THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY PROJECT

Danyela Hinojosa
OGL 340: The Future of Humanity: Dialogue in the Workplace
Dr. Michael Pryzdia
5/26/22

Total Word Count: 2697 words

 PART ONE: SEVEN QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION

1) Is it possible for humans to access their interconnectedness via their existing neural
network to reconnect with other people and the Earth?

2) Can we, as humans, examine ourselves non-objectively to witness and correct

behavioral/processing issues to evolve our relationships with others/self?

3) Is it possible to dissociate from our reality/the matrix to non-objectively observe

humans to better understand wholeness without leaving Earth?

4) If thought is a constant thing, participatory yet out of our control, and emotion triggers
thought, can we evolve our emotional self so we can trust the creation of thought
without critical examination to work in our best interest?

5) If thought is created within us and can only be created from our experience, is it
possible that due to the limitations of our experience, we are limiting the idea of God to
what we can comprehend?

6) How can we build skills in the conscious realm then transfer them over to the
subconscious mind allowing us to build communication skillsets to enhance team
learning?

7) If we cannot control any of it, and our code is already written into the matrix, what is
the point?
 PART TWO: JOURNAL ENTRIES

Week Ending May 22nd.

The first line of the first chapter has me thinking about how we are taught from an early age to
fragment the world. We get so good at it, we lose sight of the whole, and even when we put it
back together, we never get back to original wholeness. If fragmenting life keeps us from being
whole, why do we do it in the first place? To make our existence in this type of society more
tolerable? The idea of personal mastery has my attention. I very much enjoy the idea of
mastering a skill set and genuinely loved working as a sushi chef for so many years and the
constant striving for perfection. Striving to master an unmasterable skill. The idea that if I
dedicate myself to learning the practice of proficient leadership, I can strive for mastery inspires
me and the idea that organizations must learn and grow and no longer depend on one Steve
Jobs to create success makes me feel like I can learn the skills and have what it takes to be a
great leader.

The section on being proactive caught my attention. We think we are being proactive, but we
are really planning to react, and when the moment we planned for arrives we are prepared
with a response instead of changing what was going to go wrong in the first place. I have done
this countless times in my career and am always praised for avoiding disaster when all I really
did was plan for the mess and manage it with skill to minimize the impact. What I need to be
doing is training my team to learn new skills that will help us avoid the stressful situation in the
first place. This is the same annoying thing that is happening in the beer game. Worldwide
shipping and distribution have created a monster out of me, and I have been hording extra
product in my store to avoid outages, while in fact my hoarding is helping create the outages. It
is a vicious cycle. I have very much enjoyed the Fifth Discipline so far and if we do not read all
the chapters in the class, I will read the entire book on my break between summer and fall
sessions.

Week Ending May 27th.

Is it possible that we are all connected through a vast neurological or electrical network that is
unseen to the eye? What if humans have been taught to be separate and independent to
weaken the social structure and power we hold as humans to remain submissive and
controllable? What would it look like if we were able to connect at our core level as humans
through love and kindness? Can we merge science, nature, and religion to better understand
human experience? Is science a religion? What if we are God and we are having a human
experience, here in our human bodies, but we are all part of a high collective and we what is
referred to as God? What if the people who look to a 3rd party as God must work through their
spiritual healing to be able to accept their power and this is part of their karmic healing journey
on Earth and every person, we meet is a version of our spirit showing us a reflection of
ourselves showing us where to heal. We are multi-dimensional beings existing in a multi-
dimensional order and still again we are brought back to fragmentation. If we remove ourselves
from something we do not like, it no longer exists in our reality. If it no longer exists in our
reality, does it exist at all? If we remove the problem, do we simply create another problem in
its place? Is the matrix prefabricated to hold a certain number of problems and although we act
on one another arises in its place? David Bohm mentions it is essential for humanity to connect
and come together if we want to evolve our consciousness, but how can we evolve something
we still do not understand? Is my place as a leader to teach people the critical thinking skills
they will need to examine themselves and how they connect to others?

Week Ending June 1st.

This week’s discussion on the H.E.A.R. model was remarkably interesting because I had a similar
discussion on listing at work. It was a similar model using the word W.A.I.T. as an acronym for
“Why Am I Talking?” The models are similar, both placing substantial significance on listening.
I realized I am a talker. I love to talk and will talk all day. This has cost me opportunities to
know my people better. I find myself in my daily reflections wanting to know more about a
story or event someone told me, and I interrupted or took over the conversation and missed
key details in the discussion. This has put me in a much better mind space to listen and raised
my awareness of the importance of listening to understand. By not listening I am creating
problems. As Bohm mentioned in On Dialogue, by attempting to problem solve, we are
creating more problems.

I was highly impacted by Bohm’s view of how we exploit things that we perceive to exist only
for our own convenience. That entire passage was powerful. It made me think about the times
I had the audacity to think things exist in this world solely for my convenience. I thought about
the times I have done this as a leader, and it stirs up shame in me. I think about the
HEAR/WAIT model and how I can be a more proficient listener, how I can slow down and take
the time to really connect with people and the world around me. It makes me feel sad to think
about the times I have acted selfishly in leadership roles and not take them time to lead
properly. I once read a quote that stated, “Procrastination is having the audacity to believe you
will have the time to do tomorrow what you have time to do today.” I feel that same shame
when I think about the times, I have avoided conversations out of convenience or comfort, and
I make a silent commitment to do better. Then I look at myself and try to find the balance to do
better and be the best, and I realize I still have balance to find.

Week Ending June 6th.

The idea of proprioception is exciting. I genuinely believe we have so much more power as
human beings than we have ever been allowed to experience. I know it exists because I can
feel it. I have experienced it numerous times working as a team or being part of a group.
Feeling something that I cannot see but know is there. This is what I miss the most about
collaborating closely with peers towards a common goal. When I played mariachi, I spent
countless hours getting on the same vibration, same when I was on a rowing team, same when I
orchestrated thousands of dinners as a chef. The beauty and the rhythm of being connected
was there. We had put in the time, now we could reap the rewards of synchronicity. I feel like
this is the reason they separated everyone during the pandemic, together we have too much
power and our hearts are too connected to naturally turn away from helping each other. By
“solving” this problem, more problems were created, and the way society would band together
was underestimated. Fragmentation is failing. People are beginning to see and understand
that we are all the same, and the practice of fragmentation is keeping us in a place of
powerlessness. It keeps our ideas and resources separate and creates animosity and friction
between groups. This is an interesting idea. If we look at our organizations and what our end
goal is, I can see the fragmentation and it is my job to close those gaps and bring people
together. The real question is how do I beat fragmentation out of a group of people that
fragmentation is all they have ever known? If we are creating more problems in the problem-
solving process and then isolating groups of people to solve the recent problems how are we
changing anything? What if instead of solving problems we gave people something new to
believe in? What if we changed the way a company is run to include creating a sense of
belonging? Could you reprogram the way people think to create real solutions without creating
more problems? Could you create a sense of unity and enrollment that inspired people to open
their minds and hearts and come together for a common cause, and if you did, could you
inspire people to not only bring this to their work, but also into their homes and lives? Could
you change the world if you could influence the source of thought and how people react to
innovative ideas, own their responses, and work to develop a new mindset that serves not only
them but the collective? Basically, create a new culture and idea of contributing to society in a
way that is authentic and transparent and serves the people vs serves the corporation.

Week Ending June 11th.

I enjoyed this week’s reading because it gave me a new perspective on assumptions and how I
have applied them to my leadership. I gained insight into how I have been compromised as a
leader by making assumptions. The best place to hide things is with the observer because the
observer will never see the issue looking outward. What I find most interesting is this is a class
on dialogue, but I feel like I have learned more about myself than I have in any other class. I
appreciate the introspective view into how thoughts are created and how this shapes our view
of the world. I also never looked at a fragmentation from this perspective before. I realized
when I get frustrated with my partners, it reflects on myself and my leadership opportunities. If
there is a person I cannot reach or connect with, it is my fault for not being adaptable as a
leader. The last line of the fifth chapter stuck with me. The observer will never see the whole
picture. Which is most interesting considering the observer should have the most non-
objective information based on their time observing. Then I realized if assumptions and bias
are the same. If you go into an observative moment with bias/assumptions, you will see less
because you are narrowing your scope and ability to take in data. These chapters were very
enlightening, and I was not expecting to get so much out of them. Super insightful and full of
useful data I can directly apply to my current work. Leading a large team of people from all
many backgrounds and all age groups, I find myself constantly checking in with myself for bias
and working hard to be more relatable. The idea that I am the observer, and I am hiding the
assumption/bias within me has made me realize that I am the opportunity to better understand
and support my people.

Week Ending June 16th.

The idea of having aggression towards yourself hit me hard. The reading this week was great
but what stuck with me is the idea of suspension and how we can suspend our thoughts to
looks at the how the thoughts are creating a physical reaction in my body and how I have
evidence of this yet make no effort to change my thoughts. For a time of my life, I lived in Bali.
I spend hours a day dedicating myself to being still and peaceful. I experienced life like never
before. I was a third-party observer. I was calm, and non-biased, and could sit and love and
appreciate everything that was happening around me with grace and love. This week’s reading
is bringing me back to that. It is helping me understand the tremendous amount of self-work I
have done and bringing me new ways I can improve my relationship with myself. If I know my
thoughts are creating a physical reaction in my body, and I know that thoughts are participative,
yet unstoppable, what are some practices I can implement to limit my physical reaction to have
a better experience here on Earth? When I read that we will have the emotions regardless of if
we send it out into the world or internalize it, I realized something must change. Aggression
towards self is poison, and if this is happening what else am I creating for myself without my
awareness? And if I am creating these things for myself, what am I creating for others and am I
responsible for it? I know you should not start a sentence with the word “and” or end it with
“it.” The more I learn the more questions arise and I am insanely drawn into how I can develop
these skills to be a better leader for my people, be a better partner to my wife, and be kinder
and gentler to myself. Also, how can I stop internalizing emotions and instead find a way to
heal and communicate what I need to feel peaceful.

Week Ending June 23rd.

I have always had a fascination with outer space. It is important to use the word outer because
I have learned we also have inner space, the places inside of us where we go to stew and learn
and experience quiet and love. I can imagine going to outer space is the ultimate form of
dissociation. I also see how this is an observer/observed relationship and although what you are
observing is quiet and still, you still hold assumptions and bias millions of miles from Earth in
your human mind. When you see it like that, you realize there is no escape from our humanity
and human tendencies. Instead, it would be in our best interest to understand as much as
possible about our human self so that we can learn how to lead around our opportunities. To
learn how to navigate our basic human functions to best serve us as humans and as leaders. I
am not going to lie, I was not expecting this class to turn into this, I figured it would be a basic
communication course centered around how to best listen and deliver messages to our teams
to get results. This has changed my thinking and given me a new place from which to draw
inspiration around communication and how my relationship with myself influences my
leadership. Thank you, you have shifted the paradigm. I appreciate this course and I now have
a new project of knowing myself and understanding my humanity.