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5d •
Permeability
We keep building resilience. I get it. The world is hard. But I’m not sure bouncing back is what this moment needs. What if the point isn’t to adapt but to be shaped? Not us moving through the world. The world moving through us.
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Beautifully said, Dave.
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11d •
The Second Move
DISPATCH April 2026 I’ve been watching the Iran situation this week. The threats, the counter-moves, the escalation. My first move is always a verdict. I notice that. The second move is one I have to choose. It starts with curiosity. What would have someone do what they’re doing? How does this make sense to them? What invisible forces are pushing their hands? Not to excuse it. Just to actually see it. Demonizing is easy. It’s also a dead end. Once I’ve named the villain I’ve stopped looking and this isnt useful to anyone trying to navigate what’s actually happening. The question I keep returning to: if there’s a larger logic at play here, what is it? What values are in genuine collision? What fears? What historical weight? I don’t always find the answer. But the question keeps me in contact with the greater more layered reality rather than my story about it. That feels like the right place to navigate from. One question worth living with: Where are you meeting the world right now with a verdict and what opens up if you get curious instead? Dave
1 like • 9d
I get the move to want to get to the verdict quickly. That saves time, energy, and emotional capacity. But it's also unwise to converge too quickly on a single conclusion about motivations. Wiser to become open, curious, and divergent into all the possible options and find ways to navigate those options until something true surfaces. I like how you're pointing to what's more important: CONTACT with the complexity of reality instead of pendulating to the narrative. I also want to name that it's not wrong to have stories as long as we don't live there exclusively, like a pendulum stuck to one side of the swing.
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16d •
The Map Is Not the Problem
Most of what I see called “adaptability” right now is just people trying harder to make the old map work. More resilience. More effort. Better mindset. I don’t think that’s the move anymore. At some point, the issue isn’t how well you’re navigating. It’s that the map itself no longer matches the terrain. Curious who sees it differently — where do you think doubling down is still the right move?
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I think it depends on the terrain. There are still plenty of places where conventional "business as machine" thinking makes sense and there are plenty of good maps for that. As more and more people wake up and open to new paradigms of "human-ing" that are embodied and emergent, that's where it feels less skillful to hold onto those old maps.
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Mar 14 •
Welcome to The PIVOT Commons.
You’re in the right place. Take a minute to watch the short video below. When you’re ready, introduce yourself — who you are, where you’re based, and maybe a little of what you’re navigating these days. Nothing formal. No need to have it figured out. Just step in where it feels natural.
1 like • Mar 26
Hello, all. I'm JJ Vega, based in Berlin, Germany. I'm a coach working with leaders at the intersection of major life transitions and complex leadership commitments. Mostly that work happens with leaders in technology companies, but I like diversity so they can be anywhere. :) A challenge I'm navigating right now - learning to slow down and trust life. Sounds big, maybe poetic, perhaps too abstract, but I can make that real. Three years ago, I suffered from multiple significant losses. A divorce, a layoff, and the loss of one of my closest friends to cancer. That series of losses drove me inward on a journey through my own inner wilderness and in the process, I found myself. That process has been intense, and the time has come now to rest and integrate. I struggle with that as a fairly high-competence, driven person. I sense that with this new pace of slowness, I'll have more to offer - especially to myself.
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@Dave Schoof -- appreciate you naming these things. It does require a certain amount of trust in Life, and some days that can be difficult to ground myself in. Other times, it's as natural as breathing.
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23d •
Strange moment.
Talking about war then groceries then what’s on tomorrow. All in one conversation. That’s where we are.
1 like • 22d
A very strange moment indeed. Appreciate the reflection, Dave.
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@jj-vega-6778
I'm a poet, philosopher, and a coach who walks with leaders at threshold moments. My purpose is to catalyze growth and transformation.
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