Polarity Management

Polarity management a summary introduction

The Polarity Management model and set of principles are a user-friendly way to deal with all polarities in life. Polarities are ongoing, chronic issues that are unavoidable and unsolvable.. Significant competitive advantage for those that can distinguish between a problem to solve and a polarity to manage and are effective with both.

Polarity Management increases in value as the system or issue:

* Increases in complexity

* Increases in diversity

* Increases in speed of change

* Increases in resistance to change


Polarity Management can help:

* Simplify the complexity without being simplistic

* Capitalize on diversity without alienating the diverse groups

* Provide predictability and stability amidst accelerating change

* Convert resistance to change to a resource for sustainable, ongoing change-ability

The value of Either/Or Problem Solving.

I A fundamental question to ask when encountering a difficulty is: “Is this a problem we can ‘solve,’ or is it an ongoing polarity we must manage well?” Problems to solve” are those with 1 right answer or 2 or more right answers that are independent.

There are 5 positive results from getting the “single, right answer” to questions in the above disciplines:

* You learn essential pieces of your culture and thereby gain membership in the culture.

* You experience “success” and rewards

* You get “closure,” and end to the search.

* You learn your culture's basics of right and wrong, its definition of morality.

* You eliminate the “world of wrong alternatives.”

5 negative results from rejecting “Either/Or” Problem Solving:

* You don’t learn essential pieces of your culture or gain membership in the culture

* Many “successes” are not available

* May not get closure – and end to the search

* May become amoral

* May be overwhelmed with the “world of possible...