Frame Bigger or Smaller?
Decisions we make are based on our frame. How our community works, based on our frame. Our World, political, and religious views, based on our frame. Should you frame bigger?
When you shun the input of others you are limiting your data. When your community doesn’t reach beyond the river, highway, or state line, you’re limiting your exposure. If you decide to watch only one news channel you are limiting your perspective.
Push Data
The internet is a great service. As a component infrastructure, it matters.
Use a browser to research a product or service. You’ll be reminded of it again and again. Look up something you’re interested to purchase from eBay, you will see a lot more of it in the margins.
This isn’t a coincidence.
What we believe is largely based on our experiences. It is what exists within our frame.
Bigger Frame
Your position on global warming, based on your frame. Your belief about the pyramids in Egypt, based on your frame. Political views, should you choose to engage, based on your frame.
Many people feel like they are in a World of information overload. Perhaps it is true, yet differences in thinking are often viewed as a false narrative, not an opportunity for a different perspective.
In a World where there is more information at our fingertips than we can possibly digest, we must wonder about the validity and reliability of our data.
Should we question the size of our frame? Should we allow more ideas to enter then filter, instead of filter and then allow entry?
Your frame will not only condition what you believe, it will also determine everything that happens next.
-DEG
Dennis E. Gilbert is a business consultant, speaker (CSPTM), and culture expert. He is a five-time author and the founder of Appreciative Strategies, LLC. His business focuses on positive human performance improvement solutions through Appreciative Strategies®. Reach him through his website at Dennis-Gilbert.com or by calling +1 646.546.5553.
