Evolve by Graeme Findlay

Author:Graeme Findlay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2018-09-20T16:00:00+00:00

The pre-cog choice

Patterson and his colleagues3 start to open the door on this more complex question of why we are at our worst when we need to be at our best. They call it the “fool’s choice” for leaders when they confront crucial conversations. A fool’s choice is a leader asking themselves, “Will I address this negative behaviour now and ruin our relationship, or will I let it pass and suffer the long-term effects?” It is a fool’s choice, because the question itself reflects a series of false beliefs.

We will take this one step further because we now understand that the command voice is heavily anchored in connection to pre-cog brain. So, I will rename the choice the “pre-cog choice” and in doing so rewrite the choice as it really occurs – “Will I address this negative behaviour now and ruin our relationship, or will I let it pass and suffer the long-term consequences just hope that things will improve?” We know that this is the question that is truly being asked because we understand that the pre-cog brain doesn’t engage with “long-term consequences”. It deals purely in the choice to be made now. If we are to master the command voice, we must understand how our own tribal shadow influences our decision processes.

Pre-cogs did not have the ability to envisage the future. This ability developed during the cognitive revolution. Remember that as you were walking along the Eurostar tracks, working out how to manage your teams with steadily degrading capabilities, that your futurizing voice was the first to go. Later, you dropped your prosocial voice as you left your gossipy intra-cogs behind you. Your pre-cogs could not engage in abstract future concepts like the post-cogs, nor could they even gossip about who might do what to whom at the festival tomorrow. They purely responded to your command and heartfelt voice. This pre-cog brain never got left behind as we evolved. And today when you use your command voice, it is highly triggered, both in you and in your followers.

It is logical, therefore, that the pre-cog influence will be to dismiss potential long-term consequences. In fact, we can go one step further. “Will I address this negative behaviour now and ruin our relationship, or will I let it pass?” and just hope that things will improve”. Even hoping about the future is beyond pre-cogs.

Pre-cog society and leadership was dominated by direct relationships. The leader was not the best warrior; he was the best relationship builder. When you are in command voice mode, your tribal shadow will anchor immediately on relationships. This inner voice is not concerned with long-term consequences or even hoping that things will improve; the tribal shadow will fixate on relationship. And it will invariably lead you down the wrong path if you choose to follow it. For a reluctant leader or one with a “don’t be weird” tribal shadow, the answer to the pre-cog choice is simple – let it pass. You are not happy with the

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