Perceptions and Perspectives
Tuesday, 28. November 2006, 21:14:35
When we read, see or hear someone talking about something we are in a state of developing perspective about the event. On the basis of our first hand judgments about the event we feel confident enough to communicate our perspective to others. It’s a fair practice- the right of expressing ourselves! As a matter of fact- It’s an incredible practice.
This incredible practice of communicating perspective brings a great value add to both sides involved- the communicator and the listener. I think it’s most effective in bringing a value add when both sides are not sure (or not saturated with their perspective about the event) and they freely speak whatever limited knowledge they have. What works is that both sides involved are unsure about things their respective ends and are, therefore, curious to know what the other side feels about it. To add to that, they have this feeling of emptiness inside them and they want to dwell more on what they hear from the communicator.
Some of my recent conversations with people around me about work related issues reinforces this. A friend in our leisure conversation said, “May be the prospect needs a consultant and not merely a software developer”. The word “consultant”, otherwise a cliché term in service industry, added so much to my perspective later on and gave a new dimension all together to my approach. A similar thing happened while in conversation with another friend. Both sides boasted about their limited knowledge about Open Source technology. And later on in the day we went on to exchange knowledge about the same and acknowledging that we both had limited knowledge about the topic and that is what kept us on forefront of acquiring knowledge about it. Soon we will have a perspective about it too!
So in retrospect, while it is important to communicate perspective, only an open mind with an insatiable hunger to learn more shall be able to add more to that perspective. Limiting ourselves to our present state of perceptions will make our perspectives as slim as Giselle Bundchen :-P
This incredible practice of communicating perspective brings a great value add to both sides involved- the communicator and the listener. I think it’s most effective in bringing a value add when both sides are not sure (or not saturated with their perspective about the event) and they freely speak whatever limited knowledge they have. What works is that both sides involved are unsure about things their respective ends and are, therefore, curious to know what the other side feels about it. To add to that, they have this feeling of emptiness inside them and they want to dwell more on what they hear from the communicator.
Some of my recent conversations with people around me about work related issues reinforces this. A friend in our leisure conversation said, “May be the prospect needs a consultant and not merely a software developer”. The word “consultant”, otherwise a cliché term in service industry, added so much to my perspective later on and gave a new dimension all together to my approach. A similar thing happened while in conversation with another friend. Both sides boasted about their limited knowledge about Open Source technology. And later on in the day we went on to exchange knowledge about the same and acknowledging that we both had limited knowledge about the topic and that is what kept us on forefront of acquiring knowledge about it. Soon we will have a perspective about it too!
So in retrospect, while it is important to communicate perspective, only an open mind with an insatiable hunger to learn more shall be able to add more to that perspective. Limiting ourselves to our present state of perceptions will make our perspectives as slim as Giselle Bundchen :-P
WIDGETIZE
Anonymous # 7. December 2006, 21:59
this is true in all aspects of our lives.
i am glad u r writing your blog again!!!!