We live in a world of pressure to conform: to believe what others tell us is true, to toe the line, to accept the values of those in positions of power and to follow conventional, approved paths. That’s the way to get on in life and business, we are told. You need to ‘fit in’, ‘play the game’, and ‘avoid rocking any boats’.
That may produce a quiet life, but it won’t help anyone speak out when it becomes clear that things are going badly wrong. Heresy—questioning beliefs that are approved today—seems to me to be essential to human progress. Nearly every advance in human thought is loudly denounced as a heresy at the start—only later does it become the new orthodoxy. That is true of politics, religion, and matters of social justice.
from the Slow Leadership blog. the post is more about rocking the boat in the workplace, but it struck a chord for me on a lot of different levels.
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