Bedrock (no Pebble and Bam-Bam here)

We each come with a set of principles, mores, values (all of which mean different things, by the way) or mental filters that were built from our experience and learning. This mental noise is like a loud bar where only the abbreviated stuff that we shout gets through. It is our firm foundation allowing our opinions to take root and shadow our judgement and actions. We call this shade, truth, and impose this template on the world. In management, this template shapes the careers and to an extent the lives of the employees under our care. Business decisions, performance feedback and mentoring rest on the managers bedrock in the shade of their "experience and learning". The more stable the foundation and agreeable the shade, the further we get from the raw, native intelligience of our instinct. Our instinct is our natural protector intended to help us prosper in all but the most inhospitable conditions. I urge managers to step off their bedrock onto the sand and let the sun talk to them. Truths are many and success is not limited to established paths. Fostering organic growth is tricky compared to planting created flowers in artificial, but the result is more resilient and just as pretty.
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