/WHAT IS ASSESSED HERE:

HOW YOU THINK ABOUT AND DEAL WITH AMBIGUITY AND PARADOXES, HOW YOU RECOGNIZE DIVERSITY, FEEL ABOUT IT AND ACT TOWARDS IT.

What this tells you:

This graph shows only one dimension – cognitive - meaning that you have an intellectual understanding about this aspect. We don’t have enough data to report on your behaviors or feelings about this topic.  

YOUR SMI RESPONSES INDICATE THAT you know that it is important to listen to others’ perspectives, and to find solutions that can accommodate diverse needs, even compromising what is important to one or the other.

We cannot comment on your behaviors or feelings related to this topic, since you indicated (by choosing "neither") that you did not find yourself represented by any of the available options.

THINK ABOUT HOW YOU CAN FURTHER LEVERAGE YOUR STRENGTHS AND MANAGE SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS WHICH MAY BE HOLDING YOU BACK:

Many of our world’s sustainability challenges originate in choices such as: “either the planet or the economy” and “either protect the wolves or the farmer.” Yet, Either-Or choices can be misleading, and have us believe there are win-lose solutions that work. But do they really?

If the cost is high, do they still work? What may we be missing that others are seeing when we find ourselves in a situation where we see it the “right” way, and others are “wrong”? How could we all benefit from having a fuller picture?

/HOW ABOUT YOU TRY:

Here is a question to consider: Can you think of an event or situation, however minor, where someone with a different opinion was able to step into your shoes? How did it make you feel? How did it impact your attitude and your behavior? What if we could shape a world that makes room for different perspectives? Where you acknowledge others’ points of view, and yours are also included by others?

Since we cannot control what others think or do, but do have control over our own way of thinking, there may be an interesting path worth exploring here.

/THOUGHTS TO PONDER WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE SM:

It seems that today, more than ever, we are collectively being confronted with paradoxes and ambiguity. Increased transparency and access to information from around the world makes us aware of very different ways of thinking, being and acting with which we may not agree or be comfortable.

Challenging as this may be, there is a benefit to it: We are becoming aware of our own worldviews just by realizing that there are other ways of seeing and feeling. This is an evolutionary insight of great value, the foundation for more peaceful societies. In a way, life is prompting us to expand our understanding and our scope of caring, which go hand in hand.

When we understand something, we can begin caring. This is the start of a better world for all.

Both+and thinking allows us to understand paradoxes, and calls for creative solutions that are inclusive of all stakeholders.