Thank you Tanya, I was going to add, that many changemakers fall victim to the hedge clippers of standardisation, when a new leadership team or standardisation process cuts them as anomalies or perhaps sees them as tall poppies!
What a wonderful essay! It reminded me of the following:
C.K. Chesterton in his 1929 book "The Thing: Why I Am a Catholic" wrote in his essay “The Drift from Domesticity,”
“In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.’”
Thank you Pastor, I had a whole section in on Chesterton’s fence but I felt I was overloading (cognitively) the reader. Thanks so much for making the connection with great depth 👌
A brilliant read, Aidan. Looking forward to listening to this week’s episode.
Thank you Tanya, I was going to add, that many changemakers fall victim to the hedge clippers of standardisation, when a new leadership team or standardisation process cuts them as anomalies or perhaps sees them as tall poppies!
What a wonderful essay! It reminded me of the following:
C.K. Chesterton in his 1929 book "The Thing: Why I Am a Catholic" wrote in his essay “The Drift from Domesticity,”
“In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.’”
Thank you Pastor, I had a whole section in on Chesterton’s fence but I felt I was overloading (cognitively) the reader. Thanks so much for making the connection with great depth 👌
Another GEM!!👊🫵💪🏽🙌🏽🤙🙏
Cheers brother, greetings from Joburg!