For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.
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In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us.
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Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.
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Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence.
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For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions.
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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.
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