Human betterment is one of the best studied phenomena in the modern sciences of mind. No need for jargon, ‘secret methods’, or ‘cutting edge’ mystique. If you want to be a better leader, improve the culture of your team, or just learn how people work, then we’ll help you make transparent, measurable change in your dealings with others. Move beyond betterment by buzzword, with Karstica.
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Leadership development, executive coaching, and culture transformation programs are full of jargon and mystique. Gurus with secret formulas that can help you or your team reach their full potential. But science doesn’t have much in the way of secrets, and leadership and interpersonal dynamics are some of the best studied. Let me show you.
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This is a very simple pitch. I want you to do a favour for me. I want you to go to whatever program on leadership, coaching, interpersonal dynamics, or culture change you’re eyeing, and ask the question “how do you measure impact?” If they have something more substantial to say than “measuring impact is hard”, a bustle of optimistic phraseology, and a logo cloud, then you probably don’t need to be here. If you, however, have not come away with a clear idea of how they measure impact, then even if you decide Karstica is not for you, you’ll benefit by reading on.
If this hasn’t already occurred to you, I hope you’ll take it from me: a Cambridge-educated brain scientist with ten years of clinical experience, a six year military career culminating as an Infantry platoon commander, several years consulting for some of the largest firms in the world, and a lecturing position at one of the most prestigious military academies in the world, most of these problems have already been solved.
Modern sciences of mind are over 100-years old. Problems of personal development, leadership, and the dynamics of collectives are a core concern of this branch of science. Junk programs know this. This is why you’ll often see them deploy quotes like those you’re seeing slide across the website now. The military is arguably the oldest professional trade, and a main priority is the development of it’s leaders. There’s no need to re-invent the wheel. That’s just just true of content, but outcome too.
Hence Karstica. From karst, gorgeous natural landscapes characterised by sinkholes, caves, and underground rivers, the idea here is to help you watch where you walking. If you want to:
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Content on leadership, culture, and human systems change.
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I’ve never written an article about the phenomenon of cognitive dissonance, even though I’ve referenced it a lot. It’s so mainstream that I assume everyone knows what it is. But, actually, people don’t. And even the guy who came up with it was a little disappointed by where the literature around it went. So I thought we’d revisit it, and keep it short and fun.
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Bias is just you using your expectations and assumptions to <em>ignore</em> the noise, and see the picture more clearly. The trade-off is that, sometimes, the noise is useful or your expectations are off. Mob-mentality and groupthink are usually posed as scary features of groups. But they’re just another example of this trade-off, and usually they’re more good than bad.
Director
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Bias is just you using your expectations and assumptions to <em>ignore</em> the noise, and see the picture more clearly. The trade-off is that, sometimes, the noise is useful or your expectations are off. The human stress response is perhaps the most fundamental example of this in behaviour, and a very valuable tool.
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