Currents #1 Feeling human
See what has caught our interest or provoked our thinking in our new moodboard, ‘Currents’.
This month’s Currents are selected by Rachel Kelly, Principal, OD & Change Consultant at the Tavistock Institute.
I’m currently watching this Argentinian comedy series about a 40-year-old woman, Vicky, driving herself crazy comparing herself to all her friends and colleagues.
It’s over the top but has a serious heart.
As I began watching I thought – this is going to be awful. But Vicky has enough vulnerability and charm to somehow make it difficult to stop. It’s all about female competition and is so entertaining, particularly as she battles with her therapist – I’m loving these scenes.
I’m finding it useful to think about my own envy and shame, and how I interact with other women. And, going a bit deeper, how do I show up in the world, what do I choose to achieve, what is important?
“We don’t just communicate through language; we transmit moods, impressions, and gut feelings”.
In this blog, Manfred Kets de Vries delves into what’s happening when we communicate and how to listen more deeply.
He talks about using the Third Ear – what a great idea.
In a world becoming more and more virtual, I think this has become so important. Always coming back to the body, ourselves, and what makes us human.
And then that starts me thinking about how we communicate online…
Back to gender and youth masculinity – I came across a 1.5-hour podcast which talks about young men’s experience today.
This one stopped me in my tracks as I began thinking not just about women’s rights but also the impact of this on men.
The manosphere is gaining traction, and many young men are in the middle of a slow crisis, feeling lost.
I sent it to a friend whose son is having a very difficult time. Of course, it’s not just about how he behaves individually – she now has ideas about how society is shaping his behaviour.
The real reasons young men are checking out of society: Richard Reeves on YouTube
This is the title of a YouTube video about Shenzhen – China’s robot city.
Apart from climate change, AI is perhaps the most anxiety-provoking of all societal changes going on now.
The impact of the AI Revolution - like the Industrial one in the West but so much faster - feels like we are rushing blindly into a new future of machine efficiency.
I’m wondering what we humans, with bodies, bring into this new world?
It’s as if I’m already starting to miss the charm of the messiness, ambivalence, complexity, the wonderful uncertainty and unknowingness of being human.
