tappings

Eddie here, to get the ball rolling.

During the first session, a few things happened. I was quite confused when I thought I received too many taps. But anyhow.

Richard empowered himself, while I was still waiting to be empowered. By then, I had thought I had "figured out" the objective of the game - that the game might really end if everyone could 'do whatever they want'.

I guess there are then, at least two approaches of leadership. Leadership is about being aware that the self is empowered in the circumstance. But Leadership is also about empowering others to be empowered.

Which I think sums up the tapping game nicely.

And now, for my own thoughts.

I think that wherever we are, we are really being tapped three times, and that it is up to the individual to find ways to change the situation to empower others. The premise is that rules are made by people, and if enough people are influenced, the rules can be changed, and for that influence to occur, takes leadership.

I think about Seth Godin's example of Tribes - where people take the initiative to form groups, and those groups form larger groups, through influence, through communication, through whatever means necessary - in short. And gradually, enough people can be effected to change the circumstance.

So yeap. We are all tapped three times. It then becomes about what we do with the agency that we have.

--Eddie