How to Expand Horizons - in Iceland and Elsewhere by Dr Andreas Wandelt.

Most would agree that way too many people are stuck in their own, often singular, perspective on matters. Expanding one's horizon and gaining new, diverse perspectives is highly beneficial, if not essential. This applies on a personal level, and perspective diversity is also a prerequisite for an organization, group or society to function and evolve well.

Beyond personal or group exchange in our direct environment, "Going places and meeting people" is a key way to gain such new perspectives. But is merely visiting a place enough? What does it truly take to learn a new perspective from "elsewhere", be it from foreign nature, or from unfamiliar groups or societies? And after acquiring such a new perspective, how to share with those who were not there? To what extent is experience even sharable?

In the session, we will discuss and explore the prerequisites of learning, and the trade-offs in sharing new perspectives. Iceland with its uniquely harsh and dynamic nature and its stable, thriving society (always in the top 5 of the World Happiness Index!) will serve as an example, together with your own experiences.

Andreas lives in Northwest Germany, and pursues an enhanced understanding of the world, mainly through a complex adaptive systems lens. His tagline could be "bacteria, brains and societies". When his degrees of freedom were more limited, he worked on process and organizational change and stability topics for large organizations, across a wide variety of geographical/cultural contexts. He also has a basic scientific education by way of a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry. Andreas severely resents the notion that he has "retired". He instead insists that his learning just became profit-independent.

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