Transcend and include; #bothand.
I have recently become very conscious of problem solving frameworks, conversations and analogies whereby the solution or analysis that is reached stands mutually exclusively from its alternatives.
Very often, situations are approached with an ‘or’ mindset; the answer is: this or this or this or this.
Rather than approach a situation from an ‘or’ mindset, an opportunity exists to transcend and include; to think about the wider situation and determine a solution that includes many alternatives, not just one.
A useful visual representation of this kind of mindset is a Venn diagram.
Recently, I have been encouraging myself to evolve into this mindset; initially I was surprised at the volume of things I was assuming to be black and white; I am now very conscious to look for the grey area, the centre of the Venn diagram, where there is layer on layer.
If only black and white solutions exist for problems that are multi-dimensional and complex; then problem solving becomes narrow and limited by its binary focus.
Transcend- consider the wider situation- and include- determine a solution made up of multiple alternatives, not just one.
