A very common perception for most people is that we all see the same reality. We tend to be fooled into thinking that everyone else sees things the way we do. Surely everyone realizes the fatal flaw in this strategy in the future, right? I’m sure everyone else sitting around this table appreciates the impact this decision is going to have on all workers, right? Of course, the rest of the team understands the importance of taking action at this time.
The truth is, no one sees reality in exactly the same way as you do, and your unique neural networks play an important role in explaining why. While your emotions, your experiences, and your knowledge play a big part in explaining why your view of reality differs from that of others, your mental filters and the unique combination of data they let you in are also a big part. Since your neural networks are unique, so is the information that leaks into your decisions or gets blocked. When your neural networks are robust, high-speed connections, they filter information back to you at tremendous speeds, and you see that aspect of reality very clearly. However, if these networks leak information, you may be completely unaware of certain aspects of a reality.
Just as not all neural networks are created equal, neither are all voices created equal. The more robust the network, the louder the voice associated with it, and the clearer you will see that aspect of reality. The less developed the network, the softer that voice will be, and the more ambiguous that aspect of reality will seem to you. It is different for each person. A person’s mind can be biased towards the factual aspect of a situation and blind to the humanistic aspects, so while they make sure that action is taken, they are blind to the fact that by doing so they have irritated a lot of people. Another person might be so focused on the humanistic aspects of the situation that they completely ignore the big picture, so even though the bus is swerving off a bridge that’s down, at least everyone on the bus feels valued and understood.
Jay Niblick describes strong networks as teachers and the less developed, if they are sufficiently less developed, such as Blind spots. The master dimensions are so loud that they override the others and demand more attention, while the blind spot dimensions are not as dominant, and sometimes you can ignore this aspect of reality in favor of the louder voices of your masters.
Just as we all have physiological blind spots in the way we see; each of us can also have neurological blind spots in the way we think. Your mental blind spots can cause you to miss key aspects of a situation, and as a result, your decision may not be as accurate. When you create a score for each of these three dimensions or talent classes, you can graph those scores and create patterns. which is the easiest way to understand how they all play together. When we do this, we get seven unique patterns (or master patterns).
The seven master patterns are:
1. The Balanced Pattern – Masters: Head, Hand and Heart. blind spot: none
2. The Social Pattern – Teachers: Hand and Heart. Blind Spot: Head
3. The Pattern of the Director – Teachers: Head and Heart. Blind Spot: Hand
4. The Efficient Pattern – Masters: Head and Hand. Blind Spot: Heart
5. The Support Pattern – Master: Heart. Blind spots: Hand and head
6. The Practical Pattern – Teacher: Hand. Blind spots: head and heart
7. The Systematic Pattern – Teacher: Head. Blind spots: heart and hand