I just finished the first chapter of the much-anticipated book by one of my favorite authors Dudley Lynch….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZXCUCacK1A
Leap! How to Think Like a Dolphin, & Do the Right, Smart Thing Come Hell or High Water
http://www.braintechnologies.com/leap.htm
Related: https://temenos2.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/on-the-strategy-of-the-dolphin/
When I was in business in the 1990s. I was a huge student of the book The Strategy of the Dolphin: Scoring a Win in a Chaotic World, by Dudley Lynch and Dr. Paul L. Kordis.
The authors brilliantly described how most people approach problems in one of three ways. The “shark” believes that if you win, that means someone loses. And the shark is not going to lose at any cost.
The “carp” believes that he’s never going to win anyway, but he’s going to try to avoid losing. So he doesn’t risk anything, nor does he contribute much of anything either. These are the comfort addicts in our society, the lame ones. The authors believe that 80% of our society is composed of carps.
The third category is the dolphin. The dolphin always goes for the elegant solution. The dolphin believes everybody can win. It’s not too well-known that the dolphin can be deadly to a shark. The dolphin will warn the shark to go away, and then as a last resort, it will circle the shark until the shark becomes dizzy and confused. Then the dolphin will bludgeon the shark to death with its nose. The dolphin will always beat the shark with intelligence and strategy.
The dolphin is an infinite player*, whose primary motive is to stay in the game, but who also wants to keep the game going. The shark is a finite player, who only wants to win the game, even if it means that might mean the end of the game.
The carp watches the game from the sidelines.
*Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
Related: https://temenos2.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/leap-how-to-think-like-a-dolphin/
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