# You Can't Get There from Here By:: [[Brian Heath]] 2022-12-15 There are many ways to view the world, and each has unique strengths and weaknesses. The trouble comes when you reach the end of what a worldview can do for you. For one reason or another, you can't go further. In other words, you can't get there from here. The group that invented the technology likely isn't the group that will figure out how to operationalize it. A manager's leadership style doesn't work beyond four direct reports. Your beliefs in systemic solutions don't address the individual. The list goes on and on. Success often depends upon either transitioning worldviews or synthesizing something entirely new. The problem is transcending your worldview may be impossible, so the only way forward is to find another problem like the one you just solved with your worldview. We typically say something like "doing more of this is my calling" when justifying the transition. Your brain is not terribly interested in questioning itself, so we frame everything within our worldview, seek out the communities and jobs that support it, and say that we like it. However, there are obvious limits here in terms of global human progress. Typically new worldviews create a fever of activity followed by endless circling. For example, has science made leaps of progress forward in the last 50 years? Where are the flying cars and teleportation? Where are the Mars colonies? A scientific worldview is still a valuable tool, but the low-hanging fruits appear to be picked. Now think of your organization. Is the same worldview that caused the breakthrough actually getting in the way? You can't get there from here. You have at least three options. You could write this analysis off as nonsense, decide you are sticking with your niche and the fate that brings, or try to see things differently. My bet is on option one. #### Related Items [[Paradigms]] [[Science]] [[Success]] [[Organizational Analytics]] [[Thinking]]