025 - Leading from the Unconscious

In this episode, we look at the changes that are underway all around the world and examine the idea that these problems require our higher capabilities and talents. If we are to solve very complex problems, we will need to make nonlinear exponential leaps. And to make nonlinear exponential leaps, we will need to individually and collectively engage the unconscious. It is there where the answers, and the solutions, and the innovations for individual, collective, and global problems are latent. Join Aviv Shahar and Jeff Vander Clute for Leading from the Unconscious. KEY TAKEAWAYS 02:36 – Aviv Shahar welcomes Jeff Vander Clute to explore the core inquiry of Leading from the Unconscious04:51 – Perception Shutdown Syndrome explained10:23 – The importance of going deep to appreciate the anatomy of an inquiry14:06 – The Five Natures32:47 – Differentiating between an absent unconscious and a presence-full unconscious42:34 – Jeff provides his thoughts on using your conscious awareness to facilitate your unconscious46:03 – The concepts of the superconscious and the mental bungee jump56:37 – Aviv provides final reflections on a deeper inquiry and thanks Jeff for joining him on today’s exploration TWEETABLE QUOTES “You bring us into a deep, specific, and I want to say rigorous inquiry. So there is great clarity as well. When we have one specific example where we’ve gone deep and then we look at the parallel developments that are co-arising, we can appreciate the commonality and the distinctions much more vividly than if we stayed at the surface level.” (12:21) (Jeff)“There is always the prospect of becoming a collective agency, where the inquiry, and the wisdom and intelligence we're seeking will reveal its multifaceted nature through different voices. One person will offer the theological insight, and another will offer the phenomenology of their experience, and a third person will offer the melodic, and a fourth person will offer the poetry, and a fifth person will draw this into a picture.” (19:42) (Aviv)“So, these were the five natures that I observed. We are in a rolling event where we come together with profound shared sentiments to discover that we can become a collective agency where we’re being activated at this time. And as part of the activation, we are allowed to recognize and appreciate a sense of different levels and gradients of capacity and capability.” (29:15) (Aviv)“Having a visual such as this makes the decision clear. It illuminates that there’s a choice. Now, granted we’re talking about unconscious dynamics. But we can consciously choose to work with our being in ways that transform and transmute that which is below the line.” (43:03) (Jeff)“The deeper inquiry about leading from the unconscious is the recognition that the change that we described - the rolling event that is underway, the kind of crises we are now seeing on the world stage - they require our higher capabilities and talents. If we are to solve very complex problems, we will need to make nonlinear exponential leaps.” (57:38) (Aviv) RESOURCES MENTIONED Portals of Perception WebsiteAviv’s LinkedIn Aviv’s TwitterAviv’s WebsiteJeff’s LinkedIn