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Full-Spectrum Thinking
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Full-Spectrum Thinking

by Bob Johansen
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
5h 25m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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INTRODUCTION

The Core Story

WHAT CATEGORIES DO YOU USE TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF?

I like to ask this question at the beginning of workshops, and I’m always surprised by how many different categories people use to describe themselves: mother, father, manager, accountant, leader, board member, soldier, cook, gardener, writer, and so on. Quickly listing 20 categories to describe oneself is not uncommon.

How many different categories does it take before you start thinking of yourself across a broad spectrum?

Categories coerce. Categories are thrown at people like capture nets over wild animals. Categories keep us in cages. Categories can kill.

Full-spectrum1 thinking is the ability to seek patterns and clarity across gradients of possibility—outside, ...

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