EPSL group 3 participants have now explored the topics of power, authority, beliefs and attitudes. Today they are exploring presuppositions and their role in decision making and leadership.
Discussions continue to be lively and thoughtful, as the group members work to build on each others’ contributions and to ask each other questions about what they are sharing. This morning’s discussion, on a selection of Bacon’s New Organan, raised issues about how the associations we form through language and the formation of community are great sources of conflict in society—whether those are associations formed in a church or mosque, through trade, by tribal unity, or some other connection. The discussion continued for about 30 minutes before the group moved naturally into the question of how, if one is to change his or her mindset, a visionary convinces people to follow a new plan. Nyerere’s and Gandhi’s strategies were cited as examples of effective communicators of vision—Nyerere with his oratorical and teaching skills and Gandhi with his willingness to be one with the people he wanted to help change. Most of the group concurred that mindset can be changed, particularly with exposure and strategic education.
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