I have crossed neutral zones, and I will cross others.
Without reference points, they can quickly become areas of confusion, where people become agitated, compensate, and reproduce old reflexes in contexts that have changed.
I could distinguish them, but I had never really analyzed them. I endured them more than I inhabited them.
Bridges put words and meaning to what I was experiencing. It wasn't a void to fill. It was a phase to go through, with work to be done.
One question remained: how to find one's internal compass to remain clear-headed, here and now, about what can and should be done in this transition?
That's where other interpretations took on meaning:
· The Stoics: distinguish what depends on us from what no longer depends on us.
• Systemic approach: identifying the loops that maintain the blockage.
• Cognitive approaches: identifying the automatic behaviors that make us go around in circles.
· Taleb: transforming instability into leverage rather than a threat.
This phase is unsettling because it produces nothing visible. No more old benchmarks. No new ones yet. A zone without clear KPIs, for individuals as well as organizations.
And yet, this is where the essential point is made:
· Name what needs to be named
· Let go of what you are wearing unnecessarily
• Clarify your role before acting again
𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲, 𝗹𝗮 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲.
𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗰 𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲́, 𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.
#Transition #Leadership #Stoicism hashtag #Systemics hashtag
