We see it time and again… Some intriguing new information is rejected by the established order.
This story is told in all sorts of contexts. I’m sure you can think of many…
Something happens that suggests a radical approach to a familiar problem might lead to a solution, but too many have too much invested in the old paradigm to accept the new possibility. They would lose too much if they accepted the radical idea. So the problem remains unsolved.
As a former colleague was fond of saying, quoting Christian Morgenstern…
“In his (or her) considered view, what did not suit could not be true.”
So much, so frustrating, so disappointing…
But what if you’re the established order; the one invested in things the way they are; the one with something to lose in accepting the radical idea?
How open are you to that which doesn’t suit but might be true?