Gurteen Knowledge Blog December 2, 2020, 14:51I caught this first Reith Lecture of 2020 From Moral to Market Sentiments by Mark Carney (former Bank of England governor) on Radio 4 this morning, where he reflects that whenever he could step back from what felt like daily crisis management, the same deeper issues loomed. What is value? … Continue reading From Moral to Market Sentiments by Mark Carney Reith Lectures 2020 – How We Get What We Value
In this book, Value(s): Building a Better World for All, Mark Carney (an economist and former banker) reflects on his experiences that examine the shortcomings and challenges of the market in the past decade, which he argues has led to rampant, public distrust and the need for radical change. AustraliaAustriaBrazilCanadaChinaCzech RepublicEgyptFranceGermanyGlobalIndiaItalyJapanMexicoNetherlandsPolandSaudia ArabiaSingaporeSpainTurkeyUAEUnited KingdomUnited States … Continue reading Value(s): Building a Better World for All Mark Carney (2021)
Organizational culture is the attitudes, customs, rituals, values and beliefs shared by the members of an organization that govern their behavior. Organizational culture is emergent. It is the result of the everyday interactions, behaviors, and conversations by the members of an organization. Culture is the way that we do things around here that we all … Continue reading What Is Organizational Culture? Dave Snowden
Gurteen Knowledge Blog September 27, 2021, 07:39World Values Day is an annual campaign to increase the awareness and practice of values around the world. It provides an opportunity to think about our most deeply held values and explore and act on them with others. For the last five years, in partnership with Charles Fowler, I have … Continue reading World Values Day Knowledge Café 21 October 2021
True values are not taught and declared, they evolve through the acts and interaction of the living, they are understood at a near tacit level by those who live them. Credit: Dave Snowden Posts where this quotation is embedded Artificial and Natural Intelligence Exploring the essential difference between natural and artificial forms of intelligence Artificial Intelligence and … Continue reading True Values Are Not Taught and Declared Dave Snowden
In this book, Moral Courage, Rushworth Kidder reveals that moral courage is the bridge between talking ethics and doing ethics. Defining it as a readiness to endure danger for the sake of principle, he explains that the courage to act is found at the intersection of three elements: action based on core values, awareness of the … Continue reading Moral Courage Rushworth M. Kidder (2006)
Values and Identities – a policymaker’s guide Abstract This report presents the state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on Values and Identities from an interdisciplinary perspective. Values are said to be the dominating forces in life and Identities represent who we are and to whom we belong. Both shape the political landscape in democracies and have gained in … Continue reading Values and Identities – a Policymaker’s Guide EU Science Hub (2021)
Our beliefs are not isolated pieces of data that we can take and discard at will. Instead, beliefs are deeply intertwined with other beliefs, shared cultural values, and our identities. To discard a belief means discarding a whole host of other beliefs, forsaking our communities, going against those we trust and love, and in short, … Continue reading Our Beliefs Are Not Isolated Pieces of Data That We Can Take and Discard at Will Steven Sloman
Gurteen Knowledge Blog February 11, 2022, 17:00In my blook, I write about creating a better, sustainable world, but better is a value-laden word. In what way better? Better for who? Even Adolf Hitler thought he was making a better world. So what do I mean by a better world? I have still not completed the post, … Continue reading What Does It Take to Create a Better World? Even Adolf Hitler thought he was making a better world.
video player University of Toronto Free Speech Debate | Jordan Peterson In the above debate, Jordan Peterson passionately makes the case for which I have transcribed below. A little later , he makes the point that freedom of speech is not just another value but the mechanism by which we keep our psyches and our … Continue reading Jordan Peterson on Freedom of Speech Jordan Peterson, 2017
The essence of synergy is to value differences – to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses. Credit: Stephen Covey Posts where this quotation is embedded Artificial and Natural Intelligence Exploring the essential difference between natural and artificial forms of intelligence Artificial Intelligence and the Quest for Knowledge Exploring the parallels between Plato’s Phaedrus … Continue reading The Essence of Synergy Is to Value Differences Stephen Covey
I don’t believe that freedom of speech is just another value. I think that is preposterous. I think that if you claim that then you know nothing about western civilization and history. Freedom of speech is not just another principle, it is the mechanism by which we keep our psyches and our societies organized and … Continue reading Freedom of Speech Is Not Just Another Value Jordan B Peterson
Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny. Credit: Mahatma Gandhi Posts where this quotation is embedded Artificial and Natural Intelligence Exploring the essential difference between natural and artificial forms of intelligence Artificial Intelligence and … Continue reading Your Beliefs Become Your Thoughts Mahatma Gandhi
Gurteen Knowledge Blog October 4, 2023, 07:30Don’t forget World Values Day on 19th October. Values are what matter most to us. They motivate and guide us. They are the passion in our hearts, the reason we do what we do. In a world that can feel increasingly divided, values help unite us. They are the glue … Continue reading World Values Day 19th October 2023
Marketing is about values. This is a very complicated world. This is a very noisy world. And we’re not going to get a chance to get people to remember much about us. No company is. And so we have to be really clear what we want them to know about us. One of the greatest … Continue reading Marketing Is About Values Steve Jobs
Introduction: Innovation Building 20 at MIT Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Nurturing an innovative culture goes beyond traditional management and control methods. Many initiatives fail by trying to enforce change through rigid directives, which can backfire. … Continue reading Nurturing an Innovation Culture Allowing emergence, not imposing change
The Difference Between Sense-making and Meaning-making What Are Beliefs? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close If we are to create a better world, we need to make better sense of things and improve the decisions we make, … Continue reading Introduction: Knowledge Delusion We delude ourselves about what we know and how we make decisions
Multipolar Traps or Moloch Traps Relationships ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Colonialism has historically referred to the domination and control of one group or nation over another. However, the language of colonialism has recently been … Continue reading Avoiding Modern-day Colonialism Colonialism: the dominance, control, and exploitation by one group over another
Introduction: Knowledge Delusion Three Forms of Reasoning Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Beliefs are ideas that we hold to be true. However, we have no evidence to support many of them. False beliefs lead us to … Continue reading What Are Beliefs? Ideas that are held to be true but not necessarily supported by any evidence
Three Forms of Reasoning Attitudes Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Belief systems shape our understanding of reality. They are interconnected networks of ideas, not always accurate representations of truth. Examining and evolving our beliefs, while challenging, … Continue reading Belief Systems Our beliefs are not isolated pieces of data that we can take and discard at will
Belief Systems What Are Mindsets? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close An attitude is a tendency to think or feel about someone or something in a certain way. Over time, we tend to form our attitudes from … Continue reading Attitudes A tendency to think, or feel about someone or something in a certain way
Attitudes Values Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Mindsets are our mental attitudes or approaches to a particular situation or task. They are shaped by our beliefs, values, and experiences and can impact our ability to adapt … Continue reading What Are Mindsets? Ways of thinking, mental inclinations, dispositions, or frames of mind
Caring What Is Communityship? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close A community is more than just a group of people with shared interests. Many networks and organizations call themselves communities, but they often lack the deeper connections … Continue reading What Makes a Real Community? Members of a community care about each other
What Are Mindsets? What Are Morals? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Values are the basis of personal and collective judgments about what is valuable in life. They influence our decision-making on all sorts of issues, primarily … Continue reading Values Values are beliefs we hold that something is good or desirable
Values Knowledge and Information ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Morals are values. They are a set of principles that help us evaluate and distinguish right from wrong, good from bad for ourselves and society. What … Continue reading What Are Morals? Principles of right or wrong behaviour
The Extended Mind Rethinking Our Beliefs Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Polarization of opinions is becoming more prevalent in today’s society and is creating both unrest at the societal level as well as conflict within small … Continue reading Opinion Polarization We are polarized across political, religious, moral, and racial divides
Opinion Polarization Trust & Belief Formation Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Our beliefs are deeply rooted and are based on little evidence, yet we argue and fight over them. It is essential that we better understand … Continue reading Rethinking Our Beliefs It is not easy to change our beliefs
Reframing Questions Raising the Ships on the Sea Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Trust is the force that holds our society together. It is the glue that connects us, builds communities, and is one of the … Continue reading Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of Trust in Relationships and Society Without trust our civilization would collapse
