Tom Cassidy

Reason-Ability · an applied programme

Reasonable Leadership

Developing the characteristics of exceptional leadership — so every leader can improve their capacity to create greater life for all.

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Week 13 · End-of-cycle review
Click any slice to read its focus and word of wisdom; press Play to walk the programme. Begin it and the wheel opens on the week you're on.

The worldview: each of us is an emergent property of Universe, and on a finite planet, securing advantage for one group at the expense of others is no longer viable. The work of leadership is to build systems where the interests of all agents align with the well-being of all — most easily at the level of design. People act for the good of all most readily when it is better, simpler and cheaper to do so: if you want people off fossil fuels, make solar better, simpler and cheaper.

Thirteen focus points, one a week, cycling four domains — and a thirteenth week to review the cycle and carry the learning forward. Tap a slice to meet its focus; press Play to walk the thirteen.

BELIEVE

What to believe

  1. Week 1

    The Arrow of the Universe

    The universe runs from disorder to order — energy ordering into matter, then cells, organisms, humans, and finally thoughts, each step a more elegant complexity. Our role is to be the universe’s local information-gatherers and problem-solvers, from cosmic energy to great ideas. On Spaceship Earth we are not passengers, we are crew — your contribution is not optional.

  2. Week 5

    Your Identity

    See yourself as an emergent property of Universe — the sum of all your possible future paths, not the sum of your past results. The universe spent considerable energy to get you to today; the unique “pattern integrity” you perceive as yourself is both necessary and unique.

  3. Week 9

    Your contribution

    Spend as much of your physical and metaphysical resources as you can at the intersection of what you love, what you’re good at, and what’s valuable to people. Look for the hardest problem you feel most uniquely qualified to solve — one you have, or can acquire, the wisdom, willingness and wherewithal to crack.

THINK

How to think

  1. Week 2

    Notice

    Notice your thoughts, your energy, your feelings, your results. Just notice — tune in to what’s actually going on, and resist the temptation to change it. The degree to which you can raise your own consciousness will determine your agency.

  2. Week 6

    The Script

    Ask “What would you choose?” to tell whether the voice in your head is your intuition or the script you inherited from past experience. Any thought, feeling or energy that isn’t helpful, you can simply name as script — not intuition — and let it go.

  3. Week 10

    The Sausage Machine

    Ask “What are you putting in?” across every area of your life — relationships, career, health, identity. Whenever you catch yourself feeding in what the script chose, replace it with what you WOULD choose. Like karma, it gives you instant agency, and it appears to be a universal principle.

ACT

How to act

  1. Week 3

    Agile Results

    Practise the Rule of 3, Monday Vision / Friday Reflection, Life Hot Spots and Themes, and the Pomodoro technique for maximum effectiveness. The fundamental aim: make sure you bring your best energy to your best work.

  2. Week 7

    Discernment

    Discernment is making sound, nuanced judgments — going past mere perception to weigh something’s real qualities. Do your own thinking; don’t just take anyone’s word, including mine. Perceiving information well, making sense of it, and acting wisely upon it is the gateway to high agency.

  3. Week 11

    Balance

    Tend to all aspects of your humanity to keep the vital life force your best work needs — mental, physical, spiritual and emotional, all functioning well. Sleep well, eat well and move well to get the foundations sorted; that physical platform supports everything metaphysical.

INTERACT

How to interact

  1. Week 4

    Be the example

    Be the example of everything you want to create in the world. Do everything, however small, with the spirit of greatness — people will be drawn to you, want to follow you, and copy your practices. You can start now, and greatness will soon be thrust upon you.

  2. Week 8

    Give the impression of increase

    Want for everyone what you want for yourself — the same success, joy, peace, love and happiness. Everybody wants MORE in their lives, and people will come to you in throngs when they perceive you can bring more to them.

  3. Week 12

    Act to accelerate the completion of the world

    Create greater life for all current and future agents, and less to none. We live in an improving world; don’t despair at what’s wrong or judge those at a lower level of awareness. Work as if a god among gods — as great as the greatest but better than none — to accelerate an improving world to completion.

End of Cycle Review

Week 13 · End-of-cycle review

  1. Week 13

    Close the cycle

    Notice how far you’ve come. What’s going well? What can you learn from? What learning will you carry into the next cycle? — reinforcing the Do / Investigate / Adapt continuous-development loop.