Dimensional thinking and doing

Chapter 1 - Our Worldview

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Understanding 'dimensional thinking and doing'

Creation of layers

We create layers of experiences from what is important (interests - why) and valuable (values - how) to us at every moment of our lives.

They are the two primary dimensions.

1. Interest, the active dimension, spans
   1. from autonomy
   2. to participation.
2. Values, the second one, spans
   1. from coherence
   2. to connectedness.
3. In turn, the layers they create, constructs a third dimension we can use to create new layers from (= emergence)
   1. competencies
   2. to our relevant goals.

How this works is best explained by the theory of constructed emotions.

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Brief overview

The grids hereafter only depicts a tiny part of the vast amount of layers you, and we together, create throughout our life.

In most cases, when we are focused on a specific topic, we are (only) aware of the horizontal connections in the grid. Still, we are unaware of the vast vertical consequences connected to the case.

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Personal

		Why	How	What
		Interests	Values	Goals
		Active dimension	Evaluative dimension	Potential dimension
		From what is important for me to what is important for us.	From what has meaning to me to what is the meaning for us	From my competencies to the relevance of actions for the bigger situation
PERSONAL
Inner focus
Temperament		Prestige	Pleasure	Payment
Emotions		Worries and concerns. What stands in your way?	Resources and skills. What would be the best way for you to contribute ?	Hopes and goals. What do you want to accomplish?
Cognition		Defence	Diplomacy	Development
Cognition		Principles	Patterns	Processes
Other focus
Behaviour		Courage	Compassion	Curiosity
Behaviour - Trust		Autonomy	Connectedness	Competencies
Behaviour - Responsibility		Participation	Coherence	Relevance
Psychology		Cognitive dissonance	Fundamental attribution error	Base-rate neglect
Philosophy	Ernst Fehr	Beliefs	Preferences	Constraints
Philosophy - Brain		Striking and beautiful	Right and good	Correct
Outer focus
Experiential		Self-conscious	Socially aware	Environmentally aware
Experiential		Self confidence	Self appreciation	Selfknowledge
Experiential		Insight	Lucidity	Perspective
Cultural embedding - History		Fire	Campfire. Joint meals	Culture transfer. Formation of groups and societies
Cultural embedding	Jan Terlauw	How did I become who I am?	What's the matter with the world?(What's going on around me?)	How do we solve it? It's solvable!

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Organisational

		Why	How	What
		Interests	Values	Goals
		Active dimension	Evaluative dimension	Potential dimension
		Why is there an opportunity to invent / advance / ...?	How will we make it work?	What drives the use?
ORGANISATIONAL
Action		Strategy - Corporate futuring	Organisational futuring	Market awareness - Innovation awareness - Customer experience
The telegraph		The battery	The electromagnet	Cables
Railroad		The steam engin	High-strength steel	The telegraph, essential for coordinating operations
Car		Petroleum refining	The gasoline engine	The assembly line
Shopping centre		Centralized cost-effective manufacturing that provide low-cost (instead of craft-made) products	Railroads that enabled low-cost distribution of goods	Mass production of pulp paper enabling massive volumes of catalogs to be produced and distributed at low cost
Air conditioning		The electric motor	The centrifugal compressor	The distribution of cheap electricity
IBM computer		The silicon transistor	The magnetic tape	Computer logic (software)
Cellphone technology		The lithium battery	Microprocessors	LCD screen
Amazon		The internet	Data centres	The smartphone
Logistic chain		Platform economy	WWW, AI, 5G	Need for predictable, transparant and efficiënt supply chains

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