1/ Thoughts inspired by @yaneerbaryam thread. What is "Phase thinking"? Some people are great at making decisions in a less chaotic, conventional phase. Time is not necessarily a critical factor. In fact, procrastination is lionized as a virtue in this phase.
2/ Conventional phase thinking is typified by what I call the "Manana" attitude. Bureaucrats love this phase. A lack of skin in the game is also typical in this phase. Passing the buck, decisions by committee, delayed action, etc. is a deep groove where the saw slowly cuts.
3/ As we move into the Contingency phase of thinking, action becomes a bit more critical. Time is a new factor affecting decisions. Time is not the determining factor, but anxiety starts to build. Many within decision structures do not necessarily recognize this phase shift
4/ The Contingency Phase is confusing to bureaucrats. They lack the facilities for dealing with the ground shifting beneath their feet. They are brutally applying conventional rules to this phase and are frustrated, thinking "what's wrong with everybody else".
5/ As we continue into Crisis Phase, all Hell has broken loose. Everyone speaks as if there is a crisis, but all the rules of decision making have been shredded. Time replaces cost...replaces expediency. Those steeped in old premises of "efficiency"; of "measure twice, cut once"
6/ are lost, disorients. The language of action (praxis) is not theoretical, but front and center. Time is the currency. Those still preaching to slow down are shadows not corporeal. The environment REQUIRES decision making that matches the pace of a crisis environment.
7/ Language has changed by even bureaucrats. Language is not important but action is. Forget about what people are saying. They MAY talk crisis but OFTEN act as if times are normal. These people actually are WORSE than neutral, their inability to act is literally deadly in crises
8/ 3 phases of thinking will be exhibited in every domain; politics, military; business; academics. Few people are good at decision making in all 3 phases. Skill sets are different in each phase.
