4.3.4 Responsabilità autodeterminata

It may be clear that our proposal represents a major break from conventional wisdom in economics. It will be necessary to empower each member to exercise more self-determination and commitment to responsibility for the systemic side effects they cause in order to build an economy that coexists harmoniously with the environment. Giving one’s power or responsibility to experts and relying on them to make decisions for you will no longer be acceptable. In turn, experts will need to change their position from providing solutions to supporting others’ efforts to find their own solutions by refining their discernment and reasoning abilities.

A pioneer in the use of regenerative thinking in developing change processes for big, complex companies was one of our colleagues. “Everything for somebody; nothing for the shelf,” was one of his sayings. It was an excellent method to illustrate what it means to labor precisely as opposed to generally. His goal was to enable individuals to make the connection between their decisions and actions and the actual lives that their activity would affect.

Ciò ha richiesto di incoraggiare le persone a pensare con la propria testa, formulare le proprie domande e trovare le proprie soluzioni, sviluppando così continuamente se stesse. Inoltre, richiedeva loro di mettere da parte il proprio ego per pensare a come migliorare la vita degli altri. E significava promuovere un ambiente di ricerca senza restrizioni, promuovere l'umiltà necessaria per affrontare ogni nuova circostanza come un principiante e lasciar andare l'alterigia che deriva da una presunta competenza.

In a regenerative economy, experience and talent are not unneeded; rather, all of this knowledge must be applied to dispelling the complacent notion that “we already know how to accomplish this.” No one is an expert in a truly regenerative economy, and everybody is using their knowledge to go beyond what they currently know and believe. Because culture today places such a high value on knowledge and certainty, this can be quite difficult for one’s sense of self and importance.