systems, the total sum of efforts by individuals collectively is greater than the sum of the individual efforts if workers make their efforts individually. Unfortunately, the total sum of teams working together is often less than the sum of their efforts if every worker works individually. We need a charging purpose to streamline the efforts of teams and groups.