Dear participants! Next time we want to bring the concept of “tension” into our common consciousness and attention space. To do this, welcome this writing with a look at the world of TEAL organizations:
There is a word that often comes up with Teal pioneers: sensing. We are all natural sensors; we are gifted to notice when something isn’t working as well as it could or when a new opportunity opens up. With self-management, everybody can be a sensor and initiate changes— just as in a living organism every cell senses its environment and can alert the organism to needed change. We cannot stop sensing. Sensing happens everywhere, all the time, but in traditional organizations, the information often gets filtered out. Only the signals sensed at the top are acted upon, but unfortunately these signals are often distorted and far removed from reality on the ground. While people are naturally gifted sensors, we can increase our capacity to sense with practice. Meditative or spiritual practices, in particular, can help us distance ourselves from self-centered needs and tap into broader sources of wisdom.
The word “tension” is used in this sense: “I sense that something does not work as well as it could”, we ask all our partners and participants, think about their own tensions and bring to the training as a resource.