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#Do_You_Embrace_Vulnerability? 👇👇👇 ============================= Vulnerability is often perceived as a #weakness, something that should be hidden or overcome at any cost. Yet, it is precisely this #character_strength that can lead us to #greatness in the era of #adversity, #unpredictability and #complexity. When we embrace vulnerability, esp. as a leader and/or person of influence (POI) we open ourselves to #humanness, #connection, #growth, #purposeful_learning and #transformation across various fields and disciplines, and all walks of life. For example: ✅In healthcare, vulnerability allows us to empathize with patients' experiences, providing more compassionate care. ✅In education, it fosters creative expression and diverse learning pathways. ✅In sociology/anthropology, it prioritizes community voices and empowerment. ✅In behavioral science, it respects individual autonomy and motivation, and ✅In philosophy, it embraces nuanced and contextual ethical decision-making. #Vulnerability is the #art_of_embracing_our_humanity, with all its deeper flaws and limitless uncertainties. It is the #wisdom to recognize that $strength_lies_not_in_invincibility, but in our ability to be #vulnerable, to be #risktaker, and to be #lifelong_learner. By cultivating vulnerability, we can: ✅ Deepen connections, relatedness and empathy ✅Foster creativity and innovation ✅Prioritize community, collaboration and strategic alliances ✅Respect individuality and autonomy ✅Embrace ethical complexity and nuance I truly believe, as some scholars do, that we have to redefine vulnerability as a #character_strength, a #catalyst for growth, transformation, system thinking approach and overall greatness. Let us all, esp. leaders and/or POI, embrace the art and wisdom of vulnerability, and discover the #transformative_power_of_being_human and why we are temporarily here on planet earth as a unit or members of the larger ecosystem. Please feel free to add your rreflections/experiences/views/critics/perspectives in the comment section below 👇

Brian Resnick explained, already in 2017, in an interesting article in Vox, that the sorts of feelings where people feel disgusted or fearful of certain groups are intimately connected with the psychological phenomenon of dehumanization, or not seeing certain groups of people as fully human. Many people who dislike Muslim and other groups view them as not quite members of the same species. Social psychology has long identified this as a key variable in how tension, armed conflict, and even genocide can metastasize. There’s a reason why, as Resnick puts it, the Nazi film “The Eternal Jew depicted Jews as rats… [and during] the Rwandan genocide, Hutu officials called Tutsis ‘cockroaches’ that needed to be cleared out.” “Overall, the experts I spoke to all said that the No. 1 way to combat dehumanization is also, frustratingly, one of the hardest to accomplish: simply getting to know people who are different from us,” writes Resnick. “It’s hard because we have many opportunities — via the news and social media — to get the thin-slice exposure to unfamiliar groups that activates the us-versus-them program in our brains. And we have so few opportunities to do the hard work of breaking through those first impressions and getting to know the human soul inside.” Here Resnick is referring to a decades-long body of research on the so-called contact hypothesis, which suggests that meaningful intergroup interactions can mitigate some of the worst excesses of our in-group/out-group cognitive programming. As he rightly points out, this isn’t easy — no one suggests it is — but when it’s pulled off successfully, it does seem to be a reliable way to get people to view one another as human beings. https://lnkd.in/gph5Fbid

https://lnkd.in/e3iNp3Jz This is an absolute must read. Not only, but particularly for anyone working on peace process support. Power mediation- as outlined so eloquently here again - is rarely a long term solution. Sticks and carrots rarely address all factors leading to conflict. Luckily, quite a bit of work is being done in the meantime on connecting the dots and applying what has been learned on the intersection between neuroscience, behavioral science and practical peace work. More of this, please. #conflictresolution #peacebuilding #peacemediation #belongingmatters #socialcohesion #behavior

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke with members of the American Psychological Association on September 1st, 1967. The topic and title of the speech was "The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement." Dr. King provided some insight into the complexities of the Civil Rights Movement during the late 1960's, and also called on behavioral scientists to engage in a few focused areas of research, systemic and institutional racism being among them. He reminded us that there are certain things in our society to which good-willed people should never be well-adjusted, such as bigotry, racial discrimination, segregation, and the unjust allocation of resources. Sometimes, 'maladjustment' can be a sensible reaction, a sign that something is amiss in our environment. It can lead to desirable changes, actions that advance the well-being of those who are marginalized and attacked in our society. On this day of service and remembrance, when our society is at a crux of awareness and action, my hope is that our overwhelmed, disenheartened educators and support staff can find a way for "creative maladjustment" to lift and sustain them in their efforts to create a healthier and more just future. Here are the words of Dr. King: "You who are in the field of psychology have given us a great word. It is the word maladjusted. This word is probably used more than any other word in psychology. It is a good word; certainly it is good that in dealing with what the word implies you are declaring that destructive maladjustment should be destroyed. You are saying that all must seek the well-adjusted life in order to avoid neurotic and schizophrenic personalities. Thus, it may well be that our world is in dire need of a new organization, The International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment. Men and women should be as maladjusted as the prophet Amos, who in the midst of the injustices of his day, could cry out in words that echo across the centuries, 'Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream'; or as maladjusted as Abraham Lincoln, who in the midst of his vacillations finally came to see that this nation could not survive half slave and half free; or as maladjusted as Thomas Jefferson, who in the midst of an age amazingly adjusted to slavery, could scratch across the pages of history, words lifted to cosmic proportions, 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. And that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' And through such creative maladjustment, we may be able to emerge from the bleak and desolate midnight of man's inhumanity to man, into the bright and glittering daybreak of freedom and justice." Full speech: https://lnkd.in/eVJxsG4w

🌍 🌎 🌏 The Behavioral Scientists Working Toward a More Peaceful World For those who are interested in #behavioralscience and #peace, much-needed field in these difficult times. Shout out to Mina Cikara from Harvard University and Andrés Casas from Neuropaz for their contributions to this field and a big thank you to Margarita Quihuis for sharing this article and recording and to Martin Waehlisch 🌐🕊️ and Maciej D. for guiding us through this topic. Some of my takeaways: 🌐 learning from 70 years of cognitive science we know that even if people have perfect access to information, there is a strong human tendency to pay more attention and recall negative compared to positive and neutral information. This makes us more susceptible to #propaganda that fuels #violence and #conflict. 🌐 People act how they perceive it's allowed - if you think there is broad support for violence you are likely to follow even if privately that's not your preference. 🌐 Nation-level data fails to capture the nuances of community-level conflict. Without a deep understanding of these local dynamics, it becomes hard to design and implement effective policies aimed at preventing conflict. 🌐 We need to bring in scientists, decision-makers, and practitioners together to use #data #innovation and #culturalchange to test, adjust, and scale up innovations - because ultimately what works in a lab with 20 people might not work with millions. 🌐 This issue impacted me deeply, as I spent a decade connecting young people from conflict zones. One potential drawback of these programs is the risk of backfiring. When you bring together individuals from opposing sides, they may expect more empathy during the next conflict. However, once they return to their own communities, group pressure often prevents them from reaching out and offering support. This can actually increase hostility beyond the original level. I experienced a different outcome personally and would love to see more research on why this occurs. 🌐 We can have all the #data in the world, but if we don't have the right expertise and models we will just get garbage. 📚 Read more in the article "The Behavioral Scientists Working Toward a More Peaceful World": https://lnkd.in/d69S8djE 📽 Watch the recording: https://lnkd.in/dhq6dHux You might be interested in this Patrick Asiñero, Jacinta Bailey, Haruna Fukaya, Gideon Kapalasa, Paola Saldivias Mendez, Aleksandra Zaborowska, Antonella Di Ciano, Angélica Rodriguez Lopez, Alexis Mwanza Kabongo MD, MPH, Chone Chaowai, Christian Menin, Estefania Rodriguez, Gibson Zulu, Jorge Delgado Golusda, Mai Nguyen, Mustafa Rezaie, MFA,MIDP, Sara Solomon, Rachel Ansley, Imad Alhajj, Ainura K. Tuimebekova

Objectives: Disproportionate exposure to childhood adversity and the effects of racial discrimination take a toll on Black American men's mental health. Despite increasing rates of suicidal behaviors and thoughts among young adult, Black American men, few longitudinal studies examine their risk for suicidal and death ideation (SDI). We tested a developmental model linking childhood adversity (experiences of deprivation and threatening experiences) and emerging adult exposure to racial discrimination to increases in SDI and examined a potential mechanism for these effects, negative relational schemas. Method: A sample of 504 Black men (Mage = 20.7) from rural Georgia were recruited with respondent-driven sampling and completed a baseline survey. Men participated in two additional follow-up surveys (Mage = 21.9 and Mage = 23.5). Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling. Results: Analyses largely supported the proposed model. Childhood adversities were associated directly with reports of SDI. Childhood deprivation indirectly predicted SDI via negative schemas (β = 0.03, 95% CI [.014, .046]). Racial discrimination also indirectly predicted SDI via negative relational schemas (β = 0.01, 95% CI [.001, .018]). Conclusion: Study results suggest that clinical and preventive interventions for suicidality should target the influence of racism and adverse experiences and the negative relational schemas they induce. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved). Kogan SM, Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2024 Feb 8. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000641. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38330370. #Gesundheit #Bildung #Fuehrung #Coaching #Mindset #Motivation #Gehirn #Neuroscience #Psychologie #Persoenlichkeitsentwicklung #Kindheit #KeyNoteSpeaker #Humangenetik #Biochemie #Neuroleadership #Ernaehrung #Transformation #Stress #Demografie #Gender #Age #interkulturelleKompetenz #Epigenetik #Veraenderung #EmotionaleIntelligenz #Change #Gesellschaft #Organisationsentwicklung #Philosophie #Beratung # Quantum

"Labels and cultural assumptions are powerful. And we need to keep questioning the "script" and asking whether neurodivergent "different" is actually "deficient." Perhaps "different" is decent. Or desirable. Or even desperately needed." #inclusiveworkplaces #belongingatwork #inclusiveleadership #EDI #DEI #neurodivergentleaders

What does healing look like after institutional betrayal? And what's the connection between #DARVO and systemic oppression? Two new articles featured in the newest edition of the Courage Brief explore these questions - check them out below! And don't miss the Courage Team Links, News, and Events that are also included in the Brief. https://lnkd.in/g_ju26jW

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“The normalisation of social power gradients and powered-up relationships is the terminal disease that plagues all empires. Since we live in the context of the convulsions of dying empires, it is important to understand the cultural dynamics that are unfolding. “Joseph Tainter’s analysis of complex societies shows that collapse of hierarchical complexity ‘is not a fall to some primordial chaos, but a return to the normal human condition of lower complexity’. “This article offers a curated list of valuable public learning resources for our current times, to help us acknowledge our cognitive and emotional limits, and slow down to the relational speed life at human scale. "There is a logical sequence to the referenced educational videos. Together they form a crash course for understanding the toxic effects of all forms of social power." —Jorn Bettin, “Understanding power and de-powering”, NeuroClastic, April 7th, 2024 #ActuallyAutistic #Culture #Society