Dubito – Making good more doable
This year, I will be sharing snippets of my vision on how to ‘make good more doable’ on a weekly basis. Below, you can find the latest and most fundamental posts, and on this page, you can find a chronological overview of all published posts so far.
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Introducing Rosetta: Making good more doable by learning to recognise it
‘Good’ often doesn’t get the attention it deserves. This needs to change. The next couple of months (February – June), my posts will focus on learning to recognise opportunities to do good and avoid bad. To ‘make good more doable‘ (my mission), we should start by focusing our attention on what ‘good’ is, and in…
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It’s only a model
Regulation provides a static solution for a dynamic problem If you argue that different sets of rules often aim at governing situations that are part of the same system, you will agree that these sets of rules will need to be adaptive to one another in order to be effective. If rules are developed and…
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Scared of the dusk
We should be working on alternatives to regulation Next to the fact that the amount and complexity of regulation is increasing, there is a risk that it is getting less effective too, making the problem exponentially bigger. If we, as a citizen or employee in a company have more ways to do things and options…
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Regulation is too complex
Asking people to do good simply by complying to regulation is unreasonable Our way to make sure we keep doing the right thing is under pressure. Our society relies heavily on our legal and justice system to make sure people know the rules and follow them. We make ever more complex regulations to govern the…
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Regulation is in chaos
The amount of regulation is increasing and getting more complex and dynamic You could argue that the world as we see it is getting more complex every day. As a result of internationalisation and information technology we see more of the world every day, and every day we get more connected with it. This obviously…
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Basic considerations
Asking the right questions on the moments that matter helps to make good more doable. Once we are aware of an opportunity to do good (see previous post), and we have the time to pursue this opportunity, we are ready to consider some key questions that can help us properly recognise good and move on…
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Triggers for good
We should learn to recognise opportunities to do good If we truly want to be good, we should train ourselves to be triggered when there is opportunity to do good. If indeed, the pathway to good starts with our ability to recognise good, it is crucial that we are aware of the moments in our…
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Exercise: The graph of your organisation
Before you do this excercise, please first complete “Exercise: The graph of your life” first. This exercise is similar to the previous one. Just follow these brief instructions: Now have a look at what you’ve drawn. Do you notice anything special? Can you explain to yourself or someone else all the curves and changes in…
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Good doubts
Doubting is essential to making good more doable It is easy to make the mistake of thinking that being good is all about knowing what is right or wrong. Indeed, it really helps to know this, but it is exponentially more important be able to find out what good is when it is not clear.…
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Exercise: The graph of your life
Please do not think about this exercise for too long. Just follow these brief instructions and trust the process. Now have a look at what you’ve drawn. Do you notice anything special? Can you explain to yourself or someone else all the curves and changes in your graph? Now, let’s go a step further and…