There’s a common and important theme here I think around capacity- doing the training to master our operating environment, and practicing foe when things go wrong. Obsession with efficiency though has us blundering on in search of every last fragment of short term return. Making a stand, for ourselves and those we might lead, is important. Thanks for comments :-)
My son is an artisan of human flight, skydiving and paragliding. He spends hours and hours of his training time in an indoor skydiving tunnel mastering body control. When he speaks of his craft, I can hear the minutiae of the awareness that goes into each precise action. Most of the time I have absolutely no idea what he is talking about but love to hear the enthusiasm in his voice when he explains the wind speeds and air dynamics and his deft maneuvers. He has a back up parachute but it is his wits, his skill and his presence that is keeping him alive.
The idea of artisans being more tuned in and ready to deal with surprises is compelling. That's something I'll need to sit with as I consider which areas of my life and work I'm an artisan and where and how I'm (over?) reliant on technology. Thanks, Richard.
There’s a common and important theme here I think around capacity- doing the training to master our operating environment, and practicing foe when things go wrong. Obsession with efficiency though has us blundering on in search of every last fragment of short term return. Making a stand, for ourselves and those we might lead, is important. Thanks for comments :-)
And a lot of that skill depends on giving himself enough time for plan B when something goes wrong.
My son is an artisan of human flight, skydiving and paragliding. He spends hours and hours of his training time in an indoor skydiving tunnel mastering body control. When he speaks of his craft, I can hear the minutiae of the awareness that goes into each precise action. Most of the time I have absolutely no idea what he is talking about but love to hear the enthusiasm in his voice when he explains the wind speeds and air dynamics and his deft maneuvers. He has a back up parachute but it is his wits, his skill and his presence that is keeping him alive.
The idea of artisans being more tuned in and ready to deal with surprises is compelling. That's something I'll need to sit with as I consider which areas of my life and work I'm an artisan and where and how I'm (over?) reliant on technology. Thanks, Richard.