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Thiagi(Sivasailam Thiagarajan)Resident Mad Scientist
The Thiagi Group
Reconcile Paradoxes
to Improve Performance
Tracy TagliatiChief Learning Officer
The Thiagi Group
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AU CONTRAIRE!
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Look before you leap.
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Look before you leap.
Birds of a feather flock together.
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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
What will be, will be.
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TERMINOLOGY
PARADOX
SYNONYMS
Dilemmas
Contradictions
Polarities
Dichotomies
Paradoxes
Oxymorons
QUOTES
“The opposite of a great truth is also true.”
Niels Bohr
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and
still retain the ability to function.”
F. Scott-Fitzgerald
“Brilliant leaders are skilled at integrative thinking: the ability to hold two opposing ideas in their mind … and
then reach a synthesis that contains elements of both but actually improves on each.”
Roger Martin
BENEFITS
BENEFITS
More creative strategies
More systemic understanding of reality
Synergestic relationships
Increased productivity
Increased resiliency
METAPHORS
METAPHORS
Optical illusion
Default programming
Clock on the ceiling
Opposable thumb
Kitchen sink
METAPHORS
Optical illusion
Default programming
Clock on the ceiling
Opposable thumb
Kitchen sink
HOW TO RECONCILE A
PARADOX
TRIADS
Judge
Supporter of one side
Supporter of the other side
FLOW
Identify the poles.
Assign roles.
Pause for prep.
Listen to the first person.
Listen to the other person.
Synthesize the opinions.
CULTURECLASHES
Stouffer, S. A. & Toby, J. (1951). “Role of Conflict and Personality.” American Journal of Sociological Review, 30 (539-548).
CONTINUED …
Life is what you make it.