The sixth principle of proprioceptive consciousness refers to essential role of cognition in the process of life and is the ability of life to become aware of its emergence, evolution and interdependence.
||Life emerges from meaning-making cognition.
||Raising the human capability for reflection in action and the respect for the integrity of all life enhances aliveness.
|Related Compass Dimensions
Have you ever entered a city or an organization and thought something like: this place/team is just dead? Have your ever been part of a meeting or worked with a group that drained the life out of every conversation? Have you ever tried to get something new started but could not engage people into collective action? In contrast, have you ever experienced a feeling of vitality and aliveness, when working on a team or for a joint purpose? Have you ever entered a place or a building in which you felt at ease? Have you ever experienced the beauty of a thriving and diverse natural surrounding and felt uplifted?
If so, then you can immediately recognize why understanding principles that ‘give life to systems’ might be important to human (and natural) systems. Working with these principles enhances the transformation literacy of people who drive sustainability transformations. Understanding the principles and translating them through the Collective Leadership Compass into the day-to-day management practice of designing and implementing transformative change processes helps actors develop a Collective Stewardship approach to tackling large-scale sustainability challenges.
This returns the focus to the most influential actor in the Anthropocene: people and their ability to find different ways of enacting future realities. Keeping the six principles in mind when leading transformative change through developing and implementing initiatives around the Sustainable Development Goals makes initiatives more effective and coherent.