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TH Slide 1
When Transitory cultures think, they will either understand or not understand what they
see. What they’ve seen has to either fit or not fit logically before they can process the data.
They might not respond emotionally if an email reply comes back late. If someone said to
you, don’t go into that cave because it’s dark, the darkness in your opinion is not a good
enough reason not to investigate. In Transitory cultures, you will have to make your case.
You will need to win their minds before you win their hearts.
But over time, all Transitory understandings become beliefs. What was once relegated to
the spirited cortex of human intellect may eventually end up slumbering in the brain stem of
an efficient human animal; one who prides him or herself on the efficiency of taking once
wasteful understandings and cataloging them into knee-jerk and actionable beliefs. These
are Complex cultures.
TH Slide 2
When Complex cultures think, they will either believe or not believe what they see. It has to either
fit or not fit emotionally before they can intellectually process the data. This means that in Complex
cultures you will need to win their hearts before you can win their minds. You can’t simply walk
into a Complex culture, introduce yourself and get down to business because your title, job
responsibility, or objective says to do so. You will need to win their trust. And that takes time.
Time not only creates relationships but also forms cultures and many of the rituals that go along
with them. Over time, our understandings are slowly being cataloged and, perhaps in a genetic
paradox of Mother Nature, blended into our fight or flight systems to allow us to react more quickly
by not having to think. The paradox being that we go into a cultural slumber and stop thinking with
our minds.
Can you imagine Sushi without wasabi? What started out as an Understanding – to find the tastiest
way to rid the fish of bacteria and parasites - lathering it in Wasabi and soy sauce -has slowly turned
into tradition that really has little purely logical need in today’s world. There are many other tasty
toppings you could put on fish but the habit remained. The notion of cultural slumber can be
applied to something as benign as wasabi or Sushi to issues as complicated as how a culture treats
women.
TH Slide 3
Even if a culture is Transitory, the individuals you encounter may come from a Complex part
of that Transitory culture. The exact inverse is also common; a Transitory individual in a
Complex culture. This is why I feel that broadly labeling cultures as an absolute is dangerous.
A person from Little Havana may be Complex but function in Transitory way because he or
she lives and interacts in the US. The same is true for a Complex person from China going to
a marketplace in Shanghai and interacting in a Transitory way.
TH Slide 4
These forces in our cultures can come from anywhere. The forces can be religious, spiritual,
linguistic, regional, or political. Think about how Japan’s culture was influenced by being
isolated islands. Think about how Australia gained an advantage by possessing English as its
language while being situated so far from the western world. Think about how religions or
mountains have carved cultural boundaries where people on one side are like us, and
people on the other are barbarians.
TH Slide 5
History is littered with examples. We can see this by the effect the Hanseatic League of
trading cities had on Europe in the Middle Ages, freeing up trade in otherwise disputed
regions. We can see the effect of the Industrial Age driving brain drains from one culture
into another. We can see the printing press forge paths to new religions and revolutions.
These are resources either undermining previously strong forces or establishing new
patterns of behaviors, as in the case of the Internet today.
TH Slide 6
Compare the American legal system to a Complex country where beliefs are firmly held by
collectives. You will be amazed at how some countries pride themselves on capturing,
arresting, convicting, and executing a criminal within a week while touting the efficiency of
their legal system. Efficiency doesn’t equal justice.
Tolerance will eventually become acceptance over time. This is the message of the brain
stem telling us to get back to sleep, and for the sake of simplicity, to accept or not accept
certain things. It just makes life so much easier.
TH Slide 7
Complex cultures are not wrong, they are simply being efficient. But when your efficiency
impacts the lives of other free people, especially in an emerging global world, it is time to
wake up.
To recap, Transitory cultures will tolerate or not tolerate your behavior and Complex cultures
will either accept or not accept your behavior. Keep in mind that behavior is a
representation of your attitude towards established values, which means that, depending on
whether people are Transitory or Complex, they will either tolerate or accept your values.

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TH Prep Test

  • 1. TH Slide 1 When Transitory cultures think, they will either understand or not understand what they see. What they’ve seen has to either fit or not fit logically before they can process the data. They might not respond emotionally if an email reply comes back late. If someone said to you, don’t go into that cave because it’s dark, the darkness in your opinion is not a good enough reason not to investigate. In Transitory cultures, you will have to make your case. You will need to win their minds before you win their hearts. But over time, all Transitory understandings become beliefs. What was once relegated to the spirited cortex of human intellect may eventually end up slumbering in the brain stem of an efficient human animal; one who prides him or herself on the efficiency of taking once wasteful understandings and cataloging them into knee-jerk and actionable beliefs. These are Complex cultures.
  • 2. TH Slide 2 When Complex cultures think, they will either believe or not believe what they see. It has to either fit or not fit emotionally before they can intellectually process the data. This means that in Complex cultures you will need to win their hearts before you can win their minds. You can’t simply walk into a Complex culture, introduce yourself and get down to business because your title, job responsibility, or objective says to do so. You will need to win their trust. And that takes time. Time not only creates relationships but also forms cultures and many of the rituals that go along with them. Over time, our understandings are slowly being cataloged and, perhaps in a genetic paradox of Mother Nature, blended into our fight or flight systems to allow us to react more quickly by not having to think. The paradox being that we go into a cultural slumber and stop thinking with our minds. Can you imagine Sushi without wasabi? What started out as an Understanding – to find the tastiest way to rid the fish of bacteria and parasites - lathering it in Wasabi and soy sauce -has slowly turned into tradition that really has little purely logical need in today’s world. There are many other tasty toppings you could put on fish but the habit remained. The notion of cultural slumber can be applied to something as benign as wasabi or Sushi to issues as complicated as how a culture treats women.
  • 3. TH Slide 3 Even if a culture is Transitory, the individuals you encounter may come from a Complex part of that Transitory culture. The exact inverse is also common; a Transitory individual in a Complex culture. This is why I feel that broadly labeling cultures as an absolute is dangerous. A person from Little Havana may be Complex but function in Transitory way because he or she lives and interacts in the US. The same is true for a Complex person from China going to a marketplace in Shanghai and interacting in a Transitory way.
  • 4. TH Slide 4 These forces in our cultures can come from anywhere. The forces can be religious, spiritual, linguistic, regional, or political. Think about how Japan’s culture was influenced by being isolated islands. Think about how Australia gained an advantage by possessing English as its language while being situated so far from the western world. Think about how religions or mountains have carved cultural boundaries where people on one side are like us, and people on the other are barbarians.
  • 5. TH Slide 5 History is littered with examples. We can see this by the effect the Hanseatic League of trading cities had on Europe in the Middle Ages, freeing up trade in otherwise disputed regions. We can see the effect of the Industrial Age driving brain drains from one culture into another. We can see the printing press forge paths to new religions and revolutions. These are resources either undermining previously strong forces or establishing new patterns of behaviors, as in the case of the Internet today.
  • 6. TH Slide 6 Compare the American legal system to a Complex country where beliefs are firmly held by collectives. You will be amazed at how some countries pride themselves on capturing, arresting, convicting, and executing a criminal within a week while touting the efficiency of their legal system. Efficiency doesn’t equal justice. Tolerance will eventually become acceptance over time. This is the message of the brain stem telling us to get back to sleep, and for the sake of simplicity, to accept or not accept certain things. It just makes life so much easier.
  • 7. TH Slide 7 Complex cultures are not wrong, they are simply being efficient. But when your efficiency impacts the lives of other free people, especially in an emerging global world, it is time to wake up. To recap, Transitory cultures will tolerate or not tolerate your behavior and Complex cultures will either accept or not accept your behavior. Keep in mind that behavior is a representation of your attitude towards established values, which means that, depending on whether people are Transitory or Complex, they will either tolerate or accept your values.