BUILDING TRIBES FOR THE FUTURE Lessons from anthropologyJitske Kramer

@jitskekramer @humandimensionJ

HOW TO BUILD FUTURE TRIBES WITH CENTURY OLD HUMAN WISDOM

When we don’t listen to minority voices

People shape Cultures. Cultures shape people.

Interaction & Decision making.

GOOD / BAD BEAUTIFUL / UGLY TRUE / NOT TRUE

Ranking & Privilege.

Strong Tribes. Safe for Diversity. Ready for Change.

LEADERSHIP INTERACTION & DECISION MAKING

Views on leadership

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LEADERSHIP

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Views on leadership

Traditional Tribes… clear boundaries…

• One tribe. Totem. Clear boundaries. • Continuity. Traditions. • Families. Trust. Loyalties. Chiefs. • One language. One religion. Clear ancestors. • Knowledge gives power

Modern tribes… agile… boundary spanning… inclusive…

• Permeable boundaries • Online and offline • Ad hoc. Around a theme, activity, idea • Change oriented, new, better, creative • Multi-lingual. Diverse backgrounds • An individual is member of more tribes; multiple loyalties • Connecting knowledge gives power; ranking system

OPEN, INCLUSIVE, NONHIERARCHICAL UNCERTAINTY, AMBIGUITY

Tribal Guilty Pleasures

• Charismatic leadership • Ego strokes: applaus, going solo • Own ideas, privileges • Belonging, clans (silos), symbols • Clarity, avoiding failure, routine • Rebellious; too much harmony is boring • Passion, intimacy, sex

Views on leadership… Tribal Guilty Pleasures

WHO JOINS IN THE: INCLUSIVE CULTURES

DOING TALKING

DECIDING

Universal questions: interaction, decision making

• how to consult, talk • who can decide what • diversity in people and views • dealing with conflicts

JAM CIRCLE

OPEN UP Deal with emotions

CREATE Deal with

different desires

Reflex reactions to shocking differences

Wonder with an open mind

Feel all perspectives

Put solutions into action

LIVE LIFE Deal with each

other

EXPLORE Deal with all

views

INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP

Leadership… own, play, share rank

Strong Tribes. Safe for Diversity. Ready for Change.

TWO FORCES

PowerGoal oriented. Results. Setting boundaries Performance. Rebellious.

Dopamine. Endorphins

LoveRelation oriented Connecting Loyalty. Trust. Holistic.

Oxytocin. Serotonin.

Power Love Relation oriented. Connecting. Loyalty. Trust. Holistic. Oxytocin. Serotonin.

Goal oriented. Results. Setting boundaries. Performance. Rebellious. Dopamine. Endorphins.

PowerLove PowerLove

Strong Tribes. Safe for Diversity. Ready for Change.

TRANSITION

Change. Learn. Chaos. Liminal. Betwixt and Between.

Honor the space Between no longer and not yet - Nancy Levin

Liminal Space. Betwixt and between.

Rites of Passage Source: Arnold Van Gennep

Incorporation

Transition

Separation

@jitskekramer @humandimensionJ

How to be humans? www.humandimensions.com www.deepdemocracy.nl

June 2019

Film: I dare you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_GXM7s7NkI&list=UUVxl404sUdQO17PI-z6qfxA&index=16

BUILD FUTURE TRIBES

WITH CENTURY OLD HUMAN WISDOM