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When Leaders Care Systemically. Whatever leaders care about, their form of argument, their strategy; and, however *systematic* their execution. Everything leaders say and do has *systemic* influence.
Systemic. A hard work to comprehend. A word to become deeply familiar with.
Aristotle’s logic is systematic. All leaders are people. People care. All leaders care.
It’s categorical. It’s had “an unparalleled influence on the history of Western thought” [1]. Categories create neat boundaries in our minds, enabling functional and systematic action. Simple.
Categories do NOT exist in the real world. Humans devise them to understand parts of the world and shroud the systemic nature of the world. Enter COVID.
The category “new infections” drops to single digits. Our systematic response is to ask, when can we go back to normal?
An uncountable category “unknown infections in the population” lurks. A systemic risk, needing trust in experts to take a gradual response. Wait to see what happens. Take another step (which might be backwards). Essential because they comprehend systemic failure.
When leaders care systemically, they walk with the long term, not run with the short term. They take advice from experts professionally trained in systemic thinking. The risks of failure are too high.
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Note [1] Stanford University https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-logic/