The Cabrera Lab Podcast #71: Think Better, Live Better—Why Systems Thinking Isn’t Just for Work
Jun 18, 2025
Discover how systems thinking can bridge your professional and personal life. Learn about the core mental moves that enhance communication and self-awareness. Explore the importance of distinctions in shaping identity and how perspective-taking fosters empathy. Uncover the power of metacognition to break the action-reaction loop, granting you more agency. See how applying these concepts can transform interpersonal dynamics and reduce conflict, making systems thinking not just a strategy for work, but a way to enrich every aspect of life.
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Identity Changes With Context
- Identity shifts with context and is highly dependent on the other we relate to.
- Recognizing identity-other dynamics reveals why we act differently at home than at work.
Recognize The Other's Identity
- Seeing the other as an identity prevents othering and supports ethical behavior.
- Acknowledging another's perspective is a deeply pro-social and ethical act.
African Greeting Illustrates Identity-Other
- Derek shares a greeting from the Northern Natal: sawabona (I see you) and sakona (therefore I exist).
- The exchange illustrates identity-other interdependence in a cultural practice.