Aaron Wong’s Reviews > Navigating Polarities: Using Both/And Thinking to Lead Transformation > Status Update
Aaron Wong
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Facilitating groups:
• Shared visual: Writing looks less formalized (compared to typing) and so keeps people creative
• Populating the map: Allow groups to rotate & populate the quadrants in four corners of a room, perhaps summarizing with an image
• Third Way: metaphor, made-up word/phrase
• Think-Pair-Square: personal to group vulnerabilities
- p. 115-117
— Apr 07, 2025 12:21AM
• Shared visual: Writing looks less formalized (compared to typing) and so keeps people creative
• Populating the map: Allow groups to rotate & populate the quadrants in four corners of a room, perhaps summarizing with an image
• Third Way: metaphor, made-up word/phrase
• Think-Pair-Square: personal to group vulnerabilities
- p. 115-117
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Aaron Wong
is on page 114 of 184
Third Way is more doing than being, and will not always be equally weighted. However, getting more X without losing Y might seem utopian and result in effort inflation. - p. 114
— Feb 16, 2025 08:24PM
Aaron Wong
is on page 109 of 184
Include other stakeholders in retreats e.g. PSG, SAC. - p. 109
— Feb 16, 2025 08:16PM
Aaron Wong
is on page 107 of 184
Don’t simply transfer opposites to the other diagonal; discuss each quadrant separately and check the opposites later. - p. 107
— Feb 16, 2025 08:06PM
Aaron Wong
is on page 98 of 184
🖥️Monitor to Discern, 5️⃣/5️⃣:
• manage polarities through integration over time
• revisit Navigator to discern progress & next steps
• discuss with stakeholders for multiple perspectives
• long-term success
• courage to question & be honest
• ongoing process to value all perspectives & commit to dialogue
- p. 97-98
— Oct 06, 2024 05:10AM
• manage polarities through integration over time
• revisit Navigator to discern progress & next steps
• discuss with stakeholders for multiple perspectives
• long-term success
• courage to question & be honest
• ongoing process to value all perspectives & commit to dialogue
- p. 97-98
Aaron Wong
is on page 95 of 184
🗺️Map to Understand, 2️⃣/5️⃣:
• include stakeholders
• name benefits & overuses
• objectify polarities
• dialogue to make meaning
- p. 95
— Oct 06, 2024 05:05AM
• include stakeholders
• name benefits & overuses
• objectify polarities
• dialogue to make meaning
- p. 95
Aaron Wong
is on page 97 of 184
Act to Expand, 4️⃣/5️⃣:
• intentional action over time
• based on standing in the Third Way & stepping into the Vulnerability Throughway
• platform for action
• strategies should be realistic & drive accountability
• may need project tracker, agendas, or schedules
- p. 96-97
— Oct 06, 2024 05:01AM
• intentional action over time
• based on standing in the Third Way & stepping into the Vulnerability Throughway
• platform for action
• strategies should be realistic & drive accountability
• may need project tracker, agendas, or schedules
- p. 96-97
Aaron Wong
is on page 96 of 184
Map to Understand, 2️⃣/5️⃣:
• reintegrating poles after differentiating
• visualising the experience if both poles exist simultaneously
• connecting deeply to a vision
• identifying what feels risky & embracing the vulnerability
• increasing understanding & sense to navigate effectively
• robust & sustainable strategies
- p. 95-96
— Oct 06, 2024 04:56AM
• reintegrating poles after differentiating
• visualising the experience if both poles exist simultaneously
• connecting deeply to a vision
• identifying what feels risky & embracing the vulnerability
• increasing understanding & sense to navigate effectively
• robust & sustainable strategies
- p. 95-96
Aaron Wong
is on page 93 of 184
Navigating polarities, 1️⃣/5️⃣:
• problem or polarity?
• most important & difficult step
• requires benefits of both poles for success
• results from overusing a pole
- p. 92-93
— Oct 06, 2024 04:44AM
• problem or polarity?
• most important & difficult step
• requires benefits of both poles for success
• results from overusing a pole
- p. 92-93
Aaron Wong
is on page 92 of 184
5️⃣ steps to navigate polarities:
1. 🔎Analyse to See: Problem or polarity?
2. 🗺️Map to Understand: Benefits & Overuses
3. 🧭Explore to Connect: Third Way & Vulnerability
4. 💗Act to Expand: Strategies & Actions
5. 🖥️Monitor to Discern: Watch & Adjust
- p. 92
— Oct 06, 2024 04:09AM
1. 🔎Analyse to See: Problem or polarity?
2. 🗺️Map to Understand: Benefits & Overuses
3. 🧭Explore to Connect: Third Way & Vulnerability
4. 💗Act to Expand: Strategies & Actions
5. 🖥️Monitor to Discern: Watch & Adjust
- p. 92

